Louisa Augusta Beatrice Acheson, Countess of Gosford DBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (17 January 1856–3 March 1944), née Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu, was the wife of the 4th Earl of Gosford

Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford KP was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. Since there are two United Kingdom peerages subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an...

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Lady Gosford was the daughter of the Duke of Manchester

William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, KP , known as Lord Kimbolton from 1823 to 1843 and as Viscount Mandeville from 1843 to 1855, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.William Montagu was the eldest son of George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester...

. From 1901 to 1925 she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber

Lady of the Bedchamber

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 to Queen Alexandra

Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...

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During the First World War Lady Gosford was president of the Central Workrooms of the British Red Cross Society, and for this work she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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...

 (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

Marriage

Lady Louisa Montagu married Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford

Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford

Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford KP was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864. Since there are two United Kingdom peerages subsumed in that Irish Earldom, he was entitled to an...

, son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford

Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford

Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP , styled Viscount Acheson between 1807 and 1849, was a British peer...

 and Theodosia Brabazon, on 10 August 1876 in Market Hill, County Armagh

County Armagh

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, Ireland

Ireland

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Children

• Archibald Charles Montagu Brabazon Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford
  Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford
  Archibald Charles Montagu Brabazon Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford , styled Viscount Acheson until 1922, was a British peer....
  
  (b. 26 May 1877 - d. 20 March 1954)
• Lady Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Acheson (b. 1878 - d. 21 January 1958)
• Lady Mary Acheson (b. 1881 - d. ????)
• Lady Theodosia Louisa Augusta Acheson (b. 1882 - d. 1977)
• Captain Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson (b. 30 June 1883 - d. 30 August 1957)