Mary Harmsworth, Viscountess Northcliffe
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Mary Harmsworth, Viscountess Northcliffe, Lady Hudson, GBE, DStJ, ARRC (died 29 July 1963) was born as Mary Elizabeth Milner, the daughter of Robert Milner, of Kidlington
, Oxfordshire
, England.
(born 16 July 1865, Chapelizod
, County Dublin, Ireland – died 14 August 1922) on 11 April 1888, at which time her married name became Harmsworth, and she was styled as Baroness Northcliffe, effective 27 December 1905. She was later elevated to Viscountess Northcliffe on 14 January 1918. This union was childless.
A widow, she remarried, on 4 April 1923, to Sir Robert Arundal Hudson; this union was also childless.
Kidlington
Kidlington is a large village and civil parish between the River Cherwell and the Oxford Canal, north of Oxford and southwest of Bicester.-History:...
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, England.
Marriages
Mary Elizabeth Milner married, firstly, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st and last Viscount NorthcliffeViscount Northcliffe
Viscount Northcliffe, of St Peter in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, It was created in 1918 for the press baron Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Baron Northcliffe. He had already been created a Baronet in 1904 and Baron Northcliffe, of the Isle of Thanet in the County of...
(born 16 July 1865, Chapelizod
Chapelizod
Chapelizod is a picturesque Irish village preserved within the city of Dublin, Ireland. It lies in the verdant wooded valley of the River Liffey, on the way to the slopes of the Strawberry Beds, below the Phoenix Park. The village is associated with Iseult of Ireland and the location of Iseault's...
, County Dublin, Ireland – died 14 August 1922) on 11 April 1888, at which time her married name became Harmsworth, and she was styled as Baroness Northcliffe, effective 27 December 1905. She was later elevated to Viscountess Northcliffe on 14 January 1918. This union was childless.
A widow, she remarried, on 4 April 1923, to Sir Robert Arundal Hudson; this union was also childless.
Awards and honors
- Dame Grand Cross Order of the British EmpireOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(GBE) — 1918 - Registered as a Associate, Royal Red Cross (ARRC) — 1919
- Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of JerusalemVenerable Order of Saint JohnThe Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem , is a royal order of chivalry established in 1831 and found today throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, Ireland and the United States of America, with the world-wide mission "to prevent and relieve sickness and...
— 1919
Sources
- L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 207
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 3, page 3410
- Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3410