Biography of Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland 1893-1983

Paternal Family Tree: Lister

Maternal Family Tree: Emma Winsloe Lady Tennant 1821-1895

On 7th April 1877 [her father] Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale (age 22) and [her mother] Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant (age 19) were married at Savoy Chapel Royal [Map].

In 1893 Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland was born to Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale (age 38) and Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant (age 35).

In 1911 [her mother] Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant (age 53) died.

On 17th April 1913 Captain Percy Lyulph Wyndham (age 25) and Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 20) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

1914 Battle of Aisne

On 9th September 1914 [her husband] Captain Percy Lyulph Wyndham (age 26) missing presumed killed in action whilst serving with the 11 Guards Brigade at the 1914 Battle of Aisne.

                    On 18th September 1914 the Western Gazette reported...
                
                    East Knoyle - Death of Mr [her former husband] Percy Wyndham (deceased)
                
                    The inhabitants of this village were grief-stricken on Wednesday when the news arrived that Lt Percy Wyndham of the Coldstream Guards had died on the battlefield. It was only some two years ago that the deceased gentleman was married to a daughter (age 21) of [her father] Lord Ribblesdale (age 59), and a niece of [her aunt] Mrs Asquith (age 50), wife of the Prime Minister (age 62). Like his father (the [her former father-in-law] Rt Hon George Wyndham), and his grandfather (the Hon Percy Wyndham), the deceased officer had greatly endeared himself to the parishioners, with all of whom he was on intimate terms. The greatest sympathy is felt with Mrs Wyndham in her sad loss.

In 1918 Captain Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel (age 36) and Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 25) were married.

On 22nd December 1919 [her husband] Captain Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel (age 38) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1923 Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland (age 29) and Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland.

On 31st March 1924 [her son] David Fane 15th Earl of Westmoreland was born to [her husband] Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland (age 31) and Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 31).

On 21st October 1925 [her father] Thomas Lister 4th Baron Ribblesdale (age 70) died. Baron Ribblesdale of Gisburne Park in the West Riding of Yorkshire extinct.

On 12th May 1948 [her husband] Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland (age 55) died at his home near Badminton, Gloucestershire. His son [her son] David (age 24) succeeded 15th Earl of Westmoreland.

In 1983 Diana Lister Countess of Westmoreland (age 90) died.