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Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor president James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern first ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were ...
Plans of Harriet Lane. Harriet Lane measured 177.5 feet long, 30.5 feet wide and 12 feet from the bottom of the hull to the main deck. [1] Her propulsion was a double-right-angled marine engine with two side paddles, supported by two masts; the entire ship was sheathed and fastened with copper.
George Mason's coat of arms. Mason was born in present-day Fairfax County, in the Colony of Virginia, in British America, on December 11, 1725. [1] [2] [3] Mason's parents owned property in Mason Neck, Virginia and a second property across the Potomac River in Maryland, which had been inherited by his mother.
The film stars James Mason and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn. [ 2 ] As it is a Columbia Pictures production and Paramount owned the film rights to the name George Smiley , the central character is renamed Charles Dobbs; however, his police liaison Mendel and wife Ann's names are retained.
Sylvia Field (born Harriet Louisa Johnson; February 14, 1901 – July 31, 1998) was an American actress whose career encompassed performances on stage, screen, and TV.She was best known for playing the understanding Mrs. Martha Wilson (Mr. Wilson's wife) on the television sitcom Dennis the Menace on CBS from 1959 to 1962.
Elaine Lalanne, 96, encouraged Americans to get up and move for nearly half a century alongside her late husband, Jack Lalanne. (Photo: Getty Images and Caitlin Murray)
Mason was born in Marylebone in 1845. [3] She was the daughter of George William and Marianne Mason of Morton Hall near Ranby in Nottinghamshire. Her brother Arthur James Mason was a professor at Cambridge and her sister Agnes became a nun and founded the Community of the Holy Family [broken anchor].
Caroline Lavinia Harrison (née Scott; October 1, 1832 – October 25, 1892) was an American music teacher, artist, and the first lady of the United States from 1889 until her death.