Biography of Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough 1860-1933
Paternal Family Tree: Fane
Maternal Family Tree: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood 1663-1735
On 16 Jul 1857 [her father] Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 31) and [her mother] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 60) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 73) and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 64).
On 16 Oct 1859 [her grandfather] John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland (age 75) died. His son [her father] Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) succeeded 12th Earl of Westmoreland. [her mother] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 24) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
On 18 Feb 1879 [her grandmother] Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland (age 85) died. Both were buried at the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].
John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland: On 02 Feb 1784 he was born to John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. On 26 Jun 1811 John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland and Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland were married. She the daughter of William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington and Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington. He the son of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. On 15 Dec 1841 John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland died. His son John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland succeeded 11th Earl of Westmoreland. Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland: On 13 Mar 1793 she was born to William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington and Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington.
On 03 Oct 1860 Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 34) and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 25).
In 1886 George Reresby Sitwell 4th Baronet (age 25) and [her future sister-in-law] Ida Emily Augusta Denison Lady Sitwell (age 17) were married. She by marriage Lady Sitwell of Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. She the daughter of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 51) and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 47).
On 03 Feb 1887 Gerald William Henry Codrington 1st Baronet (age 37) and [her future sister-in-law] Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison Lady Codrington (age 22) were married. She by marriage Lady Codrington of Dodington. She the daughter of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 52) and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 48). They were half first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 11 Aug 1887 William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 23) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 61) and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 52). He the son of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 53) and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 49). They were third cousins.
On 04 Jul 1890 [her daughter] Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke was born to [her husband] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 26) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 29).
On 03 Aug 1891 [her father] Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland (age 65) died. His son [her brother] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 31) succeeded 13th Earl of Westmoreland.
In 1903 [her mother] Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 68) died.
Memorial in the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map] and graves in churchyard.
Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland: On 16 Aug 1859 he was born to Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland. On 28 May 1892 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland. On 09 Jun 1922 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland died. His son Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland succeeded 14th Earl of Westmoreland.
On 17 Jul 1892 [her son] George Denison 3rd Earl of Londesborough was born to [her husband] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 28) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 31).
On 13 Nov 1894 [her son] Hugo Denison 4th Earl of Londesborough was born to [her husband] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 30) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 34).
On 31 Jul 1899 [her sister-in-law] Lilian Katharine Selina Denison (age 31) died.
In or after 1900. Frederick John Jenkins (age 28). Heliograph of Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 39).
On 19 Apr 1900 [her father-in-law] William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 65) died. His son [her husband] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire, 3rd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 39) by marriage Countess Londesborough in Yorkshire.
In 1902 William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke 10th Baronet (age 29) and [her sister-in-law] Mildred Adelaide Cecilia Denison (age 34) were married. She the daughter of William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough and Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 63).
The Times. 22 Jun 1910. LORD ACHESON (age 33) AND MISS CARTER (age 22).
The marriage of Viscount Acheson (age 33), elder son of the Earl (age 68) and Countess of Gosford (age 54), and Miss Mildred Carter (age 22), only daughter of Mr. J. Ridgely Carter (age 46), American Minister to Rumania, and Mrs. Ridgely Carter (age 45), took place yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square. The Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal (the Rev. Edgar Sheppard, D.D.) performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. David Anderson and other clergy, and Mr. Ridgely Carter (age 46) gave his daughter away. She wore a very simple wedding gown of soft white satin with a long train draped with old point de Venise, and a Venetian lace cap over a spray of myrtle and orange blossom, covered by a plain tulle veil. Master David Stanley, Master Julian Ward, and Miss Diana Roberts, dressed all in white, followed the bride, and there were seven bridesmaids, Lady Theo Acheson (age 28) (sister of the bridegroom), Lady Victoria Stanley, Mlle. Irene deo La Grange, Miss Canilla Morgan, the Hon. Rhoda Astley, Miss Elsie Nicholl, and Miss Marian Scranton, who wore white chiffon dresses with draped bodices and wreaths of myrtle beneath tulle veils. They also wore diamond neckislides and carried loose bunches of red roses. The Hon. Patrick Acheson (age 26) was best man to his brother.
