Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne VA CI GBE CH (née Hamilton; 17 December 1850 – 21 October 1932), was a British courtier. She served as vice-regal consort 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.

The Most Honourable
The Marchioness of Lansdowne
VA CI GBE CH
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra
In office
1905–1910
Vicereine of India
In office
10 December 1888 – 11 October 1894
Preceded byThe Countess of Dufferin
Succeeded byThe Countess of Elgin
Viceregal consort of Canada
In office
23 October 1883 – 11 June 1888
Preceded byThe Princess Louise
Succeeded byThe Countess of Derby
Personal details
Born
Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton

(1850-12-17)17 December 1850
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Died21 October 1932(1932-10-21) (aged 81)
St George Hanover Square, London, England
Spouse(s)
ChildrenEvelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th Marquess of Lansdowne
Lord Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Parents

Marriage

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

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 lent their house, Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, to serve 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. [2]

Death

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

Ancestry

References
  1. "Bowood home front exhibition marking First World War centenary". This is Wiltshire.
  2. "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3757.
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