Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne

The Marchioness of Lansdowne
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra
In office	1905–1910
Born	17 December 1850
Died	21 October 1932 (aged 81)
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

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne GBE GCStJ CH VA CI (née Hamilton; 17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), was a British courtier. She served as vice-regal spouse while her husband Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne was Governor General of Canada from 1883–1888. She was then Vicereine of India from 1888–1894 while her husband was Viceroy.

Marriage

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:

• Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice (27 August 1870 – 2 April 1960)
• Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (14 January 1872 – 5 March 1936)
• Lord Charles George Francis Petty-Fitzmaurice (12 February 1874 – 30 October 1914)
• Lady Beatrix Frances Petty-Fitzmaurice (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953)

Later years

From 1905–09 she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra; she was Extra Lady from 1910–25. 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. She also set up an auxiliary Red Cross hospital in the Orangery at Bowood House.^[1]

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.

Death

She died in 1932, aged 81, and was buried at Derry Hill Church, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne

16. Captain The Hon. John Hamilton               8. John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn                       17. Harriet Craggs               4. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton                             18. Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet               9. Catherine Copley                       19. Mary Buller               2. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn                                   20. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton               10. The Hon. John Douglas                       21. Bridget Heathcote               5. Harriet Douglas                             22. Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood               11. Lady Frances Lascelles                       23. Anne Chaloner               1. Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne                                         24. John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford               12. Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock                       25. The Hon. Gertrude Leveson-Gower               6. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford                             26. Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle               13. Lady Elizabeth Keppel                       27. Lady Anne Lennox               3. Lady Louisa Jane Russell                                   28. Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon               14. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon                       29. Lady Catherine Gordon               7. Lady Georgina Gordon                             30. Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet of Monreith, Wigtownshire               15. Jane Maxwell                       31. Magdalen Blair

References

1. "Bowood home front exhibition marking First World War centenary". This is Wiltshire.

Links

• Obituary, The Times, 22 October 1932.