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.

Lady Abel Smith

Born
Henriette Alice Cadogan

(1914-06-06)6 June 1914
Died3 May 2005(2005-05-03) (aged 90)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation(s)Lady-in-Waiting, Justice of the Peace
Spouses
(m. 1939; died 1941)
    (m. 1953; died 1980)
    Children4; including Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet
    RelativesHenry 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:

    Death

    Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.

    References

    1. Kelly's Directory, 1969, p.114
    2. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204
    3. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204, "Colls Duke of Norfolk"; http://thepeerage.com/p2293.htm
    4. "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.
    5. Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 27 March 2016.
    6. "No. 40936". The London Gazette. 27 November 1956. p. 6727.
    7. Debrett's Peerage, 2015, p.B616, Palmer; P90, Bath
    8. "Page 2835 | Supplement 44542, 8 March 1968 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
    9. "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.
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