Biography of Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster 1885-1960

On 25 Aug 1885 Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster was born.

On 24 Aug 1907 John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 33) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 21) were married.

On 22 Apr 1908 [her daughter] Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller was born to [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 34) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 22).

On 12 Feb 1910 [her son] Richard Yarde-Buller 4th Baron Churston was born to [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 36) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 24).

On 19 Apr 1910 [her father-in-law] John Yarde-Buller 2nd Baron Churston (age 63) died. His son [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baron Churston, 5th Baronet Yarde-Buller of Churston in Devon.

n 1916 [her daughter] Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller was born to [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 42) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 30).

On 17 Oct 1917 [her daughter] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford was born to [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 43) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 32).

In 1918 [her daughter] Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller Countess Cadogan was born to [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 44) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 32).

On 04 Feb 1922 Maurice Fitzgerald 6th Duke Leinster (age 34) died having spent most of his life being cared for in a psychiatric institution at Edinburgh [Map]. His brother [her future husband] Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster (age 29) succeeded 7th Duke Leinster.

On 04 Jul 1927 [her son-in-law] Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness (age 21) and [her daughter] Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller (age 19) were married. They were divorced in 1936. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 53) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 41).

On 31 Oct 1928 Theodor Wilhelm "Tito" Wessel (age 39) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 43) were married.

On 19 Apr 1930 [her husband] John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston (age 56) died. His son [her son] Richard Yarde-Buller 4th Baron Churston (age 20) succeeded 4th Baron Churston, 6th Baronet Yarde-Buller of Churston in Devon.

In 1934 Theodor Wilhelm "Tito" Wessel (age 45) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 48) were divorced.

On 11 Jun 1936 [her son-in-law] William Gerald Charles Cadogan 7th Earl Cadogan (age 22) and [her daughter] Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller Countess Cadogan (age 18) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 50). He the son of Gerald Oakley Cadogan 6th Earl Cadogan.

Around 1938 Esme Ivo Bligh 9th Earl of Darnley (age 51) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 52) were in a relationship.

In 1941 [her son-in-law] Robert Grosvenor 5th Baron Ebury (age 26) and [her daughter] Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller (age 25) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 55).

On 11 Mar 1946 Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster (age 53) and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 60) were married. She by marriage Duchess Leinster. He the son of Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Duke Leinster and Hermione Wilhelmina Duncombe Duchess Leinster.

On 13 Feb 1947 [her son-in-law] John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 29) and [her daughter] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 29) were married. She the daughter of John Yarde-Buller 3rd Baron Churston and Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 61). He the son of Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford (age 58) and Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford.

In 1948 [her former husband] Theodor Wilhelm "Tito" Wessel (age 59) died.

Before 04 Sep 1960 [her son-in-law] John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford (age 43) and [her daughter] Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford (age 42) were divorced.

On 20 Oct 1960 Jessie Smither aka Denise Orme Duchess Leinster (age 75) died.

On 08 Mar 1976 [her former husband] Edward Fitzgerald 7th Duke Leinster (age 83) committed suicide by taking an overdose of pentobarbital.