Nancy Cunard
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Nancy Clara Cunard was a British 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 so
Nancy Cunard
Nancy Cunard by Ambrose McEvoy
Maud Cunard
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Maud Alice, Lady Cunard, later known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess. She was married to Sir Bache Cunard, 3rd Baronet, the grandson of the Cunard shipping line founder,
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…Cunard's father was Sir Bache Cunard, an heir to the Cunard Line shipping businesses, interested in polo and fox hunting, and a baronet. Her mother was Maud Alice Burke, an American heiress, who adopted the first name Emerald and became a leading London society hostess. Nancy had been brought up on the family estate…
Cunard in 1895
Lady Cunard as Britannia, with Sir Thomas Beecham, 1919