Lois Sturt 1900-1937

Paternal Family Tree: Sturt

On 25th June 1883 [her father] Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington [aged 23] and [her mother] Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke [aged 47] and [her grandmother] Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke [aged 43].

On 25th August 1900 Lois Sturt was born to Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington [aged 41] and Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 36].

On 17th February 1904 [her grandfather] Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington [aged 78] died. His son [her father] Humphrey [aged 44] succeeded 2nd Baron Alington. [her mother] Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 40] by marriage Baroness Alington.

On 30th July 1919 [her father] Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington [aged 59] died. His son [her brother] Napier [aged 22] succeeded 3rd Baron Alington.

1920. Ambrose McEvoy [aged 42]. Portrait of Lois Sturt [aged 19].

In 1921 Lois Sturt [aged 20] played a court lady in The Virgin Queen. Diana Manners Viscountess Norwich [aged 29] played Queen Elizabeth I.

In 1922 Lois Sturt [aged 21] played Nell Gwyn in The Glorious Adventure, the first British colour film.

On 1st April 1928 or 21st April 1928 Evan Morgan 2nd Viscount Tredegar [aged 34] and Lois Sturt [aged 27] were married.

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On 27th November 1928 [her brother] Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington [aged 32] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington [aged 26] were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury [aged 59] and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury [aged 53]. They were fourth cousins.

On 3rd May 1934 [her father-in-law] Courtenay Morgan 1st Viscount Tredegar [aged 67] died at the Ritz Hotel. His son [her husband] Evan [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Viscount Tredegar, 4th Baron Tredegar of Tredegar in Monmouthshire, 6th Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.

On 27th June 1934 [her mother] Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington [aged 70] died.

Before 1937. Gerald Kelly [aged 57]. Portrait of Lois Sturt [aged 36].

Before 18th September 1937 Lois Sturt [aged 37] had relationships with Reginald Herbert 15th Earl Pembroke 12th Earl Montgomery [aged 57], Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent [aged 34], Alfred Duff Cooper 1st Viscount Norwich [aged 47] and Augustus John [aged 59].

On 18th September 1937 Lois Sturt [aged 37] died.

On 27th April 1949 [her former husband] Evan Morgan 2nd Viscount Tredegar [aged 55] died without issue. Viscount Tredegar extinct. His uncle Frederick [aged 75] succeeded 5th Baron Tredegar of Tredegar in Monmouthshire, 7th Baronet Morgan of Tredegar.

Ancestors of Lois Sturt 1900-1937

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Sturt

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Sturt

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Sturt of Crichel and Brownsea Castle

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Pitfield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Pitfield

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Charles Sturt 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

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

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

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

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Anne Ashley Cooper 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jacob Bouverie 1st Viscount Folkestone

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bouverie Countess Shaftesbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clarke

Grandfather: Henry Gerard Sturt 1st Baron Alington 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bishopp 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bishopp 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Penelope Brudenell 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse

father: Humphrey Napier Sturt 2nd Baron Alington 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bingham 5th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Vesey Lady Bingham

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Smith of Canon's Leigh in Devon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Smith Countess Lucan

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Belasyse 1st Earl Fauconberg 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Coke

Grandmother: Augusta Bingham Baroness Alington 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brudenell 3rd Earl Cardigan 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruce 3rd Countess Cardigan 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Bishopp 6th Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Bishopp 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boscawen Lady Bishopp 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: George John Cooke 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Twysden 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowyer 3rd Baronet 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Bowyer of Harefield Park, London 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Stonhouse

Lois Sturt 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Yorke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Johnson of Berkhamstead in Hertfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agneta Johnson

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Rattray

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Weake Rattray

Grandfather: Charles Philip "Champagne Charlie" Yorke 5th Earl of Hardwicke 12 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry George Liddell 5th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bowes

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Liddell 1st Baron Ravensworth 14 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Susan Liddell Countess Hardwicke 11 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Simpson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Susannah Simpson Baroness Calthorpe 10 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 8 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Lyon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson

mother: Feodorowna Yorke Baroness Alington 13 x Great Granddaughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington

Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley 19 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Cadogan 2nd Baron Cadogan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Sloane Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sloane Baroness Cadogan

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey 18 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Churchill 16 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Churchill Countess Cadogan 17 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Walpole

Grandmother: Sophia Georgiana Robertina Wellesley Countess Hardwicke 20 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Lois Sturt 1900-1937

Royal Ancestors of Lois Sturt 1900-1937

Ancestors of Lois Sturt 1900-1937