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Hearst Castle (is) a palace in every sense of the word". [310] Victoria Kastner, for many years the in-house historian of Hearst Castle and author of a number of books on its design and history, concludes her history of the castle with an assessment of San Simeon as "the quintessential twentieth-century American country house". [311]
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn [ai] 16 July 1990 3 May 2002 Life peeress Conservative: Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe: 14 February 1991 Life peeress Labour: Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon: 14 June 1991 5 November 2021 (Retired) Life peeress Labour: Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu [aj] 19 June 1991 Life peeress ...
Lady Jane Willoughby was one of the six Maids of Honour at the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. [4]Her father was the third and last Earl of Ancaster.On his death in 1983, the earldom became extinct, but according to the remainder of ancient baronies by writ of summons, Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby succeeded as Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
Morgan, the daughter of Charles Bill Morgan and Eliza Woodland Parmelee Morgan, was born on January 20, 1872, the second of five children. Her mother, Eliza, grew up as the indulged daughter of Albert O. Parmelee, a cotton trader and millionaire who financially supported the couple when they moved to San Francisco. [8]
Mary was born at Stirling Castle on 13 May 1453, the eldest daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. She had five siblings, including James III, who ascended the Scottish throne in 1460 upon their father's accidental death by an exploding cannon. [citation needed] Mary's mother died in 1463, leaving her an orphan at the age of ten.
She became the keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots at Lochleven castle in 1567, with her eldest son William Douglas, later Earl of Morton. [ 13 ] In the 1570s Margaret Erskine looked after her granddaughters at the New House of Lochleven and kept up a correspondence with their mother, Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray .
Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell (née Cooke; formerly Hoby; c.1540–1609) was an English poet and noblewoman. [1] [2] She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent. [3]
Stafford (called "William") also was a main character in The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory, who escorts Mary Boleyn to Hever Castle, first starting in 1527. They become friends soon after the death of Mary's first husband, William Carey and William (Stafford) buys Mary's children, Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys , and Henry Carey, 1st ...