Spouses of life peers

The list Spouses of life peers includes Sarah Brightman, Vivien Leigh, Princess Margaret, Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes and Slim Hawks. The list consists of 244 members.

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Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

Overview: Vivien Leigh (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947) was a British stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for ...

Date of birth: 5 November 1913

Date of death: 8 July 1967

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Women who experienced pregnancy loss 174T

Tuberculosis deaths in England 241T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
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Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

Overview: Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress.

Date of birth: 14 August 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actors educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance 21T

Actors educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts 33T

Latin-language singers of the United Kingdom 2T
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Princess Margaret

British princess (1930–2002) and sister of Queen Elizabeth II

Overview: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO, CD (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and the only sibling of Queen ...

Date of birth: 21 August 1930

Date of death: 9 February 2002

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in England 80T

Girlguiding officials 18T

Children of George VI 2T
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Joan Plowright

British, Actress

Overview: Joan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier (28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), professionally known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English retired actress whose career spanned over six decades. She won two ...

Date of birth: 28 October 1929

Date of death: 16 January 2025

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Actors from the Borough of North Lincolnshire 7T

Wives of knights 806T

Blind actors 20T
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Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes

Elder sister of Diana, Princess of Wales

Overview: Cynthia Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes (née Spencer; born 11 February 1957) is one of the two older sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, the other being Lady Sarah McCorquodale.

Date of birth: 11 February 1957

Age: 68

Nationality: British

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

Partner: Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes (Married)

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Spencer-Churchill family 136T

Daughters of British earls 385T

British baronesses 264T
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Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh

Member of the British royal family (born 1965)

Overview: Sophie, Countess of Wessex, GCVO DStJ CD (born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones; 20 January 1965) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1965

Age: 60

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Female

Partner: Prince Edward (Married)

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Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh 9T

Duchesses of Edinburgh 6T

People from Brenchley 10T
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Slim Hawks

American model

Overview: Nancy "Slim" Keith, Lady Keith (July 15, 1917 – April 6, 1990) was an American New York socialite and fashion icon during the 1950s and 1960s, exemplifying the American jet set. She and her friend Babe ...

Date of birth: 15 July 1917

Date of death: 16 April 1990

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

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Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state) 217T

20th-century American women 5,852T

Female models from California 352T
8.

Madeleine Gurdon

British equestrian

Overview: Madeleine Astrid Gurdon, Baroness Lloyd-Webber (born 30 November 1962) is an English former equestrian sportswoman, and the third and current wife of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Date of birth: 30 November 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: British

Occupation: Horseriding

Gender: Female

Partner: Andrew Lloyd Webber (Married)

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British female equestrians 69T

Lloyd Webber family 8T

British equestrians 89T
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Jill Esmond

Actor

Overview: Jill Esmond (born Jill Esmond Moore; 26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English stage and screen actress. She was the first wife of Laurence Olivier.

Date of birth: 26 January 1908

Date of death: 28 July 1990

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses from London 1,257T

20th-century English actresses 1,339T

LGBT entertainers from England 218T
10.

Sheherazade Goldsmith

British environmentalist, jeweller and writer (born 1974)

Overview: Sheherazade Ventura Goldsmith (née Bentley; 14 March 1974) is a British environmentalist, jeweller and columnist.

Date of birth: 14 March 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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Goldsmith family 17T

People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle 27T

British jewellers 40T
11.

Samantha Cameron

Wife of David Cameron

Overview: Samantha Gwendoline Cameron (née Sheffield; born 18 April 1971) is a British businesswoman. Until 13 May 2010, she was the Creative Director of Smythson of Bond Street.

Date of birth: 18 April 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Female

Partner: David Cameron (Married)

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People from Burton upon Stather 4T

Daughters of baronets 142T

21st-century businesswomen 368T
12.

Virginia North

Anglo-American actress (1946–2004)

Overview: Virginia North, Lady White (24 April 1946 – 5 June 2004) was an Anglo-American actress who appeared in small roles in five films and one TV programme between 1967 and 1971.

Date of birth: 24 April 1946

Date of death: 5 June 2004

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses from London 1,345T

English television actresses 2,631T

English film actresses 2,140T
13.

Peggy Ashcroft

Actress

Overview: Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, DBE (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.

Date of birth: 22 December 1907

Date of death: 14 June 1991

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in England 80T

Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners 53T

Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners 69T
14.

Sheila Sim

British actor

Overview: Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough (née Sim; 5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, was an English film and theatre actress. She was the ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1922

Date of death: 19 January 2016

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Attenborough family 10T

2016 deaths 9,448T

20th-century British actresses 509T
15.

Diana Churchill

Daughter of British Prime Minister

Overview: Diana Spencer-Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill (née Hozier).

Date of birth: 11 July 1909

Date of death: 20 October 1963

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Relative

Gender: Female

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1963 suicides 28T

Daughters of knights 57T

Barbiturates-related deaths 101T
16.

Anya Linden

British ballet dancer

Overview: Anya Linden, Lady Sainsbury of Preston Candover (born 3 January 1933) is a retired English ballerina.

Date of birth: 3 January 1933

Age: 92

Nationality: English

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

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English ballerinas 71T

Dancers of The Royal Ballet 119T

British baronesses 264T
17.

Sandra Howard

British, Model

Overview: Sandra Howard, Baroness Howard of Lympne (born August 1940) is an English novelist, former model and the wife of Michael Howard, a former leader of the Conservative Party.

Date of birth: August 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women writers 722T

21st-century English women writers 447T

21st-century British women writers 824T
18.

Constance Binney

American actor

Overview: Constance Binney (June 28, 1896 – November 15, 1989) was an American stage and film actress and dancer.

Date of birth: 28 June 1896

Date of death: 15 November 1989

Age: 93 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Broadway actors 482T

Actresses from New York City 1,485T

20th-century American actresses 6,858T
19.

Elspet Gray

Scottish actress (1929–2013)

Overview: Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many t ...

Date of birth: 12 April 1929

Date of death: 18 February 2013

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Scottish television actresses 200T

Scottish film actresses 164T

2013 deaths 9,394T
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Denis Thatcher

English businessman (1915–2003)

Overview: Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, MBE, CStJ, TD (10 May 1915 – 26 June 2003) was a British businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1915

Date of death: 26 June 2003

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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People from Lamberhurst 14T

Husbands of national leaders 10T

People educated at Mill Hill School 128T