Example sentences of "by [pron] first wife " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 2 | Her father was very rich and very proud , with only one child , Miss Havisham , by his first wife . |
| 3 | By his first wife , Sarah Ashe , who died in 1662 , he had a son , who succeeded to the baronetcy , and a daughter . |
| 4 | His only surviving issue at the time of his death was Joan , his daughter by his first wife , who was the wife of Eon la Zouche . |
| 5 | After she died the heart-broken husband gave Woodford Lodge , Northamptonshire , where Harriett had spent her married life , to his son by his first wife , and went to live with Wellington . |
| 6 | His daughter by his first wife , and only child , married into the Hulton family of Lancashire , which accounts for the survival of his papers in the County Record Office at Preston and in the British Library . |
| 7 | John had at least four sons and three daughters , probably all by his first wife . |
| 8 | Hart was twice married , having two daughters by his first wife and a son and daughter by his second , whose forenames were Susan Ellen . |
| 9 | His only children were a daughter , Lois , who survived him , and a son , Stanley Robert , who lived but a few days : both were by his first wife . |
| 10 | Samuel 's father left the whole of the family property to another son , by his first wife , observing that Samuel ‘ had brains enough to work his own way ’ . |
| 11 | He had one daughter , Elizabeth , by his first wife , and married secondly ( after 1859 ) a widow , Hannah White , by whom he had no children . |
| 12 | Malcolm 's oldest son ( by his first wife ) , Duncan , had lived in England probably for twenty years , and was associated with Anglo-Norman culture ; there was almost certainly a reaction also against Margaret ( who died within a week ) , her sons , whom Donald exiled , and English immigrants . |
| 13 | By his first wife he had three sons and three daughters . |
| 14 | By his first wife he had a son , Richard . |
| 15 | , Sir John , first baronet ( 1603–1701 ) , MP , was born in October 1603 in Ashwellthorpe , Norfolk , the first son of Sir Thomas Holland of Quidenham , by his first wife Mary Knyvett . |
| 16 | has children which he has by his first wife , in my view and in the view of the great majority of people in this country |
| 17 | Creina was the step daughter of Mrs Foster 's husband by his first wife . |
| 18 | Martin has two children by his first wife . |
| 19 | ‘ In all secular matters I am a feminist , ’ says the bishop , who is widowed and remarried , with three daughters by his first wife . |
| 20 | Oh yes , we 'd check them , erm I have n't got any this Sunday , Lisa Marie that 's his eldest daughter by his first wife . |