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Women become princesses by marriage, but only use that title if their husband is the Prince of Wales (e.g. Catherine, Princess of Wales) or if they take their husband's full name (last done by Princess Michael of Kent in 1978). [2] Most women use a peerage derived from their husband, such as Duchess or Countess. [3] Men cannot become princes by ...
This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Lady Mercia: 911 918 c. 7 years Ælfwynn – Lady Mercia: 12 June 918 4 December 918 175 days Matilda: Lady (disputed) England: 8 April 1141 1148 c. 7 years [119] Margaret: Queen (disputed) Scotland: 19 March 1286 September 1290 4 years, 6 months Mary: Queen Scotland: 14 December 1542 24 July 1567 24 years, 222 days Jane: Queen (disputed ...
Below is a list of dames commander of the Order of the British Empire from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day. ... 1917: The Lady Byron; [1] ...
The Lady Kinloss: 1602 Teresa Freeman-Grenville, 13th Lady Kinloss: Hester Haworth, Mistress of Kinloss (sister) The Lady Balfour of Burleigh: 1607: Victoria Bruce-Winkler, 9th Lady Balfour of Burleigh: Laetitia Bruce-Winkler, Mistress of Burleigh (daughter) The Lord Dingwall: 1609 Ralph Palmer, 8th Lord Dingwall and 12th Baron Lucas: Lewis Palmer
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason Sinn Féin: Constance Markievicz: Dublin St Patrick's: 1918 (did not take seat) 1922: Constituency abolished due to establishment of Irish Free State: Conservative: Nancy Astor [a] Plymouth Sutton: 1919: 1945: Retired Liberal: Margaret Wintringham [b] Louth, Lincolnshire: 1921: 1924: Defeated ...
British 1830: 1890: Prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist Vanessa O'Brien: American and British 1964: First woman to reach Earth's highest (Mt. Everest 8,848m) and lowest points (Challenger Deep 10,925m) Ida Pfeiffer: Austrian 1797: 1858: Travelled alone around the world in 1847, published books of her numerous travels ...