Biography of Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke 1890-1956
Paternal Family Tree: Burton
Maternal Family Tree: Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood 1663-1735
On 11 Aug 1887 [her father] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 23) and [her mother] 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 Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke was born to William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 26) and Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 29).
On 19 Apr 1900 [her grandfather] William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 65) died. His son [her father] 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. [her mother] Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 39) by marriage Countess Londesborough in Yorkshire.
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 [her mother] Countess of Londesborough (age 49) and 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 father] William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough (age 52) died. His son [her brother] George Denison 3rd Earl of Londesborough (age 24) succeeded 3rd Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire.
In 1917 Alexander Mountbatten 1st Marquess Carisbrooke (age 30) and 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.
On 13 Jan 1920 [her daughter] Iris Mountbatten was born to [her husband] Alexander Mountbatten 1st Marquess Carisbrooke (age 33) and Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke (age 29). She a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
On 23 Apr 1922 [her brother-in-law] Leopold Mountbatten (age 32) died.
1925. Glyn Philpot (age 40). Portrait of Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke (age 34).
Around 1930. William Bruce Ellis Ranken (age 48). Portrait of Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke (age 39).
On 13 Jun 1933 [her mother] Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 72) died.
On 23 Feb 1960 [her former husband] Alexander Mountbatten 1st Marquess Carisbrooke (age 73) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Burton
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Burton aka Conyngham 2nd Baron Conyngham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Conyngham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Conyngham 1st Marquess Conyngham
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Clements
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clements
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hannah Gore
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert Denison 1st Baron Londesborough
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Denison Marchioness Conyngham
GrandFather: William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Forester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Weld-Forester Baroness Londesborough 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Father: William Henry Francis Denison 2nd Earl Londesborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Boscawen 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Evelyn Evelyn
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Culling Smith
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Irene Denison Marchioness Carisbrooke 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Bertie 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Piers
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fane 11th Earl of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Child
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Child
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland
GrandFather: Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington
Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Wellesley aka Wellesley-Pole 3rd Earl Mornington
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole Countess of Westmoreland 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Forbes 3rd Earl Granard
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Forbes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Forbes Countess Mornington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Capell 3rd Earl Essex 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Capell 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Hyde Countess Essex 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Curzon 4th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Assheton Curzon 1st Viscount Curzon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Assheton Baroness Curzon 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Penn Curzon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Esther Hanmer Baroness Curzon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Emanuel Howe 2nd Viscount Howe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Von Keilmansegg Viscountess Howe 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 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 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bisshopp 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bisshopp 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 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
Great x 3 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse