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Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough

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The Countess of Yarborough
The Countess of Yarborough as Countess Tchoglokov at the Devonshire House Ball of 1897
Personal details
Born
Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox

(1863-10-18)18 October 1863
Died17 November 1926(1926-11-17) (aged 63)
Lincolnshire, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 1886)
RelationsViolet Herbert, Countess of Powis (sister)
ChildrenCharles Pelham, Lord Worsley
Sackville Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough
D'Arcy Francis Pelham
Marcus Pelham, 6th Earl of Yarborough
Parent(s)Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers
Mary Curteis
ResidenceBrocklesby Park

Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE (18 October 1863 – 17 November 1926)[1] was a British peer who worked in politics for the Conservative Party.

Early life

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Marcia was born on 18 October 1863. She was the eldest daughter of Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers (1827–1888) and his wife, Mary Curteis (d. 1921).[2] Her brother Sackville FitzRoy Henry Lane-Fox died unmarried in 1879 (before their father's death) and her sister was Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, later suo jure Baroness Darcy de Knayth.[2]

Titles

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In 1888, the countess's father died and his title fell into abeyance, but the abeyance was terminated in her favour four years later. Eleven years later, in 1903, the barony of Fauconberg, a peerage which had been in abeyance since the death of the last holder, the 6th Baroness Fauconberg, in 1490, was also called out of abeyance for Marcia Pelham. At the same time the House of Lords found that her father had held the barony of Darcy de Knayth and confirmed it in favour of her sister, Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis.[3] Due to the peerages which thus came to her, Marcia Pelham brought 153 armorial quarterings to her husband's family.

In 1920, the countess was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her role as Commandant of Brocklesby Hall, her husband's ancestral home, which had served as an auxiliary hospital during the First World War.[3]

Personal life

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On 5 August 1886, she married Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough (1859–1936). He was a son of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hare, the fourth daughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel. After the 3rd Earl's death in 1875, his widow married John Maunsell Richardson, a Cambridge cricketer and Member of Parliament for Brigg. Together, Charles and Marcia Yarborough were the parents of four sons:[4]

Marcia Yarborough died of sleeping sickness at Brocklesby on 17 November 1926.[5][1] Her peerages were inherited by the elder of her two surviving sons, Sackville.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Times, Wireless To the New York (18 November 1926). "LADY YARBOROUGH DIES OF SLEEPING SICKNESS; Had Distinction of Holding Three Titles -- Worked in Politics for Conservative Party" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Darcy de Knayth, Baron (E, 1332)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Conyers, Baron (E, 1509)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Yarborough, Earl of (UK, 1837)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Milestones: Nov. 29, 1926". Time. 29 November 1926. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
Portuguese nobility
Preceded by Countess of Mértola
1888 – 1926
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
In abeyance
Title last held by
Sackville Lane-Fox
Baroness Conyers
1892 – 1926
Succeeded by
In abeyance
Title last held by
Joan Neville
Baroness Fauconberg
1903 – 1926