Biography of Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952

On 28 Jul 1840 [her father] George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 (age 11) succeeded 2nd Earl Durham. [her mother] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 (age 5) by marriage Countess Durham.

On 23 May 1854 [her father] George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 (age 25) and [her mother] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke Abercorn 1811-1885 (age 43) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 1812-1905 (age 41). He the son of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham 1797-1841. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 05 Sep 1862 Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds was born to George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 (age 34) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 (age 27).

In 1871 [her mother] Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 (age 36) died.

On 27 Nov 1879 [her father] George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 (age 51) died.

On 13 Feb 1884 George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 21) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 21) were married. She the daughter of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871. He the son of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 55) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896 (age 47). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 02 Mar 1885 [her daughter] Gwendolen Fanny Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 22) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 22).

On 03 Oct 1886 [her daughter] Olga Katherine Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 24) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 24).

On 03 Dec 1888 [her daughter] Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne 1888-1946 was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 26) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 26).

In or before 1892 Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (age 37) and [her sister-in-law] Harriet Castalia Godolphin Osborne (age 24) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 63) and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896 (age 55). They were third cousin once removed.

On 20 May 1892 [her daughter] Moira Godolphin Osborne was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 29) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 29).

On 23 Dec 1895 [her father-in-law] George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 (age 67) died at Hornby Castle [Map]. His son [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 33) succeeded 10th Duke Leeds, 10th Earl of Danby, 10th Viscount Osborne, 10th Viscount Latimer, 10th Baron Osborne of Kinderton, 11th Baronet Osborne of Kiveton, 4th Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 33) by marriage Duchess Leeds.

Times Newspaper Obituaries. 24 Dec 1895. [her father-in-law] The Duke of Leeds (deceased) died at Hornby Castle [Map], yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He recently contracted a severe chill, which led to an attack of bronchitis. He took to his bed about a week ago and gradually sank. George Godolphin Osborne, ninth Duke of Leeds (deceased) in the peerage of England, Marquis of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osbome of Kiveton, all in the peerage of England; Viscount Osbome and Viscount Dunblane in the peerage of Scotland; and Baron Godolphin of Paraham Royal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, a baronet, and a Prince or the Holy Roman Empire, was born in Paris in 1828, the eldest son of the eighth duke. He married, in 1861, the Hon. [her mother-in-law] Fanny Georgiana Pitt (age 58), daughter of the fourth Baron Rivers, who was born in 1836 and was Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1873. He was appointed captain in the North Yorks Militia in 1852, and resigued in 1859, but was reappoined in 1861. He succeeded to the family honours in 1872, and has issue living three sons and five daughters. The family descends from Sir Edward Osborne, knight, who was Vice-President of the Council of the North in 1629 and Lieutenant-General of the forces raised there against the Parliamentary Army in 1841. His son was Treasurer of the Navy and Lord High Chancellor, and as Earl of Danby was impeeched by the Commons in 1679. The fifth duke married Amelia, in her own right Baroness Conyers, but this title left the main line in 1859 on the death of the seventh duke. The late duke was nephew of the late Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne, who wrote much over the familiar signature "S.G.O.," and brother of Lord Francis George Godolphin Osborne (age 65), who was rector of Great Elm, but joined the Church of Rome in 1875. The Duke of Leeds is succeeded by his [her husband] eldest surviving son (age 33), the Marquis of Carmarthen, who was born in 1862, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was formerly a lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars. Lord Carmarthen unsuccessfully contested the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire as a Conservative in 1886, and has sat since July, 1887, for the Brixton Division of Lambeth, in which constituency his sucoession to the peerage now creates a vacancy. Lord Carmarthen was an assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Knutsford) from 1886 to 1888. He was appointed Treasurer of the Household on the formation of the present Ministry. He married, in 1884, Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (age 33), daughter of the [her father] second Earl of Durham, and has issue four daughters.

