Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne

Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra
In office 1905–1910
Spouse Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Issue
Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Father James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
Mother Louisa Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn
Born 17 December 1850(1850-12-17)
Died 21 October 1932(1932-10-21) (aged 81)

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne, GBE, CH, VA, CI (17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, was a British courtier. She vice-regal spouce of Canada while her husband was Governor General of Canada from 1883-1888. She was then Vicereine of India from 1888-1894 while her husband was Viceroy

Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, Marchioness of Lansdowne by Cowell, Simla, India

Lady Lansdowne was a daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell. On 8 November 1869, she married the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne at Westminster Abbey and they had four children:

From 1905 to 1909 she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra; she was Extra Lady from 1910 to 1925. During the First World War she set up the Officers' Families Fund and served as its president, and she and her husband gave their house, Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, as its headquarters. For this and other charitable services, she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

She died in 1932 and was buried at Derry Hill Church, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Ancestry

Honorary titles
Preceded by
HRH The Marchioness of Lorne
Viceregal Consort of Canada
1883–1888
Succeeded by
The Countess of Derby

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