Henriette, Lady Abel Smith
Dame Henriette Alice, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO JP (née Cadogan; 6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.
Henriette, Lady Abel Smith | |
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| Born | Henriette Alice Cadogan 6 June 1914 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 3 May 2005 (aged 90) Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupation | Lady-in-Waiting, Justice of the Peace |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Alexander Abel Smith
(m. 1953; died 1980) |
| Children | 4; including Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet |
| Relatives | Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (great-grandfather) Stafford Howard (grandfather) |
Early life
Henriette Alice Cadogan was the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, a Royal Navy officer of Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire,[1] (a grandson of Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan)[2] by his wife Ruth Evelyn Howard, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard, a great-nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.[3]
Career
She held the office of a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987 she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting.[4] She served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971. She was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1964 New Year Honours, and was elevated to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977.[5]
Marriages and progeny
She married twice:
- Firstly on 4 September 1939 to Major Sir Anthony Frederick Mark Palmer, 4th Baronet (d.1941), by whom she had progeny as follows:
- Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet (born 1941), First Page of Honour to the Queen 1956–1959.[6]
- Antonia Mary Palmer (born 2 August 1940), wife of Lord Christopher John Thynne, younger brother of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath.[7]
- Secondly on 17 February 1953 she married Brigadier Sir Alexander Abel Smith (born 1904)[8] the younger brother of Sir Henry Abel Smith (who in 1931 had married into the Royal Family), by whom she had progeny as follows:
- Christopher Abel Smith (born 28 June 1954), a godson of Queen Elizabeth II and First Page of Honour to the Queen 1967–1970.[9]
- Juliet Sarah Abel Smith (born 26 Aug 1955)
Death
Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.
References
- Kelly's Directory, 1969, p.114
- Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204
- Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204, "Colls Duke of Norfolk"; http://thepeerage.com/p2293.htm
- "Abel Smith, Henriette Alice (Lady Abel Smith)". Who's who 1998 : an annual biographical dictionary. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. p. 2. ISBN 978-0312175917.
- Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 27 March 2016.
- "No. 40936". The London Gazette. 27 November 1956. p. 6727.
- Debrett's Peerage, 2015, p.B616, Palmer; P90, Bath
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44542/supplement/2835
- "No. 44362". The London Gazette. 11 July 1967. p. 7641.
Sources
- [S37] 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 1, page 2. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
- [S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection" e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
- [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 637.
- [S466] Notices, The Daily Telegraph, London, UK, 6 June 2005. Hereinafter cited as The Daily Telegraph.