Born London Married Lord Max Rayne as his second wife in 1965. Max had made a fortune in the post-war reconstruction boom and set up the charitable Rayne Foundation primarily working in the arts. He was Chairman of the board of Olivier's National Theatre during the period of its move from the Old Vic to the South Bank building.
ITVX have a good photo and her memories of being one of six Maids of Honour at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation.
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Lady Jane Rayne
Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...
Co-funder of the Reagan statue in Grosvenor Square. An Australian/American media mogul.
We were very pleased to find this miniature portrait of Mrs Rashleigh, even though the auction house selling it is rather circumspect with the identification of the sitter: "The present lot possibl...
Lions Clubs International were begun on 7 June 1917 in America by a Chicago businessman. The first Lions Club in the UK was formed in London in 1950. From LionsMD105: "We are one of the largest se...
Built by John Nash in the Gothic style with a tall tower. Destroyed by WW2 bombs and the site made into a playground.
Dance company. A school for a Moscow orphanage was created in 1773, and its pupils were employed by Prince Pyotr Urusov and the English theatrical entrepreneur Michael Maddox, to form part of a new...
Born Camberwell. Employed as an insurance company director. Edwin Richard, his father, was MD of United Friendly Insurance Company. A 1938 London Gazette refers to UF at 42 Southwark Bridge Road. H...
Publishers at 65 Cornhill (the picture) until 1868. Also at 15 Waterloo Place. Their first big success was Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. They also published: Thackeray, Darwin, Ruskin, Browning...
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