Jeanette "Jennie" Spencer-Churchill, known as Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill.
William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC, also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas by his second wife, Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Huntly.
Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton was a Scottish peeress of English birth and animal rights activist.
Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry was the daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. In 1884, she became the Duchess of Buccleuch and Duchess of Queensberry, the wife of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry. She was the paternal grandmother of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and of Marian Louisa, Lady Elmhirst.
The Spence School is an American all-girls private school in New York City, founded in 1892 by Clara B. Spence.
Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish nobleman and aviator who was the first man to fly over Mount Everest.
Madeleine Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857.
An "it girl" is an attractive young woman who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging.
Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury, commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII.
Wing Commander Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton, was a Scottish aristocrat, aviator and politician.
Lady Jeanne Louise Campbell was a British socialite and foreign correspondent who wrote for the Evening Standard in the 1950s and 1960s.
Marion Newbert Jorgensen was an American civic leader in Los Angeles and a philanthropist.
Louisa Jane Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn was a member of the British aristocracy. She and her husband, James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, had 13 children, and were "long remembered as the most handsome and most distinguished young couple of their generation."
Charmian Campbell was a British socialite and artist.
The British War Relief Society (BWRS) was a US-based humanitarian umbrella organisation dealing with the supply of non-military aid such as food, clothes, medical supplies and financial aid to people in Great Britain during the early years of the Second World War. The organisation acted as the administrative hub and central receiving depot for items donated from other charities which were then parceled out to its affiliate organizations in the US and to Britain. These donations were raised in the name of the BWRS, rather than in the name of the smaller groups.
Nathaniel Brackett Wales was an American inventor credited with early patents on refrigerators, washers, vacuum cleaners, and co-inventor with his son of the proximity detonator used in bombs in World War II.
Henry Charles Ponsonby Moore, 10th Earl of Drogheda was an Anglo-Irish civil servant, British Army officer, barrister and peer.
Louise Timpson, previously Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, was an American socialite and, later, a British aristocrat. She was the second wife of Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll and the mother of the 12th Duke.
Kathleen Pelham Burn Moore, Countess of Drogheda was a British socialite, aviator, and sportswoman. She was one of the "bright young things".
Lady Margaret Elizabeth Montagu Douglas Scott, later known as Lady Margaret Cameron of Lochiel, was a Scottish aristocrat.
