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Wootton

British

/ ˈwʊtən /

noun

Barbara ( Frances ), Baroness of Abinger. 1897–1988, English economist, educationalist, social scientist, and criminologist

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Sarah Wootton, chief executive of Dignity in Dying, said "thousands of terminally ill people will continue to suffer against their wishes in their last days and weeks".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Neil Warnock, at 77, also returned for a short spell in charge of his old club Torquay United, between the sacking of Paul Wootton and the appointment of Jimmy Ball.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

The man says that at the time he believed he was communicating with a woman called Maria Joseph, and did not know that he was, in fact, communicating with Wootton, according to the claim.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

A two-minute silence is due to take place this week at the Wootton Hall headquarters in Northampton.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025

A more direct route, by this tunnel, between London and South Wales, is provided by a line from Wootton Bassett on the main line, running north of Bristol by Badminton and Chipping Sodbury.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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