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Eliza Taylor Arbuthnot (1836–1861)
Eliza Taylor Spottiswoode (1861–1894)

1836/7–94

Born in Madras. Daughter of William Urquhart Arbuthnot, member of the Council for India. Married William Spottiswoode in 1861. Their at-homes at Grosvenor Place in London attracted well-known scientists and politicians.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

ODNB s.v. Spottiswoode, William

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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