Person    | Female  Born 27/8/1932 

Lady Antonia Fraser

Categories: Literature

Author. Born Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham, daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford. Best known for historical biographies such as 'Mary Queen of Scots' and 'Cromwell, Our Chief of Men'. She was married to Sir Hugh Fraser from 1956 until 1977 and then to Harold Pinter from 1980 until his death in 2008.

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Lady Antonia Fraser

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Harold Pinter

Plaque unveiled by his widow, Lady Antonia Fraser. It says he was born at thi...

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Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

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Fiction, Literature

1 memorial
Giles Lytton Strachey

Giles Lytton Strachey

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Person, Literature

2 memorials
Theodore Fontane

Theodore Fontane

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1 memorial
B. Traven

B. Traven

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Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Germany, Mexico

1 memorial
Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

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Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial

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Arthur George Walker

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Guy, Earl of Warwick

Guy, Earl of Warwick

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1 memorial
Sargeant Balram Raj

Sargeant Balram Raj

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Person, Serbia

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Spencer W. Homewood

Spencer W. Homewood

Hon. Secretary of of the Council of the Hornsey Central Hospital in 1924 and 1937.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

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Person, Politics & Administration, Wales

3 memorials