Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave

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Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, DBE (25 March 1850 – 8 November 1933) was a British peeress.



Background


Born as Mary Dorothea Palmer, she was the daughter of Roundell Palmer (later Earl of Selborne) and his wife, Laura, a daughter of the 8th Earl Waldegrave. She was known to family and friends as "May".



Marriage/children


On 5 August 1874, she married her first cousin, William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave. Lord and Lady Waldegrave had three children:



  • Lady Mary Wilfreda (1875–1947)

  • Lady Laura Margaret (1880–1959)


  • William Edward Seymour, later 10th Earl Waldegrave (1882–1933)



Honours


In 1918, Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, was appointed a DBE for her work as Deputy President of the Somerset branch of the British Red Cross Society during World War I.










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