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1983

Lady Antonia Fraser

O ur President in 1983/4 was:
Lady Antonia Fraser

 
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Lady Antonia Fraser (Pinter), CBE (born August 27, 1932, as Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham) is a British author of history and novels, best known for writing biographies. She is the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford (Frank and Elizabeth Pakenham), who were both eminent writers, Labour supporters and Catholic converts. Their eight children became child converts to the Catholic Church. As the daughter of an Earl, Antonia Fraser is entitled to be called "Lady Antonia."
Lady Antonia was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Her first major work was Mary, Queen of Scots (1969).

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The 1983/4 Bulletin features speeches by Duke of Buccleuch, Rt Hon Tom Morgan, Lady Antonia Fraser, Eric Kean and Vice Admiral Nicholas Hunt


  
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