Word: ancestress
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...snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna Are not very pure or true. With my gypsy ancestress and my weird luck And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack...
...nepotism of Macmillan's Cabinet. This seems hard to believe, since his very succession could be regarded as nepotism. Lady Macmillan and Sir Alec are cousins. Both are descended from the interesting-looking great-great-grandmother who is holding him in the picture accompanying the article. This ancestress, whom you left unidentified, was Louisa (1812-1905), daughter of the 6th Duke of Bedford and wife of the 1st Duke of Abercorn. If her contemporary, Queen Victoria, can be described as the mother-in-law of European royalty, then the duchess was the mother-in-law of the Establishment...