Mrs. Ridgely Carter (age 45) afterwards held a large reception at Dorchester House (lent by the American Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid), and among the many who came on from the church were the French, Russian, German, Spanish, and Italian Ambassadors, the Danish Minister, tho Rumanian Minister, the Swedish Minister and Countess Wrangel, Mme. Dominguez, the Servian Charge d'Affaires and Mme. Grouitel, the Chilian Minister and Mme. Gana, the Belgian Minister and Countess de Lalaing, the Duke (age 63) and Duchess of Somerset (age 57), Katharine Duchess of Westminster (age 53) and Lady Helen Grosvenor (age 22), Prince and Princess Alexis Dolgorouki, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hamilton, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, the Marquis (age 48) and Marchioness of Salisbury (age 42), the Marchioness of Anglesey (age 26), the Countess of Powis (age 45), the Earl (age 56) and Countess of Chesterfield, the Countess of Kintore and Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer, the Earl (age 68) and Countess of Gosford (age 54), Prince and Princess Frederick Liechtenstein, the Countess of Kimberley, Countess Grey, the Marquis d'Hautpoul, the Countess of Leicester (age 54) and Lady Bridget Coke (age 19), the Earl (age 41) and Countess of Craven (age 38), the Earl of Desart, Countess Fritz Hochberg, the Earl and Countess of Meath, the Countess of Bilmorey, the Countess of Londesborough (age 49) and [her daughter] Lady Irene Denison (age 19), the Earl and Countess of Derby (age 70), the Earl (age 51) and Countess of Yarborough (age 51), Ellen Lady Inchiquin and the Hon Lilah O'Brien, Lord and Lady Charles Beresford, Lord and Lady Leith of Fyvie, Lady Saltoun, Baroness Nunburnholme (age 30), Baroness Newborough, Sir John and Lady Lister-Raye, Lord and Lady Monson, Lord and Baroness Savile, Lady Rothschild, Viscount and Viscountess AIdleton, Lady Alexander Paget, Lady Harcourt, Lady Desborough, Lord Suffield, Sir Herbert and Lady Jekyll and Miss Jekyll, the Hon. Sir Francis and Baroness Ufford and Miss Viliers, Lady Heien Vincent, Lord Knaresborough and the Hon. Helen Meysey-Thompson, Lady Pauncefote, Lord and Lady Weardale, Lady Grace Baring, Lord Strathcona, Lady Margaret Graham and Miss Graham, Sir Francis and Lady Channing, Mary Baroness Gerard, Baroness Manners and the Hon. Misses Manners, Lady Edward Cavendish, Mme. Langenbach, Lord Revelstoke, the Countess of Bessborough (age 84) and Ladv Gweneth Ponsonby (age 22), Lord Aberdare and the Hon. Eva Bruce, the Hon. Harry and Mrs. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. F. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Arthur James, Mrs. Walter Burns, Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, Mrs. Lowther and Miss Lokther, Mine. Vagliano, Captain and Mrs. Clonman, Miss Ralli, Mr. William Giuett, Mrs: Hwfa Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Derek Keppel, Mr. William Phillips, Mrs. Frank D'Arcy, the Hon. Lady Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Sassoon, Sir Bartle Frere, Mme. de Bille, Mrs. Featherston- haugh, Mrs. Cotton Jodrell, Mrs. Frank Mackay, the Hon. Urs. Charles Lawrence, the Hon. Mrs. Rochfort Maguire, Lady Barrymore, Mrs. Chauncey, and Mrs. Ronalds.
Lord (age 33) and Lady Acheson (age 22) left later in the afternoon for the Continent, the bride (age 22) travelling in a dress of grey chiffon and a large hat swathed in tulle to match the dress.
A list of the principal wedding presents was published in The Times yesterday.
In 1917 [her son-in-law] Alexander Mountbatten 1st Marquess Carisbrooke (age 30) and [her daughter] Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke (age 26) were married. She the daughter of William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 52) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 56). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1917 [her husband] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 52) died. His son [her son] George Denison 3rd Earl of Londesborough (age 24) succeeded 3rd Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fane of Brympton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Scrope 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Swymmer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven
Great x 2 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Piers
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Piers
GrandFather: John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Child
Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Child
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Child
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland
Father: Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Colley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Ussher
Great x 2 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
GrandMother: Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Forbes 2nd Earl Granard
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Forbes
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bentinck Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Capell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Rochester 4th Earl Clarendon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Hyde Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Leveson-Gower Countess Rochester and Clarendon
Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Penn Baroness Curzon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Assheton 2nd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Vavasour Lady Assheton 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Penn Curzon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon
GrandFather: Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Scrope Howe 1st Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Alington Viscountess Howe 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johan Adolf Von Kielmansegg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Charlotte Hanover Countess of Darlington and Leinster 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Brudenell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Savile 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 3rd Earl Elgin 2nd Earl Ailesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Countess Elgin and Ailesbury 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 5th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Bisshopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Bisshopp 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Boscawen 1st Viscount Falmouth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bisshopp 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Godfrey Viscountess Falmouth 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandMother: Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cooke of Harefield
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Cooke
Great x 2 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Twysden 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Wythens Lady Twysden
Great x 1 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bowyer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse
Great x 4 Grandmother: Penelope Dashwood