Autograph letter signed : Balmoral, to Lady Violet Granby, later Duchess of Rutland, 1895 Oct. 22.

Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), 1886-1970

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Glass collector. From the description of Edwin J. Beinecke papers, 1880(ca.)-1930(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155427521 Edwin John Beinecke, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from Phillips Academy and entered Yale College. After two years, he left Yale. Edwin and his brothers, Frederick and Walter Beinecke, also Yale alumni, founded the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. For more than fifty years he served as a director, president, chai...

Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg, 1857-1944

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Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom was youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battenberg and received the consent of the Queen on condition that Beatrice and Henry make their home with her and that Beatrice continue her duties as the Queen's unofficial secretary. The Prince and Princess had four children. Beatrice remained at her mother's side until Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901. Beatrice devoted the next 30 years to editing Queen Victo...

Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...

Rutland, Marion Margaret Violet, Duchess of, 1856-1937.

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