Emily Marie Kingscote | |
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;_Nigel_Richard_Fitzhardinge_Kingscote.jpg) Lady Emily Marie Kingscote and her son Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote. Photo from 1860 by Camille Silvy. | |
| Born | Emily Marie Curzon 1836 |
| Died | December 1910 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Royal courtier |
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| Children | Four |
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Lady Emily Marie Kingscote (née Curzon-Howe; 1836 – December 1910) was a British courtier and part of the royal household as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she was Princess of Wales and later Queen.
Life
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Lady Emily was one of ten children born to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell. [1] [2]
Lady Emily served as Woman of the Bedchamber to Alexandra of Denmark, who was England's longest serving Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901. [3] With the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, her husband succeeded to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and Alexandra became Queen Consort. [4] Lady Emily was re-appointed a Woman of the bedchamber to the Queen, [5] and served as such until 1907.
Lady Emily married on 5 February 1856 at Congerston, Leicestershire, England, [1] becoming the second wife of Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote, [6] whose first wife had died in childbirth. They had two sons and two daughters. [1]
- Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 14 Feb 1857, d. 24 Nov 1921 [7]
- Harriet Maude Isabella Kingscote b. Mar 1860, d. 14 Mar 1906; married Arthur Wilson and was the mother of Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson. [8]
- Winifred Ida Kingscote b. 24 Apr 1862, d. 25 Oct 1938; married on 16 July 1879 Lord Rocksavage, later Marquess of Cholmondeley. [9]
- Albert Edward Leicester Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 13 May 1865
Lady Emily died on 9 December 1910 at 74 [10] (Her husband had predeceased her on 22 September 1908. [1]) They are both buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Kingscote, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England. [10]
References
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- ^ "National Portrait Gallery". NPG.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Battiscombe, Georgina (1969). Queen Alexandra (London: Constable) ISBN 0-09-456560-0
- ^ "No. 27292". The London Gazette. 8 March 1901. p. 1648.
- ^ "London Gazette" (PDF). 9 November 1902. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Lady Emily Marie Curzon - Howe Kingscote..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.