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Sturges Park Auckland
Sturges is a surname, and may refer to: * Alberta Sturges (1877–1951), American heiress and, by marriage, 9th Countess of Sandwich * Graeme Sturges (born 1955), Australian politician * Herbert Sturges (1882–1958), statistician * Jock Sturges (born 1947), American photographer * John Sturges (1911–1982), American film director * Jonathan Sturges (1740–1819), American lawyer and jurist * Jonathan Sturges (businessman) (1802–1874), American businessman and arts patron * Lewis B. Sturges (1763–1844), American politician * Matthew Sturges (born 1970), American comics author * Preston Sturges (1898–1959), American film director and writer * Ralph W. Sturges (1918–2007), American Mohegan tribal chief * Robert Sturges (1891–1970), British Royal Marines officer * Shannon Sturges (born 1968), American actress * William Sturges Bourne (1769–1845), British politician See also * Sturges, Missouri * Sturges' formula in Histogram * Sturgis (surname) Sturgis is a surname o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Sturges
Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich (née Sturges; 7 September 1877 – 23 October 1951) was an American heiress, diarist, and letter writer who was the wife of George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich. Like many Gilded Age debutantes from the United States, she married into the British aristocracy and took on the running of her husband's family's ancestral seat, Hinchingbrooke House. Lady Sandwich was a close friend of Mildred Barnes Bliss and was an accomplished musician, writer, and linguist. She was a friend and devotee of the Hindu monk and philosopher Swami Vivekananda, whom she had met in her childhood when he stayed at her family's New York estate. Lady Sandwich hosted Vivekananda in Chicago, New York, and Paris, accompanied him on a trip to Rome, and corresponded with him throughout her life. Early life and family Lady Sandwich was born Alberta Sturges in Chicago on 7 September 1877 to Betty MacLeod, of New York City, and William Sturges, of Chicago. Her maternal grandf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
