Lady Constance Gaskell
Lady Constance Harriet Stuart Milnes Gaskell, DCVO (née Knox; 21 April 1885 – 29 April 1964) was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from 1937–53 and Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1953–60.[1] Lady Gaskell was appointed Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
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Lady Constance was the second daughter of Constance (née Caulfeild) and the 5th Earl of Ranfurly, who was later Governor of New Zealand from 1897–1904. On 7 November 1905, she married Maj. Evelyn Milnes Gaskell, a son of Rt. Hon. Charles Milnes Gaskell.[2]
Two portraits of Lady Constance are part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[2]
Lady Constance Milnes Gaskell died in 1964, eight days after her 79th birthday.
References
- "Constance Harriet Stuart Knox". webtrees. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- National Portrait Gallery, "Lady Constance Gaskell", retrieved December 3, 2020