Biography of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington 1902-1936

Paternal Family Tree: Cooper

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Child 1656-1719

On 15 Jul 1899 [her father] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 29) and [her mother] Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 23) were married. She by marriage Countess Shaftesbury. He the son of [her grandfather] Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury and [her grandmother] Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury.

On 03 Oct 1902 Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington was born to Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 33) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 27).

On 18 Jul 1922 Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (age 22) and Edwina Ashley (age 20) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. He the son of Prince Louis of Battenburg 1st Marquess Milford Haven and Victoria Hesse Darmstadt Marchioness Milford Haven (age 59). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

The wedding, which attracted hugh crowds, was attending by Queen Mary (age 55), Queen Alexandra (age 77) and the Prince of Wales.

Left to right: Mary Ashley (age 15), Princess Margarita Glücksburg (age 17), Joan Esther Sybilla Pakenham (age 18), Sophie Glücksburg (age 8) (seated), Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley, Prince of Wales (age 28), Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (age 19) (seated), Princess Theodora (age 16) and Princess Cecile (age 11) (seated).

11 May 1923. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (age 20)

On 27 Nov 1928 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington (age 32) and Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 59) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 53). They were fourth cousins.

Around 1930. Augustus John (age 51). Portrait of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 27).

1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 32). © National Portrait Gallery.

On 02 Aug 1936 Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 33) died.

On 17 Sep 1940 [her former husband] Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington (age 43) died of pneumonia in Cairo, Egypt whilst on active service. He was buried at the New British Protestant Cemetery, Cairo. Baron Alington extinct.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington 1902-1936

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 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 IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington 1902-1936

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 3rd Earl Shaftesbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 4th Earl Shaftesbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Ewer Countess Shafetsbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Cropley Ashley-Cooper 6th Earl Shaftesbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clarke

Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Spencer-Churchill Countess Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

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

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Russell Duchess of Marlborough 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Leveson-Gower Duchess Bedford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 8th Earl Shaftesbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Gore

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cockerill

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Caroline Catherine Frances Cowper Countess Shaftesbury 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Coke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emily Lamb Countess Cowper 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chichester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Chichester 1st Marquess Donegal 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Newdigate

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Chichester 2nd Marquess Donegal 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 5th Duke Hamilton 2nd Duke Brandon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton Countess Donegal 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Chichester 3rd Marquess Donegal 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Harriet Augusta Anna Seymourina Chichester Countess Shaftesbury 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Butler 1st Earl Glengall

Great x 1 Grandmother: Harriet Anne Butler Marchioness Donegal

Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 1st Earl Grosvenor 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Victor Alexander Grosvenor 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Mother: Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

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

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend George de la Poer Beresford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constantia Ligondes

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Mary Beresford 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Sibell Mary Lumley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Robert Drummond

Great x 1 Grandmother: Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Frederica Manners 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland