Relatives
One of Macready's sons was General Sir Nevil Macready, a distinguished British Army officer. The American actor of stage, film, and television George Macready claimed to be a descendant. His daughter, Catherine Frances B Macready, was a minor Victorian poet. Her book, 'Leaves From the Olive Mount', published by Chapman & Hall in 1860, began with a one-page dedication poem, 'To My Father'. The writer Rowena Farre (Daphne Lois Macready) was a great-grand-daughter of William Macready.
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Famous quotes containing the word relatives:
“When mother’s relatives visited,
delicacies were cooked.
When father’s guest arrrived,
mother swelled and had a fit.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.
“Every milestone of a firstborn is scrutinized, photographed, recorded, replayed, and retold by doting parents to admiring relatives and disinterested friends. . . . While subsequent children will strive to keep pace with siblings a few years their senior, the firstborn will always have a seemingly Herculean task of emulating his adult parents.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)
“The poor in bustling towns aren’t called upon, but the rich deep in the mountains have relatives visiting them from afar.”
—Chinese proverb.