Noblewoman
Records tagged with Keywords: Noblewoman
Fenella
Submitted by Alison McCall on 3 March 2020 - 5:39pm
Revised: 3 March 2020 - 5:48pm Alison McCall
Other names:
The spelling varies - Finella, Finuela, Finnguala
Dates:
c 950 -955
Fenella was the daughter of a Mormaer and the wife of a noble.
Her son was killed, possibly in battle, by King Kenneth II. In revenge, Finella killed the king at Fettercairn in 955. She fled, pursued by some of the king's men, and jumped to her death from the top of the waterfall in Ben of Fenella.
Princess Titana Marama
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 6 July 2016 - 7:49pm
Revised: 6 July 2016 - 9:41pm Margaret Fergus...
Title:
Chieftess of Haapiti
Other names:
Tetuanuireiaiteruiate, Mrs. John Brander, Mrs. George Darsie
Dates:
1842-25 September 1898
Titana's father was London born Alexander Salmon (originally Soloman) a Landowner. Her mother was Ariitaimai Teriirere-iotu-raco-ma-Soarai-ariiochan Saaroarii Ariitaimai, adopted half sister of Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti and Titana was in direct line of succession to the throne.
In 1856 when she was age 14 she married Elgin man John Brander, an older man and owner of a Trading House in the South Pacific.
Philadelphia Carey
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 21 September 2013 - 9:27am
Revised: 8 October 2013 - 3:52pm Tiana
Title:
Baroness Scrope of Bolton, Mascham and Upsall
Other names:
Mrs. Thomas Scrope
Dates:
circa 1552 - 3rd February1627
Philadelphia Carey was born around 1552. Her parents were Sir Henry Carey (1525/6- 1596), first Baron of Hunsdon, and Anne Morgan. Her father was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I of England and he served as Warden of the Eastern Marches on the Scottish border; Chamberlain of the Household, twice Member of Parliament for Buckingham. She had 10 surviving brothers and sisters. Thomas, Catherine, George, Henry, Michael, John, Edmund, Robert, Mary (Margaret) and William.
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Catherine Herbert, The Countess of Dunmore
Submitted by Elizabeth Ritchie on 23 October 2012 - 8:45am
Revised: 31 October 2012 - 1:14pm admin
Title:
Countess
Dates:
d. 1886
Lady Catherine Herbert was the daughter of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and Catherine Woronzow. She married Alexander Edward Murray, 6th Earl of Dunmore, son of George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore and Lady Susan Hamilton, on 27 September 1836. She died on 12 February 1886. Her married name became Murray. As a result of her marriage, Lady Catherine Herbert was styled as Countess of Dunmore on 11 November 1836. She promoted Harris tweed as a fashionable cloth for sporting and country wear.
Children:
Lady Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray d. 16 Mar 1922
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Susanna Montgomery
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 9 October 2012 - 6:42pm
Revised: 18 October 2012 - 1:02pm admin
Title:
Countess. Lady
Other names:
Nee Susanna Kennedy; Susanna Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton, Lady Eglinton, S Eglintoun,
Dates:
1690 β 18 March 1780
Helen Colquhoun
Submitted by Alison McCall on 17 September 2012 - 4:58pm
Revised: 18 September 2012 - 9:16am admin
Title:
Lady
Other names:
Her maiden name was Sutherland.
Dates:
1717-1791
She was the daughter of William, Lord Strathnaver. She married Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, who laid out the town of Helensburgh. She was described by Dr Johnston as "a very pious woman." She died in 1791.
Her portrait, painted by William Aikman, hangs in the Art Gallery, Campbelltown, Argyllshire.
Katherine Forbes, Lady Rothiemay
Submitted by Alison McCall on 14 September 2012 - 1:46pm
Revised: 14 September 2012 - 2:20pm Alison McCall
Title:
Lady
Dates:
c1583 - c1652
Katherine Forbes was the daughter of John, eighth Lord Forbes, and his second wife Janet Seton. She was educated in Aberdeen. She married William Gordon of Rothiemay in the winter of 1603/4. The Gordons and their neighbours the Crichtons were at feud, and William Gordon died after a skirmish in 1630. The Crichtons were ordered to pay compensation, but later in 1630 Lady Rothiemay's eldest son died in a suspicious fire.
Victoria Alexandrina Montagu Douglas Scott
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 26 July 2012 - 7:23pm
Revised: 30 July 2012 - 6:17pm Margaret Fergus...
Title:
Lady, Marchioness, Dowager Marchioness
Other names:
Marchioness of Lothian, Dowager Marchioness of Lothian, Kerr, Talbot
Dates:
20.11.1844 - 19.06.1938
Lady Victoria Alexandrina Montagu Douglas Scott was born on 20th November 1844 (baptized on 18th December) at Dalkeith Castle, the daughter of Sir Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (5th Duke of Buccleuch, 25.11.1806 - 16.04.1884) and Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne (10.04.1811 - 18.03.1895).
She had 6 siblings who lived to adulthood: William Henry Walter Montagu, Henry John Montagu, Walter Charles Montagu, Margaret Elizabeth Montagu and Mary Charlotte Montagu.
Elizabeth Dundas
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 24 July 2012 - 10:26pm
Revised: 26 July 2012 - 12:40pm admin
Title:
Lady
Other names:
Elizabeth Dalrymple, Countess Dowager of Stair
Dates:
Died 25 May 1731
Elizabeth Dundas was an heiress, daughter of Sir John Dundas of Newliston and Agnes Gray.
Around 1688 she married John Dalyrimple,1st Earl of Stair (born 1648, died 8 January 1707). They had 6 sons and 4 daughters, only 3 sons and a daughter reaching adulthood {John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (baptised 02 August 1673, died 1747), William Dalrymple (baptised 11 October 1678, died 3 December 1744), Hon George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy (baptised 10 March 1680, died 29 July 1745) and Lady Margaret Dalrymple (baptised 25 August 1684, died 3 April 1779)}.
Eleanor Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 4 July 2012 - 9:42pm
Revised: 7 July 2012 - 1:16pm Margaret Fergus...
Title:
Lady
Other names:
Lady Eleanor Campbell
Dates:
7th July 1796 - 16th September 1832
Eleanor was born on 7th July, 1796 and baptized on 5th Aug 1796 at Inveresk with Musselburgh, Scotland.
Her parents were Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas, Earl of Wemyss of Gosford House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (born 15 Apr 1772, died 28 Jun 1853 at Gosford House) and Margaret Campbell of Shawfield, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland (born around 1778, died 25 Jan 1850 at Gosford House). They married on 31 Aug 1794.
