Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
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Order of the British Empire
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(18 October 1863 – 17 November 1926) was a British peeress
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Marcia was the eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers
Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers
Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers was a British peer and soldier....
and his wife, Mary. On 5 August 1886, she married Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough
Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough
Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough KG, PC , styled Lord Worsley until 1875, was a British peer and politician...
and they had four sons:
- Charles Pelham, Lord WorsleyCharles Pelham, Lord WorsleyCharles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley was a British soldier. He was the son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough. On 31 January 1911, Lord Pelham married Alexandra Mary Freesia Vivian, daughter of Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian and the former Louisa...
(1887–1914) - The Hon. Sackville PelhamSackville Pelham, 5th Earl of YarboroughSackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936....
(1888–1948) - The Hon. D'Arcy Francis Pelham (b.& d. 1892)
- The Hon. Marcus Herbert (1893–1966)
In 1888, the countess's father died and his title fell into abeyance
Abeyance
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, but the abeyance was terminated in her favour four years later. Eleven years later, in 1903, the barony of Fauconberg
Baron Fauconberg
The title Baron Fauconberg has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1295 when Walter de Fauconberg was summoned to parliament. Between 1463 and 1903 the title was abeyant, until the abeyance was terminated in favour of Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox, who also gained...
(a title which had been in abeyance since the death of the last holder, the 6th Baroness Fauconberg in 1490) was also granted to Marcia. The House of Lords
House of Lords
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also agreed that her father held the barony of Darcy de Knayth
Baron Darcy de Knayth
Baron Darcy de Knayth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance, which the Sovereign terminated in 1641 in favour of Conyers Darcy. The next baron, also named Conyers, was granted the title of Earl of...
, which was granted to Marcia's sister, the Countess of Powis
Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis
Violet Ida Eveline Herbert, Countess of Powis and 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth was a British peeress....
, at the same time. Due to the titles granted to her, Marcia brought 153 armorial quarterings
Quartering (heraldry)
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to her husband's family.
In 1920, the countess was appointed an OBE
Order of the British Empire
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in recognition of her role as Commandant
Commandant
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of Brocklesby Park (her husband's ancestral home), which had been turned over as an auxiliary hospital during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. She died of sleeping sickness at Brocklesby in 1926 and her titles were inherited by her eldest surviving son, Sackville.