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Alexander Caldwell Jones was an American lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. Presidential pardons for ex-Confederates from Virginia and West Virginia, published in the Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Dispatch , Jan. 10, 1867
May C. Jones in Woman of the Century (1893) May C. Jones (born November 5, 1842 – ?) was a trailblazing Baptist minister and the first woman to be ordained in the Northern Baptist Convention. Her ordination in 1882 marked a significant milestone in the history of women in ministry, paving the way for future generations.
In 1754, Jones become King's attorney for Fredericksburg. [1] In 1758, he married Mary Taliaferro, the daughter of Colonel John Taliaferro of Spotsylvania County. [1] In 1772, Jones became a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the colonial legislature. [2] [1] Jones was a "cautious patriot" and served on the committee of safety in 1774-75.
Georgiana, Lady Burne-Jones (née MacDonald; 21 July 1840 – 2 February 1920) was a British painter and engraver, and the second oldest of the MacDonald sisters.She was married to the Late Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, and was also the mother of painter Philip Burne-Jones, aunt of novelist Rudyard Kipling and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, confidante and friend of George Eliot ...
Mary, Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British royal family.She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the sister of kings Edward VIII and George VI, and aunt of Elizabeth II.
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
Crawford was born the daughter of a mechanical engineer's clerk, at Gatehead, East Ayrshire, on 5 June 1909. [5] [6] She was raised in Dunfermline, Fife, and taught at Edinburgh's Moray House Institute. [7] While studying to become a child psychologist, she took a summer job as the governess for Lord Elgin's children.
Olga Constantinovna of Russia (Greek: Όλγα; 3 September [O.S. 22 August] 1851 – 18 June 1926) was Queen of Greece as the wife of King George I. She was briefly the regent of Greece in 1920. A member of the Romanov dynasty, Olga was the oldest daughter of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaievich and his wife, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg.