Biography of Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford -1971
Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford was born to Reverend Benjamin Speke.
On 10 Apr 1901 Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 27) and Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford were married.
On 25 Feb 1902 [her son] Wogan Philips 2nd Baron Milford was born to [her husband] Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 28) and Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford.
On 17 Sep 1908 [her son] Captain William Speke Philipps was born to [her husband] Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 34) and Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford.
In 1912 [her father-in-law] James Eramus Philipps 12th Baronet (age 87) died. His son [her brother-in-law] John Wynford Philipps 1st Viscount St Davids (age 51) succeeded 13th Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 27 Apr 1916 [her brother-in-law] John Wynford Philipps 1st Viscount St Davids (age 55) and Elizabeth Frances Abney-Hastings Viscountess St Davids (age 31) were married. She by marriage Lady Philips of Picton Castle. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
On 17 Jun 1918 [her brother-in-law] John Wynford Philipps 1st Viscount St Davids (age 58) was created 1st Viscount St Davids of Lydstep Haven Pembrokeshire. Elizabeth Frances Abney-Hastings Viscountess St Davids (age 33) by marriage Viscountess St Davids of Lydstep Haven Pembrokeshire.
On 22 Sep 1919 [her husband] Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 45) was created 1st Baronet Philips of Llanstephan Radnorshire. Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford by marriage Lady Philips of Llanstephan Radnorshire.
In 1922 a suspension bridge, known as Lady Milford's Bridge, was built across the nearby River Wye 1922 by David Rowell & Company at Llanstephan Suspension Bridge [Map]. The eponymous Lady Milford was Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford.
In 1928 [her son] Wogan Philips 2nd Baron Milford (age 25) and [her daughter-in-law] Rosamond Nina Lehmann (age 26) were married.
On 28 Mar 1938 [her brother-in-law] John Wynford Philipps 1st Viscount St Davids (age 77) died. His son Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps 2nd Viscount St Davids (age 21) succeeded 2nd Viscount St Davids of Lydstep Haven Pembrokeshire, 14th Baronet Philips of Picton Castle.
On 02 Feb 1939 [her husband] Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 65) was created 1st Baron Milford. Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford by marriage Baroness Milford.
On 31 Aug 1939 [her son] Captain William Speke Philipps (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Jean Meriel McDonnell (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Randall McDonnell 7th Earl of Antrim and Margaret Isabel Talbot Countess of Antrim.
In 1944 [her son] Wogan Philips 2nd Baron Milford (age 41) and [her daughter-in-law] Cristina Casati Stampa di Soncino Countess Huntingdon (age 43) were married.
On 07 Dec 1962 [her husband] Laurence Philipps 1st Baron Milford (age 88) died. His son [her son] Wogan Philips 2nd Baron Milford (age 60) succeeded 2nd Baron Milford, 2nd Baronet Philips of Llanstephan Radnorshire.
In 1971 Ethel Georgina Speke Baroness Milford died.