Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck | |
|---|---|
| Born | Caroline Louisa Burnaby 23 November 1832 Hungarton, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 6 July 1918 (aged 85) |
| Known for | Great-grandmother of Elizabeth II |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (m. 1859; died 1865)Harry Warren Scott (m. 1870; died 1889) |
| Children | Cecilia Bowes-Lyon Ann Violet Cavendish-Bentinck Hyacinth Jessup |
| Parent(s) | Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall Anne Caroline Salisbury |
Caroline Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Burnaby; 5 December 1832 – 6 July 1918) was the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the great-grandmother of Elizabeth II.[1]
Early life
Caroline Louisa Burnaby was born at Baggrave Hall, near Hungarton, Leicestershire on 23 November 1832.[2] She was a daughter of Edwyn Burnaby of Baggrave Hall and his wife, the former Anne Caroline Salisbury.[3] She was baptised on 5 December 1832 at Hungarton, Leicestershire.[4] She was a sister of Edwyn Burnaby, a first cousin of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, and an aunt of Algernon Burnaby.
Personal life
Louisa Burnaby married the Rev.Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, as his second wife, on 13 December 1859.[5] Rev. Cavendish-Bentinck was the elder son of Lieutenant Colonel Lord Charles Bentinck and Anne Wellesley, formerly Lady Abdy.[6] His paternal grandparents were William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Dorothy Cavendish, a daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. Together Louisa and Charles were the parents of three children:
- Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938), who married Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.[7]
- Ann Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (1864–1932).
- Hyacinth Cavendish-Bentinck (1864–1916); who married an American, Augustus Edward Jessup, a son of Alfred Dupont Jessup. Augustus was the widower of Lady Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon.
After her first husband's death in 1865, she married Harry Warren Scott, the son of Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet, of Ancrum, on 30 September 1870.[5] He died on 23 August 1889 at Forbes House, Ham, Surrey.[8]
Louisa Scott, died aged 85, twice widowed, on 6 July 1918 at Dawlish, Devon.[9]
Descendants
Through her eldest daughter Cecilia, the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, she was a grandmother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and thus the great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.[10]
References
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
- ^ "Leicester Chronicle". Leicester Chronicle. 1 December 1832.
- ^ The Times Tuesday, 9 July 1918; no. 41837, p. col. A
- ^ Parish register
- ^ a b Almanach de Gotha (1922) (Justus Perthes, Gotha); Almanach de Gotha (1904) (Justus Perthes, Gotha)
- ^ Anne Wellesley Archived February 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Major, Joanne; Murden, Sarah (2016). A Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages That Changed History. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-6342-2. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ The Times Tuesday, 27 August 1889; no. 32788, p. 1, col. A
- ^ The Times Tuesday, 9 July 1918; no. 41837, p. 1, col. A
- ^ Botha, Rudolf; Knight, Chris (2009). The Cradle of Language. OUP Oxford. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-19-156767-4. Retrieved 20 December 2019.