Lady Constance Gaskell
Lady Constance Gaskell | |
|---|---|
 Photograph of Lady Constance, 1899 | |
| Born | Constance Harriet Stuart Milnes Knox 21 April 1885 |
| Died | 29 April 1964 (aged 79) |
| Spouse |
Evelyn Milnes Gaskell
(after 1905) |
| Parent(s) | Constance Caulfeild Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly |
Lady Constance Harriet Stuart Milnes Gaskell, DCVO DStJ (née Knox; 21 April 1885 – 29 April 1964) was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from 1937 to 1953 and Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1953 to 1960.[1]
Early life
[edit]Lady Constance was the second, but eldest surviving, daughter of Constance Caulfeild and Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, who was later Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904.[2]
Courtier
[edit]Lady Gaskell was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from 1937 to 1953 and Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1953 to 1960.[1] She was appointed Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.[3]
Personal life
[edit]On 7 November 1905, she married Maj. Evelyn Milnes Gaskell (d. 1931), a son of Rt. Hon. Charles Milnes Gaskell, MP for Morley,[4] and the former Lady Catherine Henrietta Wallop (a daughter of the 5th Earl of Portsmouth), an author.[5] Together, they were the parents of:[3]
- Charles Thomas Milnes Gaskell (d. 1943), a Lt. in the Coldstream Guards, he married Lady Ethel Patricia Hare, daughter of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel and Hon. Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (a daughter of the 2nd Baron Derwent, in 1936.[3]
- Mary Juliana Milnes Gaskell (1906–1999),[3] who married Lewis Motley, in 1934.[6]
Her son died in a flying accident on 5 November 1943. Lady Constance Milnes Gaskell died in 1964, eight days after her 79th birthday.[3]
Legacy
[edit]Two portraits of Lady Constance are part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Constance Harriet Stuart Knox". webtrees. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Our Portrait Illustration". Country Life. Country Life, Limited: 314. 1910. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3273.
- ^ a b National Portrait Gallery, "Lady Constance Gaskell", retrieved 3 December 2020
- ^ Dickins, Gordon (1987). An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire. Shropshire Libraries. pp. 33–34, 44, 104. ISBN 0-903802-37-6.
- ^ Magazine, Pennsylvania Genealogical (1982). Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families: From The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-8063-0974-3. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
