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Sister72 (2008)

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Philippe Mercier (German-born French Huguenot, 1689-1760) Sir Edward Hales, 5th Baronet, of Hales Place, Hackington, Kent, 1744 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

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Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill (1912-91) was registered as the youngest daughter of John, Lord Sempill, and was unhappy as a girl, taking a course of medical treatments in Germany and registering as a man, Ewan Forbes-Sempill, in 1952 and marrying a woman. His new identity was challenged by his cousin who was disappointed at the loss of his inheritance to a large estate and loss of title of the 11th Baronet on the arrival of Ewan Forbes-Sempill – a new male heir. The legal challenge took place in secret over three years until the home secretary ruled that Forbes-Sempill was 'intersex' and entitled to inherit as a male heir.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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1960 Baronet Cream Sandwich Cookies

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Major-General Sir Fitzroy Maclean, who may have been one of the inspirations for James Bond

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Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet

A trans intersex man, Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar (1912-1991) was a Scottish nobleman who successfully argued for and received his legal rights.

[Ewan in 1952]

Born to a well-established Scottish nobleman who held both a barony and a baronetcy (baronets are just below barons and the hierarchy of nobility), Ewan was the youngest of four children. Assigned female at birth, and raised as such, Ewan's childhood has a well-documented history of dysphoria. He mostly played with other boys and dressed in boy's clothes, and often skipped social engagements entirely rather than wear a dress to them. Ewan also refused to attend a girls' school, and so was educated at home.

A well-educated man, Ewan spoke multiple languages including Doric, attended the Sorbonne in Paris, and was an accomplished public reciter and harpist. He studied medicine in Munich, self-funded, but left when his older brother inherited the barony and baronetcy, and Ewan himself inherited a lairdship.

In 1944, he graduated from medical school at the University of Aberdeen, where he worked in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and acted as a medical officer for German prisoners of war from World War II (he had left Munich slightly after the Nazis were elected into power) due to his fluency in German.

In 1952, he legally transitioned and changed his gender on his warrant for birth, which he publically announced in the newspaper. His patients, family, and friends all knew about his transition and were described as 'universally supportive'. That same year, he married a woman, Isabella Mitchell, his housekeeper/dance partner.

His life continued normally until 1965, when his older brother died with no sons. The baronry passed to a daughter, but the law of the land meant the baronetcy (and most of the land) was to pass to the first male heir. It was the will of nearly the entire family that Ewan should be so, but his cousin challenged him.

John Forbes-Sempill would receive the baronetcy if Ewan was considered an invalid heir. The case was taken to court--but kept rather secret. We know that 12 separate medical experts were called in, with some disagreement, but the judge ultimately ruled in favor of Ewan (some suggest he simply believe Ewan was a better candidate). This was appealed, but the decision was upheld and Ewan was confirmed as the rightful holder of the title.

Ewan Forbes was an accomplished linguist, artist, physician, and lord who was intersex and transitioned. He was accepted by his family, community, and wife with full knowledge and without hesitation, and lived a full life.

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Babysitter for 1st child:

Babysitter for third child:

Information 1st painting

Jan van Belcamp 1646

The Great Picture

This is a snippet from a triptych (3 paintings put next to each other that tell a story together) about the life of Lady Anne Clifford who, at the death of her father when she was 15, began decades of battle for her father's title of baron. The king and her husband suggested she yield to her uncle's offer of a payout to allow him the title uncontested. She ignored them and eventually regained the title. She also overruled her husband in insisting their second daughter be allowed to marry who she wanted.

Information 2nd painting

Titian 1576

Boy with dogs in landscape

People argue over what the message is in this painting, i think given how many he painted hes allowed to have some paintings he just did for fun.

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Vintage Baronet Fifth Avenue Clutch

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