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The Countess Roberts | |
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| Born | Aileen Mary Roberts 20 September 1870 |
| Died | 9 October 1944 (aged 74) Ascot, England |
| Father | The 1st Earl Roberts |
Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts, DBE (20 September 1870 – 9 October 1944) was a British peeress.[1]
Early life and family
[edit]Roberts was born in Bengal, British India, into a distinguished Anglo-Irish family. Her father, Field Marshall Frederick Roberts (later raised to the peerage), was one of the most successful military commanders of his time. At the time of her birth, he was serving in the British Indian Army and had been awarded the Victoria Cross for his role in defeating the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Her grandfather was General Sir Abraham Roberts from County Waterford, who spent 50 years in British India.
Her mother, Nora Henrietta, was born in County Mayo, the daughter of Captain John Bews, of the 73rd Regiment of Foot and Paymaster-General of Royal Irish Constabulary. Roberts was the fourth born but first surviving child of her parents. Two sisters and a brother died in infancy before she was born. She grew up with a younger brother, Frederick, and a younger sister, Ada.[2]
Her father was created a baronet in 1881.
Peerage
[edit]In 1899, her brother died of wounds, for which he received the Victoria Cross.
In 1904,
she ll She succeeded to the titles of Countess Roberts and Viscountess St. Pierre on 14 November 1914.
As Earl Roberts' sons had predeceased him, the earldom was allowed to pass down the female line. Aileen became the 2nd Countess Roberts in 1914. She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)[3] in 1918 for her services as Honorary Secretary, Officers' Families Fund and founder of the Countess Roberts Field Glass Fund.[4]
Countess Roberts died in Ascot in 1944, unmarried, at the age of 74.[5] She was succeeded as 3rd Countess Roberts by her younger sister, Ada Edwina Stewart Roberts[6] (28 March 1875 – 21 February 1955), who married Major Henry Lewin (1872–1946). The 3rd Countess, like her father before her, would live to see the death of her own son, and only child, Lieutenant Frederick Roberts Alexander Lewin (18 January 1915 – May 1940), who was killed in action during the Second World War.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Countess Roberts". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 10 October 1944. p. 6.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson; Crisp, Frederick Arthur (1903). Visitation of England and Wales. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "No. 57855". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2005. p. 23.
- ^ Hendley 2012.
- ^ "Succeeds to Title". Windsor Star. Ascot, England. 25 October 1944. p. 17. Retrieved 21 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wedding of Lady Edwina Roberts (1913)". BFI Screen Online.
- ^ "LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 12/2/1-11 Official papers and publications, Edinburgh University, 1932-1936". Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
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- Pine, Leslie Gilbert; Burke, Sir Bernard (1973). The new extinct peerage, 1884–1971: containing extinct, abeyant, dormant & suspended peerages with genealogies and arms. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8063-0521-9.
- Hendley, Matthew C. (2012). Organized Patriotism and the Crucible of War: Popular Imperialism in Britain, 1914-1932. McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-8732-8.