Honora may refer to:
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''Honora'' (moth), a genus of snout moths
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Honora, Ontario, a community in Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Canada
People with the given name
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Honora Burke
Honora Burke became Honora FitzJames, Duchess of Berwick on Tweed ( – 1698), married Patrick Sarsfield and went into French exile where he followed her soon afterwards. After his death at the Battle of Landen, she married James FitzJames, 1st ...
(c. 1675 – 1698), Irish aristocrat
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Honora Denny
Honora Denny (died 1614) was an English courtier.
She was the daughter of Edward, Lord Denny and Mary Cecil, a daughter of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter. Some sources use the name "Honoria" or "Honor".
She married a prominent Scottish-born c ...
(died 1614), English courtier
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Honora Enfield
Alice Honora Enfield (4 January 1882 – 14 August 1935) was a British co-operative activist.
Life and career
Born in Nottingham, she was the sister of Elinor Enfield. Alice studied at St Leonards School in St Andrews, and then at Somer ...
(1882–1935), British co-operative activist
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Honora Jenkins
The 1778 case of Honora Jenkins's last will and testament is a case in English law dealing with the witnessing of a testator's will. In this case, the testatrix, Honora Jenkins, visited her solicitors' office to sign her will, but it was later re ...
, English woman who was part of a 1778 case in English law
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Honora Kelley
Jane Toppan (born Honora Kelley; March 31, 1854 – August 17, 1938), nicknamed Jolly Jane, was an American serial killer who is believed to have murdered over 100 people in Massachusetts between 1895 and 1901. She confessed to 31 murders. ...
(1854–1938), birth name American serial killer Jane Toppan
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Honora Ornstein
Diamond Tooth Lil was an American cultural figure popular in the early 20th century as an icon of wealth and libertine burlesque. Several individuals called themselves "Diamond Lil" or "Diamond Tooth", creating an amalgamated legacy clouded by ...
(1882–1975), one of the Americans known as Diamond Tooth Lil
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Honora Seymour, Lady Beauchamp
Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache (21 September 1561 – July 1612) was an English nobleman who had a theoretically strong claim to the throne of England through his mother, Lady Katherine Grey, but his legitimacy was questioned. He was an ...
(), English noblewoman, wife of Edward Seymour
* Honora Seymour (bef. 1594–1620), English noblewoman, wife of
Ferdinando Sutton
Sir Ferdinando Sutton (1588–1621) was an English aristocrat.
Family and early life
The son of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley (1567–1643) and Theodosia Harington (died 1649). The Sutton family used their title "Dudley" as a surname, and s ...
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Honora Sneyd
Honora Edgeworth (''née'' Sneyd; 1751 – 1 May 1780) was an eighteenth-century English writer, mainly known for her associations with literary figures of the day particularly Anna Seward and the Lunar Society, and for her work on children's ...
(1751–1780), English writer
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(1851–1942), American painter and illustrator
See also
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Onora, a given name
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Honorah Parker
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Honoria (disambiguation)
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Honor (given name)
Honor is a primarily feminine given name derived from the word "honour", taken from a Latin root word ''honos'', ''honoris''. It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans. It is still in occasional use in England, but is an extremely rare name in th ...
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