Sculptor born in 1862 Leigh, Lancashire, where her father, James Pownall, was a silk manufacturer.
Last person to be condemned to death for witchcraft in an English court, when she was found guilty at Hertford in 1712.
Alias used by one of the three suffragettes arrested for damaging with hammers the glass of thirteen pictures in Manchester Art Gallery on 3 April 1913.
First British woman racing driver and a women’s world land speed record holder. In 1905 she also established the record for the longest drive by a lady driver when she drove a De Dion-Bouton from London to Liverpool and back over two days.
English cartographer who produced the first county maps of England and Wales.
One of the 11 men and women found guilty of causing harm by witchcraft in the Pendle witch trials of 1612, unique among the accused in being a respectable wealthy widow.
English author best known for the Lone Pine series of children’s books, published between 1943 and 1978.
First British woman racehorse trainer to officially train a winning horse. Her historic win came with her filly Pat, at Brighton in August 1966, just one day after she became one of the first two women to be granted a training licence by the Jockey Club.
Jacobite soldier, industrialist, and one of the world’s first industrial espionage agents.
English tenor, musician and composer whose musically talented children were described as “a Nest of Nightingales”.
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