Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey 1862-1938

On 3rd September 1861 [her father] George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet [aged 28] and [her mother] Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey and [her grandmother] Julia Peel Countess Jersey.

In 1862 Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey was born to George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet [aged 29] and Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell [aged 19].

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30th April 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke [aged 28] and Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick [aged 19]] marriage took place in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the newspapers of the day made much of the "most brilliant wedding of a dozen seasons." I remember my surprise as I drove from our house in Carlton Gardens to the Abbey to find the way lined with interested crowds.

Among the guests were the Prince [aged 39] and Princess of Wales [aged 36], Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke [aged 30] and Duchess of Connaught [aged 20], Princess Louise [aged 33] (Marchioness of Lorne), Princess Mary Adelaide [aged 47] (Duchess of Teck) and the Duke of Teck (parents of Queen Mary), with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany [aged 28], as my husband's best man. The crush filled the Abbey from the choir to the door.

My twelve bridesmaids were all girl friends and relatives. They were: Blanche Maynard [aged 17], my sister (now Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox [aged 33]), Lady Eva Greville [aged 21], my husband's only sister, my stepsisters, Millicent [aged 13], Sybil [aged 9], and Angela St. Clair Erskine [aged 4] (later Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Westmorland, and Lady A. Forbes), Countess Feodore Gleichen [aged 19] (later a renowned sculptor), Lady Florence Bridgman [aged 22] (the present Countess of Harewood and mother of Viscount Lascelles [aged 34]), Miss Wombwell [aged 19] (Countess of Dartrey), Miss Mills, the first Lord Hillingdon's daughter, Miss Violet Lindsay [aged 25] (now Violet, Duchess of Rutland), and Miss Ethel Milner [aged 30] (later Countess of Durham).

In 1882 Vesey Dawson 2nd Earl of Dartrey [aged 39] and Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey [aged 20] were married.

In 1892 [her future husband] John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan [aged 34] and Edith Hilaria Edgecumbe [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 58] and Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe. They were half fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 14th May 1908 John St Aubyn 1st Baron St Levan [aged 78] died. His son [her future husband] John [aged 50] succeeded 2nd Baron St Levan of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, 3rd Baronet St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.

Evening Standard. Mon, 16 Jun 1913 LATE EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.

The funeral of the Earl of Leven and Melville [John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville [deceased]], who died last week in London from injuries received in an accident in the hunting field, took place in Scotland to-day. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, W., this afternoon. Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Beatrice Ormsby-Gore [aged 21], the Countess of Strathmore [aged 50] and Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon [aged 23], the Countess of Desart [aged 59], Countess Waldegrave [aged 63], the Countess of Dartrey [aged 51], the Earl [aged 61] and Countess [aged 59] of Verulam, Viscount Althorp [aged 21] and Lady Adelaide Spencer [aged 24], Viscount De Vesci [aged 31], Captain and Lady Nina Balfour, the Dowager Lady Leaconfield, Viscount Maidstone, and Lord Reay.

On 16th October 1913 [her father] George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet [aged 80] died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was the last surviving officer of the Charge of the Light Brigade. His brother [her uncle] Henry [aged 73] succeeded 5th Baronet Wombwell of Wombwell in Yorkshire.

On 14th June 1920 [her husband] Vesey Dawson 2nd Earl of Dartrey [aged 78] died.

On 24th October 1921 [her mother] Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell [aged 79] died.

In 1933 John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan [aged 75] and Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey [aged 71] were married.

In 1938 Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey [aged 76] died.

On 10th November 1940 [her former husband] John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan [aged 83] died. His nephew Francis [aged 45] succeeded 3rd Baron St Levan of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, 4th Baronet St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.