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Margaret Jean Redcliffe-Maud, Baroness Redcliffe-Maud (; 1904 – 6 November 1993), was a British pianist. Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College''.
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, 2008, pages 460, 473, 486, 501. .


Biography

Jean Hamilton was educated at
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. She married
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, later to become Lord Redcliffe-Maud, on 20 June 1932 in
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. On 1 July of that year, they sailed for
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and she kept a diary of her experiences in
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that was later published in book form. Hamilton was a professional
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. There is now a "John and Jean Redcliffe Maud prize" in the Contemporary Piano Competition at the
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in
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. Hamilton co-founded the University College Musical Society with her then fiancé, John Maud. The first concert organised by the society was held in a lecture room at 90
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, one of the college-owned houses, on 1 June 1930. Hamilton accompanied the tenor singer
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. ''
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'', opus 34, is a 1946 musical composition by
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that in the composer's words "''is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud:
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, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment''." She was the master's wife at
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, from 1963 to 1976.Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College''.
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, 2008, pages 460, 473, 486, 501. .
She performed piano recitals and appeared in the Univ Revue there. She retired to live on the Woodstock Road in
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with her husband and died on 6 November 1993. Jean Redcliffe-Maud is buried in
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,
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, with her husband.


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