Biography of Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland 1819-1901
Paternal Family Tree: Stanhope
Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope 1843
On 19 Nov 1803 [her father] Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 21) and [her mother] Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope were married. He the son of Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope (age 50) and Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope (age 45).
On 15 Dec 1816 [her grandfather] Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope (age 63) died. His son [her father] Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl Stanhope. [her mother] Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope by marriage Countess Stanhope.
On 01 Jun 1819 Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland was born to Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 37) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope.
On 24 Feb 1823 Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Meyrick (age 33) and [her future sister-in-law] Laura Vane (age 16) were married. She the daughter of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland (age 56) and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
11 Feb 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.
St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.
THIS day the Marriage of the QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY (age 20) with Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (age 20), was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert (age 20), attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,.
Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. (age 43); George Edward Anson, Esq (age 28); and Francis Seymour, Esq (age 26); the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge (age 42) (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath (age 62), Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert (age 20), His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha (age 56) (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha (age 21) (elder brother).
Her Majesty (age 20), attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (age 53), proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,
Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq (age 33) and the Honourable Heneage Legge (age 51); Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour (age 51).
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget (age 23); two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng (age 8), Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish (age 50); the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. (age 43); and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng (age 33).
The fourth Carriage,.
Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand (age 60); the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester (age 52); the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey (age 48).
The fifth Carriage,.
Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks (age 45); the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington (age 27).
The sixth Carriage,.
Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich (age 27); the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. (age 67); the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H. (age 38); and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge (age 42).
The seventh Carriage,.
Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN (age 20); Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (age 53); and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty (age 33).
The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.
Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H (age 65), York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq (age 44).
The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq (age 26) Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. (age 43) George Edward Anson, Esq (age 28).
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H. (age 43), Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.
Continues ...
THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.
Lady Adelaide Paget (age 20), Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox (age 20), Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers (age 18), Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard (age 23), Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper (age 20), Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay (age 18), Lady Elizabeth West (age 21), Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston (age 20), Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie (age 20), Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget (age 12), Lady Mary Charlotte Howard (age 18).
Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour (age 51).
Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H. (age 67), Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland (age 33).
Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby (age 41), The Duchess of Bedford (age 56), The Countess of Burlington (age 28), The Countess of Sandwich (age 27), The Baroness Portman (age 30), The Dowager Lady Lyttleton (age 52), The Lady Barham (age 25).
Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.
In 1843 [her mother] Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope died.
On 20 Sep 1843 Archibald John Primrose (age 33) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 61) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery (age 59) and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.
On 19 Nov 1844 [her daughter] Mary Catherine Constance Primrose was born to [her husband] Archibald John Primrose (age 35) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 25).
On 01 May 1846 [her daughter] Constance Evelyn Primrose Baroness Leconfield was born to [her husband] Archibald John Primrose (age 36) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 26).
On 07 May 1847 [her son] Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian was born to [her husband] Archibald John Primrose (age 37) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 27).
In 1848 [her son] Everard Henry Primrose was born to [her husband] Archibald John Primrose (age 38) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 28).
On 23 Jan 1851 [her husband] Archibald John Primrose (age 41) died.
On 02 Aug 1854 Harry George Powlett 4th Duke Cleveland (age 51) and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 35) were married at Chevening, Sevenoaks. She the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 72) and Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope. He the son of William Henry Vane 1st Duke Cleveland and Catharine Margaret Powlett Countess Darlington. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 02 Mar 1855 [her father] Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope (age 73) died. His son [her brother] Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope (age 50) succeeded 5th Earl Stanhope.
On 17 Sep 1862 [her former sister-in-law] Anne Primrose (age 42) died.
In 1864 [her sister-in-law] Arabella Vane (age 63) died.
On 06 Sep 1864 [her brother-in-law] William Vane 3rd Duke Cleveland (age 72) died. His brother [her husband] Harry George Powlett 4th Duke Cleveland (age 61) succeeded 4th Duke of Cleveland, 4th Marquess of Cleveland, 6th Earl Darlington, 6th Viscount Barnard, 8th Baron Barnard, 3rd Baron Raby of Raby Castle in County Durham. Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 45) by marriage Duchess of Cleveland.
On 05 May 1866 [her former brother-in-law] Horace Osborne Mildmay (age 49) died.