On 12 Mar 1901 [her son] John Francis Godolphin Osborne 11th Duke Leeds 1901-1963 was born to [her husband] George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 38) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 38).

On 16 Jan 1906 Cecil Walter Paget (age 31) and [her sister-in-law] Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osborne (age 33) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896.

On 30 Jun 1914 [her brother-in-law] Albert Edward Godolphin Osborne (age 48) died.

On 30 Jan 1920 [her son-in-law] Oliver Lyttelton 1st Viscount Chandos (age 26) and [her daughter] Moira Godolphin Osborne (age 27) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 57) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952 (age 57). They were fourth cousins.

On 16 Jun 1922 [her sister-in-law] Harriet Castalia Godolphin Osborne (age 54) died.

On 17 Jul 1923 [her son-in-law] Algernon Gascoyne Cecil and [her daughter] Gwendolen Fanny Godolphin Osborne (age 38) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 60) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952 (age 60).

On 17 Oct 1924 [her brother-in-law] Francis Granville Godolphin Osborne (age 60) died.

On 20 Jan 1928 Alfred William Sharpe Pocklington and [her former sister-in-law] Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osborne (age 55) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 9th Duke Leeds 1828-1895 and Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers Duchess Leeds 1836-1896.

On 09 Aug 1929 [her daughter] Olga Katherine Godolphin Osborne (age 42) died.

On 25 Feb 1933 [her daughter] Gwendolen Fanny Godolphin Osborne (age 47) died.

On 19 Jan 1938 [her former sister-in-law] Alexandra Louisa Godolphin Osborne (age 65) died.

On 18 Jul 1939 [her former sister-in-law] Constance Blanche Godolphin Godolphin Osborne (age 64) died.

On 09 Apr 1944 [her former sister-in-law] Ada Charlotte Godolphin Osborne (age 73) died.

On 16 Mar 1951 [her former sister-in-law] Alice Susan Godolphin Osborne (age 81) died.

On 06 Dec 1952 Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 90) died.

Family Trees of Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952

Paternal Family Tree: Lambton

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon 1748-1812

Royal Ancestors of Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952

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 1100-1170

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 1047-1132

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Ancestors of Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Henry Lambton

GrandFather: John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Villiers 2nd Earl Jersey 1682-1721 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Villiers 3rd Earl Jersey 1707-1769 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Egerton Duchess Bedford -1762 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Churchill Countess Bridgewater 1687-1714 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Barbara Frances Villiers 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Twysden Bishop Raphoe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Twysden

Father: George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham 1828-1879 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baronet 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Person

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wood of Fallodon, Northumberland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hannah Wood

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Grey

Great x 2 Grandmother: 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nathaniel Ogle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ogle 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham 1797-1841 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough 1679-1758 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Ponsonby 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Margetson 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly in County Cork 12 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey 1776-1861 13 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Molesworth 1st Viscount Molesworth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Molesworth 3rd Viscount Molesworth

Great x 2 Grandmother:

Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds 1862-1952 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn 1686-1744 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hamilton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Craggs

Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriot Craggs

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Hamilton 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Moyle

Great x 3 Grandfather: Joseph Moyle aka Copley 1st Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Copley 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Moyle Marchioness Abercorn 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandFather: James Hamilton 1st Duke Abercorn 1811-1885 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Douglas 13th Earl Morton 1662-1738 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Douglas 14th Earl Morton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Douglas 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton -1805

Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen 1792-1833 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Lascelles

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Chaloner

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood

Mother: Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham 1835-1871 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 1680-1711 9 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell 4th Duke Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Russell 11 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 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford -1794 10 x Great Grand Daughter 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 1 Grandfather: John Russell 6th Duke Bedford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle

Great x 4 Grandmother:

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keppel Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle 1703-1789 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn 1812-1905 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon 1678-1728 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon 1720-1752 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon -1760 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon 1718-1799 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Susan Murray 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford 1781-1853 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Maxwell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon