Nancy Clara Cunard

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Nancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a writer, heiress and political activist. She was born into the British upper class, and devoted much of her life to fighting racism and fascism. She became a muse to some of the 20th century's most distinguished writers and artists, including Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound and Louis Aragon—who were among her lovers—as well as Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Constantin Brâncuși, Langston Hughes, Man Ray and William Carlos Williams. MI5 documents reveal that she was involved with Indian socialist leader VK Krishna Menon. In later years she suffered from mental illness, and her physical health deteriorated. When she died in the Hôpital Cochin, Paris, she weighed only 26 kg (57 pounds). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cunard

Nancy married Sidney George Fairbairn on 15 Nov 1916 in London, and was divorced in 1925. Sidney was born on 13 Oct 1892 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 19 Jan 1943 in London; was buried in Steventon, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bache married Maud Alice Burke on 17 Apr 1895 in New York, USA. Maud was born on 3 Aug 1872 in San Francisco, California, USA; died on 10 Jul 1948 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maud Alice Burke (3 August 1872 – 10 July 1948), later Lady Cunard, known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess. She had long relationships with the novelist George Moore and the conductor Thomas Beecham, and was the muse of the former and a champion of and fund-raiser for the latter. She was a supporter of Wallis Simpson during the British abdication crisis of 1936, vainly hoping for a court appointment. The Second World War ended her era of private patronage and lavish hospitality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Cunard

Edward married Mary Bache McEvers. Mary (daughter of Bache McEvers and Jane Erin Emmet) was born on 8 May 1828 in New York, USA; died on 25 May 1866 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 38

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Canadian shipping magnate

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Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line. He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.

For further details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cunard

Samuel married Susan Duffus on 4 Feb 1815 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susan (daughter of William Duffus and Susannah Murdoch) was born on 25 May 1795 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 28 Feb 1828 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bache McEvers (October 11, 1798 – July 15, 1851) was an American commission merchant, shipper, and insurer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bache_McEvers

Bache married Jane Erin Emmet on 15 Oct 1825. Jane (daughter of Thomas Addis Emmet and Jane Patten) was born on 18 Apr 1802 in Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland; died on 7 Jun 1890 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1808, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 1867, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 1881, Drayton, Nevill Holt, Rutland