Paternal Family Tree: McCorquodale
On 23rd April 1927 [her father] Alexander Cowan McCorquodale [aged 69] and [her mother] Barbara Cartland [aged 25] were married. The difference in their ages was 43 years.
On 9th September 1929 Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer was born to Alexander Cowan McCorquodale [aged 71] and Barbara Cartland [aged 28]. She, Barbara, apparently, later alleged, Raine was the daughter of either John Sutherland Egerton 6th Duke Sutherland [aged 14] or Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent [aged 26].
1930. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 36]. Photograph of Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer. © National Portrait Gallery.
In 1933 [her father] Alexander Cowan McCorquodale [aged 74] and [her mother] Barbara Cartland [aged 31] were divorced. She later married his cousin.
On 28th December 1936 [her step-father] Hugh McCorquodale [aged 38] and [her mother] Barbara Cartland [aged 35] were married.
On 10th January 1941 [her father] Alexander Cowan McCorquodale [aged 82] died.
On 1st July 1948 Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth [aged 24] and Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 18] were married. He the son of Humphry Legge 8th Earl Dartmouth [aged 60].
On 23rd September 1949 [her son] William Legge 10th Earl of Dartmouth was born to [her husband] Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth [aged 25] and Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 20].
On 1st June 1954 [her future husband] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 30] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 18] were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. He the son of Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 62] and Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer [aged 57].
In 1958 William Legge 7th Earl Dartmouth [aged 77] died. In 1958 His brother [her father-in-law] Humphry [aged 70] succeeded 8th Earl Dartmouth, 9th Baron Dartmouth. Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 28] by marriage Countess Dartmouth.
In 1962 [her father-in-law] Humphry Legge 8th Earl Dartmouth [aged 74] died. His son [her husband] Gerald [aged 37] succeeded 9th Earl Dartmouth, 10th Baron Dartmouth.
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On 9th June 1975 Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer [aged 83] died. His son [her future husband] John [aged 51] succeeded 8th Earl Spencer, 8th Viscount Althorp, 8th Viscount Spencer, 8th Baron Spencer Althorp. Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 39] by marriage Countess Spencer.
In 1976 John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 51] and Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 46] were married. She by marriage Countess Spencer. He the son of Albert Edward John Spencer 7th Earl Spencer and Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton Countess Spencer.
In 1976 Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth [aged 51] and Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 46] were divorced.
On 20th April 1978 Robert Fellows [aged 37] and Jane Spencer [aged 21] were married at the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks. Her sister [her step-daughter] Diana [aged 16] attended as bridesmaid. She the daughter of [her husband] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 54] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 42].
On 29th July 1981 Prince Charles [aged 32] and [her step-daughter] Diana Spencer Princess Wales [aged 20] were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. She the daughter of [her husband] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 57] and Frances Ruth Roche Countess Spencer [aged 45]. He the son of Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [aged 60] and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [aged 55].
On 29th March 1992 [her husband] John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer [aged 68] died. His son Charles [aged 27] succeeded 9th Earl Spencer, 9th Viscount Althorp, 9th Viscount Spencer, 9th Baron Spencer Althorp. Catherine Lockwood Countess Spencer [aged 26] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 14th December 1997 [her former husband] Gerald Legge 9th Earl of Dartmouth [aged 73] died. His son William [aged 48] succeeded 10th Earl Dartmouth, 11th Baron Dartmouth.
On 21st May 2000 [her mother] Barbara Cartland [aged 98] died.
On 21st October 2016 Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer [aged 87] died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh McCorquodale
Grandfather: George McCorquodale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Lucia Hall
Father: Alexander Cowan McCorquodale
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Honan
Grandmother: Louisa Kate Honan
Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer
Mother: Barbara Cartland