Mordaunt

Sir Reginald Eversleigh, a lady and gentleman called Mordaunt, and their two pretty, fair-faced daughters, and two other old friends of the rector's, one of whom is very familiar to us.

Run to Earth A Novel 1875

A sudden overhauling of his pockets produced some stray halfpence; master of a "Queen's head," a sheet of vellum, a new "Mordaunt," and an "envelope," Mr. Horatio

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 Various

"Mordaunt," said the sandy-haired Midshipman, rising and opening the gramophone, "would you like to hear George Robey?"

The Long Trick 1886-1967 Bartimeus 1926

By his mother and sisters he was addressed as "Mordaunt," though until a year or so previously his name had been Jimmy.

"Chinkie's Flat" 1904 Louis Becke 1884

When you call him 'Mordaunt' the hideous little wretch grins; and he grins too when you call me 'Juliette' and

"Chinkie's Flat" 1904 Louis Becke 1884

[1] Bloomfield was hoping Mrs Sharp (wife of James Sharp of Clare Hall, South Mimms) would seek preferment for Charles from her relative-by-marriage Lady Mordaunt.

Letter 346 2009

Mordaunt was the daughter of Elizabeth Prowse (née Sharp), James Sharp's sister.

Letter 346 2009

East Anglian — the epicenter of Mary's patrimony — gentry families who placed their daughters in Mary's household and whose menfolk formed Mary's household knights were Coke, Cornwallis and Dormer. 62 Those who responded so quickly to Mary's standard in 1553 as to make them likely candidates to be Mary's non-resident affinity are members of the Bedingfield, Southwell, Shelton, Huddlestone, Drury, and Mordaunt families.

From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

The New York Times sent its legendarily unperceptive film critic Mordaunt Hall to California to watch DeMille in production, and his story caught the director in full indomitable flight.

Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

Lest you believe Queen Victoria detested her son and heir, thereby continuing the Hanover legacy of the estrangement of heirs from their ruling sires, Victoria was steadfast in the face of the public scrutiny Bertie faced during the Mordaunt divorce trial, the Blandford-Aylesford scandal, and the Tranby Croft Scandal, and rushed to his bedside during a near-fatal bout of typhoid in the 1870s.

Waiting in the Wings | Edwardian Promenade 2008