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    Mary Elizabeth Whitmore Jones (c. 1823 – 1915) was an English author and the first female heir of Chastleton House. She was unmarried and did not have...
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  • was Mary Jones Mary Latchford Jones (1877–1968), Anglo-Irish politician Mary Whitmore Jones (c. 1823–1915), English author Jones Soda#Mary Jones This...
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    the early 20th century. The most prolific and original author was Mary Whitmore Jones whose first book, Games of Patience for One or More Players, appeared...
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  • Russian bank, but he also identifies three early English patiences by Mary Whitmore Jones – carbouche, obstruction, and dowager's patience – which bear a "remarkable...
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  • of suits. It was first described in 1892 in Games of Patience by Mary Whitmore Jones and has since appeared in other books and software. At the onset...
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  • unrelated. The rules are first recorded in England as Drivel Patience by Mary Whitmore Jones in 1900 who acknowledges that "this is not a complimentary name....
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  • games of its type. The game is first recorded in 1891 in England by Mary Whitmore Jones as Demon Patience. She describes it as "by far the best game for...
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  • decade later in the 1890s: The Queen and Her Lad is first recorded by Mary Whitmore Jones in the 3rd series of her Games of Patience (1892). One pack is used...
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    is barred with one of the National Trust's trademarks: a rope." Mary Whitmore Jones inherited Chastleton in 1874 at the age of 51 when her brother, Willie...
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    quadrille that was fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1890, Mary Whitmore Jones published rules for a game called Quadrille Patience in which cards...
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