This month’s update contains 15 new articles on lives connecting the United Kingdom with Australia and New Zealand, the Far East, India, the Indian Ocean, Africa, and North America.
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New and updated subjects - November 2020
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Boisragon, Alan Maxwell (1860–1922), army officer and police commander
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Gordon [née Marjoribanks], Dame Ishbel Maria, marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (1857–1939), philanthropist and vicereine
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Griffiths, David (1792–1863), missionary to Madagascar
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Haire, Norman (1892–1952), medical practitioner and sexologist
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Harris, James Rendel (1852–1941), biblical scholar and palaeographer
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Jones, David (1797–1841), missionary to Madagascar
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Kivell, Sir Rex de Charembac Nan (1898–1977), antiquarian, art collector, art dealer, and benefactor
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Lambrick, Hugh Trevor (1904–1982), administrator in India and historian
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MacQueen, James (1778–1870), geographer, slaveowner, and pro-slavery propagandist
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Marval, Alice Marietta (1865–1904), medical missionary
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Root, Howard Eugene (1926–2007), theologian and Church of England priest
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Swanzy, Henry Valentine Leonard (1915–2004), radio producer
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Tuck, Oswald Thomas (1876–1950), naval officer and Japanologist
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Webb (née Molyneux; later Peploe), Annie (1806–1880), novelist
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West, Grace Hedwig (Hedy, earlier Hedie) (1938–2016), banjoist, singer, and composer
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