Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
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Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford, GBE
, DGStJ (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953), born Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice, was a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
and his wife, Maud
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On 16 October 1897, she married Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford
(and would be styled as Marchioness of Waterford); the couple had six children. The Marquess died in 1911, and on 19 August 1918, she remarried, to Osborne Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans
.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, DGStJ (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953), born Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice, was a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
and his wife, Maud
Maud Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI , née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888...
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On 16 October 1897, she married Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford
Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford
Henry de La Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford, KP was an Irish peer, styled Earl of Tyrone until 1895. He became Marquess of Waterford in 1895 on the death of John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 15 March 1902.On 16 October...
(and would be styled as Marchioness of Waterford); the couple had six children. The Marquess died in 1911, and on 19 August 1918, she remarried, to Osborne Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans
Osborne Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans
Osbourne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans was the son of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans....
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