Biography of Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester 1876-1956

On 2nd October 1875 [her father] Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 23) and [her mother] Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 19) were married at Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 19th Earl of Shrewsbury 4th Earl Talbot (age 45) and [her grandmother] Anna Theresa Cockerell Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 39). He the son of [her grandfather] George Henry Vane-Tempest 5th Marquess Londonderry (age 54) and [her grandmother] Mary Cornelia Edwards Marchioness Londonderry (age 46).

On 8th September 1876 Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester was born to Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 24) and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 20).

1897. James Lafayette (age 44). Photograph of Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 20).

In or after 1900. Frederick John Jenkins (age 28). Heliograph of Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 23).

On 25th January 1902 Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester (age 27) and Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart 6th Marquess Londonderry (age 49) and Theresa Susey Helen Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Londonderry (age 45). He the son of Henry Edward Fox-Strangways 5th Earl of Ilchester (age 54).

On 1st October 1905 [her son] Edward Fox-Strangways 7th Earl of Ilchester was born to [her husband] Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester (age 31) and Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 29).

On 6th December 1905 [her father-in-law] Henry Edward Fox-Strangways 5th Earl of Ilchester (age 58) died. His son [her husband] Giles (age 31) succeeded 6th Earl Ilchester, 6th Baron Ilchester and Stavordale of Redlynch in Somerset, 6th Baron Strangways of Woodford in Dorset, 6th Baron Ilchester of Ilchester in Somerset. Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 29) by marriage Countess Ilchester.

9th February 1915. Times Newspaper Obituaries. The news of the death of the [her father] Marquess of Londonderry (deceased), which occurred at Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees, yesterday morning, will be received with profound regret far beyond the circle of his personal friends or of the members of the Unionist Party. Lord Londonderry had not been entirely well for some little time past. For a fortnight, it seems, he had been suffering from sciatica. Last week he caught a chill, from which pneumonia developed. On Sunday his condition was seen to be critical. During the night he collapsed, and the end came at 9.30 yesterday morning. [her mother] Lady Londonderry (age 58), who had been in constant attendance on him during his illness, was present at the last, as also were Lady Ilchester (age 38) and [her uncle] Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest (age 52).

On 17th February 1918 [her daughter] Mabel Edith Fox-Strangways Viscountess Wimborne was born to [her husband] Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester (age 43) and Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 41).

On 14th January 1956 Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart Countess Ilchester (age 79).

On 29th October 1959 [her husband] Giles Fox-Strangways 6th Earl of Ilchester (age 85) died. His son [her son] Edward (age 54) succeeded 7th Earl Ilchester, 7th Baron Ilchester and Stavordale of Redlynch in Somerset, 7th Baron Strangways of Woodford in Dorset, 7th Baron Ilchester of Ilchester in Somerset.[her daughter-in-law] Helen Elizabeth Fox-Strangways Countess Ilchester by marriage Countess Ilchester.