Biography of Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley 1894-1989

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On 19th October 1887 [her father] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 31) and [her mother] Aline Caroline de Rothschild (age 19) were married two days before her twentieth birthday in a ceremony in the synagogue at the Rue de la Victoire in Paris. The couple set up home at 25 Kensington Gore, where Aline, a talented artist, set up her own studio.

On 30th January 1894 Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley was born to Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 37) and Aline Caroline de Rothschild (age 26).

On 28th July 1909 [her mother] Aline Caroline de Rothschild (age 41) died.

On 24th May 1912 [her father] Edward Albert Sassoon 2nd Baronet (age 55) died. He was buried in the Sassoon Mausoleum. His son [her brother] Philip (age 23) succeeded 3rd Baronet Sassoon of Kensington-gore in London.

1913. John Singer Sargent (age 56). Portrait of Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 18).

On 6th August 1913 George Cholmondeley 5th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 30) and Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 19) were married. He the son of George Cholmondeley 4th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 55) and Winifred Kingscote Marchioness Cholmondeley.

On 24th April 1919 [her son] Hugh Cholmondeley 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley was born to [her husband] George Cholmondeley 5th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 35) and Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 25).

1922. John Lavery (age 65). Portrait of Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 27).

1922. John Singer Sargent (age 65). Portrait of Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 27).

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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.

On 16th March 1923 [her father-in-law] George Cholmondeley 4th Marquess Cholmondeley (age 64) died. His son [her husband] George (age 39) succeeded 5th Marquess Cholmondeley, 8th Earl Cholmondeley in Cheshire, 5th Earl Rocksavage of Cheshire, 9th Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in County Meath, 8th Viscount Malpas in Cheshire, 8th Baron Cholmondeley Nampwich in Cheshire, 7th Baron Newburgh of Newburgh in Anglesey, 7th Baron Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. Sybil Sassoon Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 29) by marriage Marchioness Cholmondeley.