Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick 1856-1920

In or before 1856 [her father] Reverend Frederick Fitzpatrick and [her mother] Olivia Taylour [aged 31] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Taylour 2nd Marquess of Headfort [aged 68] and [her grandmother] Olivia Stevenson.

In 1856 Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick was born to Reverend Frederick Fitzpatrick and Olivia Taylour [aged 31].

Around 1872 [her mother] Olivia Taylour [aged 47] unsuccessfully attempted, allegedly, to become the mistress of Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha. Around the same time her daughter Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 16], aged sixteen, became the mistress of his son King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [aged 30]. She, Patsy, was married off to [her husband] William Cornwallis-West [aged 36].

In 1872 William Cornwallis-West [aged 36] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 16] were married. He was more than twice her age - the marriage arranged to avoid a scandal. They lived at Ruthin Castle [Map]. The difference in their ages was 20 years.

On 28th June 1873 [her daughter] Mary Theresa "Daisy" Cornwallis-West was born to [her husband] William Cornwallis-West [aged 38] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 17] at Ruthin Castle [Map].

On 14th November 1874 [her son] George Frederick Myddelton Cornwallis-West was born to [her husband] William Cornwallis-West [aged 39] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 18].

1877. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 21].

On 16th May 1877 [her daughter] Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster was born to [her husband] William Cornwallis-West [aged 42] and Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 21]. She married (1) 16th February 1901 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster and had issue (2) 14th January 1920 John Fitzpatrick Lewis.

1898. Studio of Joseph John Elliott [aged 62] and Fry. Photograph of Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 42].

On 16th February 1901 [her son-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 21] and [her daughter] Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.

On 4th September 1916 [her mother] Olivia Taylour [aged 92] died.

On 4th July 1917 [her husband] William Cornwallis-West [aged 82] died.

On 19th December 1919 [her son-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were divorced on the grounds of his desertion and misconduct, with the decree being made absolute 19 December 1919. The alimony settlement of £13,000 a year he made upon her, which she declined, was then the largest in British legal history.

"The duchess of Westminster has been granted a divorce from Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, second duke of Westminster, on the grounds of desertion and misconduct. Counsel for the duke said a simple dental to the charges had been entered original1y, but that upon trial the case had not been contested, The duchess of Westminster formerly was Constance Edwina, daughter of Col. Willlam Cornwallis-West, She and her husband signed na separation agreement in 1914, They were married in 1901 and have two children. The duke of Westminster served in Egypt in 1915 and won the D.S.O. for bravery. The duchess is one of the most beautiful women in the British isles, The duke is England's richest landlord and the world's most ardent and possibly most expert polo player. He owns 600 acres In the heart of London, Grosvenor House gallery, founded in 1770, and 30,000 acres of rich land in Cheshire.

On 14th January 1920, just over three weeks after her divorce from [her son-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40], John Fitzpatrick Lewis and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were married.

On 21st July 1920 Mary "Patsy" Fitzpatrick [aged 64] died.