Helen Johnson Houghton
Helen Marjorie Johnson Houghton( née Walwyn; 8 November 1910 – 4 December 2012) was a British racehorse trainer.
She was the first woman to train a Classic flat races winner.
Her horse Gilles de Retz won the 2,000 Guineas in 1956, but her name did not appear in the record books as the Jockey Club did not recognise women trainers at that time and the horse ran under the name of her assistant, Charles Jerdein, instead.
She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977, alongside Priscilla Hastings and Ruth Wood( née Primrose), Countess of Halifax.
Priscilla Hastings
Priscilla Victoria Hastings(" née" Bullock, 28 February 1920 – 12 August 2010) was a British racehorse owner and trainer.
She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977, alongside her half- sister Ruth Wood( née Primrose), Countess of Halifax and Helen Johnson Houghton.
Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel
Marie d' Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers( 25 March 1491 – 27 October 1549) was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel, on 23 August 1500.
She was the wife of Charles II of Cleves, Count of Nevers.
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy( 15 January 1292 – 21 January 1330), was Queen of France by marriage to Philip V of France, and ruling Countess of Burgundy and Countess of Artois.
She was the eldest daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Neil Primrose (politician)
Neil James Archibald Primrose (14 December 1882 – 15 November 1917) was a British Liberal politician and soldier.
The second son of prime minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1916 to 1917.
He died from wounds received in action in Palestine in 1917.
Ruth Wood, Countess of Halifax
Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Wood, Countess of Halifax (née Primrose, 18 April 1916 – 31 August 1989) was a British racehorse owner.
She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977, alongside her half-sister Priscilla Hastings and Helen Johnson Houghton.
She was the only child of Neil Primrose, son of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and his wife, Lady Victoria Stanley, the third child of Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby.
Her parents were married on 7 April 1915.
Her father died in Palestine in 1917.
Her widowed mother remarried in 1919, to Malcolm Bullock, who was a Conservative MP from 1923 to 1953 and who became a baronet in 1954.
Her half-sister Priscilla was born in 1920, but Lady Victoria Bullock was killed in an accident while hunting with the Quorn 1927.
She married Charles Wood in 1936 and became Countess of Halifax after the death of her father-in-law in 1959, when her husband inherited the title of 2nd Earl of Halifax.
They had three children:
She won The Derby with Shirley Heights in 1978
Her husband was master of the Middleton Foxhounds for more than 30 seasons.
He died in 1980.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Anne Yelverton
Anne Yelverton( 1628–1698) was Countess of Manchester and Countess of Halifax.

Question: When did Ruth Wood, Countess Of Halifax's father die?
Answer: 15 November 1917