William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson
William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC( 8 August 1891 – 4 April 1984), was a British Labour politician.
Ruth Watson
Ruth Watson is an English hotelier, broadcaster and food writer.
Ruth Watson
Ruth Watson is an English hotelier, broadcaster and food writer.
José María Montealegre
José María Montealegre Fernández (19 March 1815 – September 26, 1887) was President of Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863.
Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners, he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen, where he graduated as a surgeon.
He married twice: in 1854 to Ana Maria Mora (1819–1854), sister of the future President Juan Rafael Mora (1849–1859), and in 1858 to Sofía Matilde Joy Redman (1823–1908), a Londoner, who was a relative of British diplomat Sir William Gore Ouseley.
He came to power through a coup d'état against Juan Rafael Mora.
In the first months of his presidency he convened a constitutional conventional, which produced the Constitution of 1859.
Under the new constitution he was popularly elected to a three-year presidential term in 1860, after which he handed on the presidency, peacefully and democratically, to Jesús Jiménez.
After earning the animosity of President Tomás Guardia, Montealegre decided to leave Costa Rica.
He died in San Jose, California and his mortal remains laid near Mission San Jose (located in what is now Fremont, CA) until they were repatriated in 1978.
His sister was Gerónima Montealegre, and his great-great-grandniece is actress Madeleine Stowe.
Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue
Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue is an observational documentary television series which aired on British terrestrial television channel, Channel 4 in 2009.
In each episode, the celebrated hotelier Ruth Watson visits and assesses the site of a planned hotel, guest house or bed and breakfast, and offers advice and support to the new owner/ s.
Watson identifies weaknesses in the preparations of the new establishments, and then sends the new owners to various hotels in the UK to improve their skills.
Each episode usually culminates in the new hotel being secretly inspected and assessed by a tourism agency or travel writer.
Premiering in September 2009," Hotel Rescue" was the second Channel 4 series to star Ruth Watson, as part of her exclusive deal with the channel to front a number of series.
Watson also fronts" Country House Rescue" for Channel 4, which sees her turn her attention to struggling country houses and their owners.
Watson has previously starred in" The Hotel Inspector", a documentary series for Five of a very similar format to" Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue", but with existing struggling hotels, rather than new start- ups.
Watson herself has described the show as Grand Designs" meets" The Hotel Inspector.
Although calls to take part in the programme were placed at the end of each episode, in a statement on her personal website announcing a halt to her presenting career, Watson mentioned that" Hotel Rescue" was never re-commissioned for any further series.
Gerónima Montealegre
Gerónima Montealegre Fernández de Carranza Ramírez
( October 30, 1823- September 16, 1892) was First Lady of Costa Rica and wife of Temporary Head of State Bruno Carranza.
She was born in San José on October 30, 1823 to her parents Mariano Montealegre Bustamante( Costa Rica's first Vice Head of State and diplomat) and Jerónima Fernández Chacón, and was sister of President José María Montealegre Fernández.
She married Carranza on January 3, 1847 and later became First Lady when he took power by coup d'etat from April 27 to August 8, 1870.
Using her mother's inheritance, she and her sisters founded" Hospicio de la Trinidad", the first orphanage in the city of San José.
She died in this city on September 16, 1892.
At the time of her death the local press nicknamed her" mother of the orphans and the handicapped"( in Spanish madre de los huérfanos y los desvalidos).
She was the great- great- grandmother of actress Madeleine Stowe.
William Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson
William Watson Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson PC( 8 August 1891 – 4 April 1984), was a British Labour politician.
Bruno Carranza
José Bruno Carranza Ramírez (October 5, 1822 – January 25, 1891) was briefly President of Costa Rica (albeit with the title "Temporary Head of the Republic") in 1870.
Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesús Jiménez.
He resigned three months later.
His parents were Miguel Carranza Fernández (Vice-Head of State between 1838 and 1841) and Joaquina Ramírez y García.
In 1847 he married Gerónima Montealegre, sister of President José María Montealegre Fernández.
His great-great-granddaughter is actress Madeleine Stowe.
Ruth Watson Henderson
Ruth Louise Watson Henderson( born 23 November 1932) is a Canadian composer and pianist.
She was the accompanist for the Festival Singers of Canada under Dr. Elmer Iseler for many years, where she developed her ear for composing mixed- choral works.
Henderson also accompanied the Toronto Children's Chorus under Jean Ashworth Bartle from its inception in 1978 to 2007 and was music director for Kingsway Lampton United Church in Toronto from 1996 to 2013.
An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, Watson Henderson's compositional output includes works for organ, piano, violin, trumpet, string orchestra, and more than 200 choral pieces.
Her works are known for their use of modal and impressionistic harmonies.
In 1989 her" Chromatic Partita for Organ" won a prize in an International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim, Germany.
In 1992 her" Voices of Earth" won the National Choral Award for Outstanding Choral Composition.
In 1996 she received the Distinguished Service Award of the Ontario Choral Federation.
Many of her works have been recorded and enjoy international popularity.
Additionally, Canadian choirs often perform entire concerts of her compositions.
José María Montealegre
José María Montealegre Fernández (19 March 1815 – September 26, 1887) was President of Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863.
Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners, he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen, where he graduated as a surgeon.
He married twice: in 1854 to Ana Maria Mora (1819–1854), sister of the future President Juan Rafael Mora (1849–1859), and in 1858 to Sofía Matilde Joy Redman (1823–1908), a Londoner, who was a relative of British diplomat Sir William Gore Ouseley.
He came to power through a coup d'état against Juan Rafael Mora.
In the first months of his presidency he convened a constitutional conventional, which produced the Constitution of 1859.
Under the new constitution he was popularly elected to a three-year presidential term in 1860, after which he handed on the presidency, peacefully and democratically, to Jesús Jiménez.
After earning the animosity of President Tomás Guardia, Montealegre decided to leave Costa Rica.
He died in San Jose, California and his mortal remains laid near Mission San Jose (located in what is now Fremont, CA) until they were repatriated in 1978.
His sister was Gerónima Montealegre, and his great-great-grandniece is actress Madeleine Stowe.

Question: Did Gerónima Montealegre and Ruth Watson Henderson have the same nationality?
Answer: no