Word: cottenham
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Greeted as "Lady Paulina Peeps" by a London magistrate trying her on a traffic charge, Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys, second daughter of the sixth Earl of Cottenham and a descendant of 17th century Diarist Samuel Pepys, shook lovers of English literature the world over with her reply. "Sorry," she snorted, "but it's 'Pepp-iss.' " Later, when admirers of her candid ancestor challenged her on the point, the 31-year-old London librarian insisted: "If he did call himself 'Peeps,' he was the first member of the family to do so and none...