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Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave

Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave

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Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, DBE (née Mary Dorothea Palmer; 25 March 1850 – 8 November 1933) was a British peeress.[1]

Biography

She was the daughter of Roundell Palmer (later Earl of Selborne) and his wife, Laura, a daughter of the 8th Earl Waldegrave. She was known to family and friends as "May".

On 5 August 1874, she married her first cousin, William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave. Lord and Lady Waldegrave had three children:

In the 1918 Birthday Honours, Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, was appointed a DBE for her work as Deputy President of the Somerset branch of the British Red Cross Society during World War I.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mary Lady Waldegrave". The Times. 10 November 1933. p. 16.
  2. [2]
    "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6687.


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