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12 de jul. de 2014 · MARY, Duchess of Roxburghe, was the daughter of a Marquess who after her marriage to the Duke of Roxburghe refused, on their pending divorce, to vacate the historic family seat at Floors Castle ...
9 de jul. de 2014 · Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, who has died aged 99, showed courage and tenacity when in 1953 she resisted a six-week campaign by her husband, the 9th Duke, to evict her from Floors Castle, his 100 ...
Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, who has died aged 99, showed courage and tenacity when in 1953 she resisted a six-week campaign by her husband to evict her from his 100-room ducal seat near Kelso.Mary was
Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe was one of the last of the Hungerfords, the family that James Smithson was so proud to claim - that which enabled him to boast that he was "related to kings." Her great-grandmother, Henrietta Maria Anne Hungerford, was Smithson's first cousin (Henrietta was the daughter of Smithson’s mother's sister, Henrietta Maria Keate).
How West Horsley Place Trust Came into Being West Horsley Place was privately owned and occupied by Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe until her death in 2014. Much to his surprise, she left the property to her great-nephew Bamber Gascoigne (1935-2022). Bamber and his wife Christina understood the historic and architectural significance of the manor house, but more than this, they felt it had a ...
It is the culmination of Our Stories, an intergenerational community project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund that brought together young people aged 15-18 to interview older people about their memories of West Horsley Place, Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe and the village of West Horsley to create an oral history. 14 young people took part in the project, learning about their local ...
On November 10, 1903, she married Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (1876–1932). After ten years of childlessness, Mary gave birth to a son and heir, George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe (1913–1974), who succeeded his father in 1932. The Duchess of Roxburghe died on 26 April 1937 in London.