On 11 May 1867 [her former brother-in-law] Edmund Henry Mildmay (age 52) and Augusta Jane St John-Mildmay were married. He the son of Henry St John-Mildmay 4th Baronet and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden. They were first cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 15 Jul 1867 [her son-in-law] Henry Wyndham 2nd Baron Leconfield (age 36) and [her daughter] Constance Evelyn Primrose Baroness Leconfield (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Leconfield of Leconfield in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She the daughter of Archibald John Primrose and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 48).
On 23 Mar 1870 [her former sister-in-law] Louisa Primrose (age 47) died.
In 1874 [her sister-in-law] Augusta Vane (age 78) died.
Henry Chaplin A Memoir: 2 Family and Social Life Part II. 17th [Aug 1876]. I feel as if I had been away from you 6 months at least, and the boredom of Homburg begins to be very depressing already. And yet there are a good many people here too. I went out for a prowl just to see who was here, and to order my dinner. Every one at Homburg dines at the Cursaal—like an enormous Café, where I must say, as a rule, it is very well done Having settled that important matter I took the dogs and myself out for a walk, which I hope has done us a great deal of good. Vic was horribly sick, I believe, and all over the house In the evening I found a whole lot of friends after dinner hearing the band on the terrace, and among them your friend Terese Duchess of something [Colonna], but whose name I always forget. We renewed our acquaintance at once. She said that you were the dearest, sweetest, nicest, kindest, best, and oldest friend she'd got in the world. We became friends from that moment. She then further informed me that I was the luckiest man in the world, with which perhaps it will surprise you to hear that I agreed We ended with a good deal of chaff about Dot, whom she evidently does not regard with the same affectionate feelings that we do. Ah! Lord— There he is growling again! Never mind, we flatter ourselves, Dot and I, that we are perfectly able to hold our own against a dozen Tereses or a dozen any one else; and he takes the waters with me the first time to-morrow, when I do trust he will be on his good behaviour with Rank and Fashion, for here, in these rooms, if I must tell the truth, he lives in a state of perpetual growl. One has to go through the form here of seeing the doctor before you begin taking the water, but yesterday, when he came here, Dot fairly frightened him out of the room, while I like a brute was bursting with laughter at seeing him bowing gracefully backwards out of the door—"You hev alway two dog in your room, eh?" was his exclamation, "Then I will see you pleas in one ozer room," and so Dot remained complete master of the situation, and he won't have intrusive Germans in here at any price. On Saturday your friend the Duchess Terese proposes to organise a party for the Frankfurt races and has asked me to go with them, which I shall do, the party consisting besides of the Duchess of Cleveland (age 57) and daughter, Lady [her daughter] Mary Primrose (age 31), the poor blind Grand Duke [of Baden], and some half-dozen others. This place is stagnation and dulness itself. Society chiefly consists at this moment at instead Homburg of very respectable English families... of the certainly mixed, but as I thought highly amusing collection, one used to meet here years ago.
On 20 Mar 1878 [her son] Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Hannah Rothschild Countess Camden (age 26) were married at Board of Guardians Mount Street Grosvenor Square. She by marriage Countess Camden. He the son of Archibald John Primrose and Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 58).
On 11 Nov 1882 [her sister-in-law] Laura Vane (age 75) died.
1883. Lawrence Alma-Tadema (age 46). Portrait of Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 63).
In 1885 [her son] Everard Henry Primrose (age 37) died.
On 21 Aug 1891 [her husband] Harry George Powlett 4th Duke Cleveland (age 88) died at Cleveland House, 16 St James' Square, St James'.
Duke of Cleveland, Marquess of Cleveland, Earl Darlington and Viscount Barnard, Baron Raby of Raby Castle in County Durham extinct.
Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 37) succeeded 9th Baron Barnard. Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard (age 30) by marriage Baroness Barnard.
In 1898 [her former brother-in-law] Bouverie Francis Primrose (age 85) died.
On 18 May 1901 Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland (age 81) died.
Bouverie Francis Primrose and Frederica Sophia Anson were married. He the son of Archibald Primrose 4th Earl Rosebery and Harriett Bouverie Countess Camden.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 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 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stanhope 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakington Countess Chesterfield
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend John Pitt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope
GrandFather: Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hamilton 5th Earl Haddington 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hamilton 6th Earl Haddington 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Leslie 8th Countess Rothes and Haddington
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Hamilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hope of Hopetoun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helen Hope Countess Haddington 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hamilton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Granville
GrandMother: Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope
Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope Duchess of Cleveland 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 1 Grandfather: Abel Smith
GrandFather: Robert Smith 1st Baron Carrington