Lady Mary Whitley

Lady Mary Whitley ("Mary Ilona Margaret"), née Cambridge (24 September 1924 - 13 December 1999) was a descendant of the British Royal Family. She was the only child of the 2nd Marquess of Cambridge.

Early life

Lady Mary was born in London to the Earl and Countess of Eltham, later the 2nd Marquess and Marchioness of Cambridge. She was a great-great-great-granddaughter of King George III, as well as being related to the Dukes of Westminster, Earl of Athlone, and the Royal Family. Her father was nephew to Queen Mary, the consort to King George V, making her a second cousin to Queen Elizabeth II.

Lord and Lady Eltham lived on the edge of Hyde Park, London, near Lord Eltham's cousin and his wife, the Duke and Duchess of York. The young Lady Mary was educated at home under the supervision of her grandmother, nanny, and governess. During her free time, Lady Mary would play with her friends. Often Mary would be invited to play with her second cousins, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of York, who lived near her by Hyde Park. She would also play with The Hon. George and Gerald Lascelles, the children of the Princess Royal, and therefore also her second cousins, when they were in London.

When not in London, Mary would stay with her maternal grandparents in Berkshire.

Life During The War

For the duration of the London Blitz the Cambridges sent Lady Mary to stay with her maternal grandparents at Hodcott House, near West Ilsley in Berkshire. Near her were her cousins the Yorks and Harewoods, who were staying at Windsor Castle. Her parents remained in London, as her father was a director of Coutts & Company, a banking firm, in the City of London. When Lady Mary was older, toward the end of the war, she became a volunteer nurse in the blitzed area of London.

Marriage & Family

On 9 November 1951, Lady Mary married Peter Whitley (22 October 1923 Singapore-25 January 2003) in Kirtling, Newmarket. After marriage, the couple were given the Lord Cambridge's London townhome in St. James' Square. Peter pursued a career with Distillers Company and became a managing director before his retirement in 1985. The couple had two children:

# Sarah Elizabeth Whitley (born 30 November 1954), who married Timothy Felton (born 8 March 1954) on 18 September 1982 and has two children: Emily Ilona Felton (born 21 July 1985) and Chloë Amelia Felton (born 17 June 1987), the last descendants of the Marquesses of Cambridge.
# Charles Francis Peter Whitley (born 10 September 1961), who married Diana Hewitt (born 8 November 1953) on 25 May 1991. They have no children.

Personal Information

Lady Mary regularly attended major royal occasions, but like her father she did not carry out royal duties. Lady Mary participated in the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, and attended the Trooping the Colour every year between 1950 and 1999 (excluding 1955 when it was cancelled due to a rail strike). She attended the following royal marriages: the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer (1981); Princess Anne to Captain Mark Phillips (1972) and to Commander Timothy Laurence (1992); Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson (1986.

tyles from birth to death

*The Lady Mary Cambridge (1924-1951)
*Lady Mary Whitley (1951-1999)

Ancestry

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1= 1. Lady Mary Whitley
2= 2. George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
3= 3. Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings
4= 4. Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
5= 5. Margaret Grosvenor
6= 6. Osmund William Toone Westenra Hastings
7= 7. Mary Caroline Campbell Tarratt
8= 8. Francis, Duke of Teck
9= 9. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
10= 10. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
11= 11. Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower
12= 12. Francis Power Plantagenet Hastings, 14th Earl of Huntingdon
13= 13. Mary Anne Wilmot Westenra
14= 14. Daniel Fox Tarratt
15= 15. Mary Stewart
16= 16. Duke Alexander of Württemberg
17= 17. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
18= 18. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
19= 19. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
20= 20. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
21= 21. Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower
22= 22. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
23= 23. Harriet Howard
24= 24. Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon
25= 25. Elizabeth Anne Power
26= 26. John Craven Westenra
27= 27. Anne Daubuz
30= 30. John Lorn Stewart
31= 31. Mary Campbell

References

#http://www.geocities.com/henrovonoene/genwurttemberg2.html#marycambridge
#Wikipedia page on HSH Prince George of Teck (her father)
#http://www.thePeerage.com
#Majesty by Robert Lacey