Re: Kathleen, Marchioness of Hartington Archived Message
Posted by SarahN  on July 2, 2012, 9:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Kathleen, Marchioness of Hartington"
Correct - but she was not "the" Marchioness of Hartington - that was Debo.
--Previous Message--
: In the rule of British titles, a woman
: maintains her husbands titles even after she
: is divorced or widowed, until she remarries.
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: Thus, after Billy's death she became
: Kathleen, Marchioness of Hartington (which
: is the customary way to refer to Dowagers),
: of course the title of Marchioness of
: Hartington can be shortened to Lady
: Hartington as all peeress can shorten their
: titles but this is in an informal social
: sense, never an official title.
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: --Previous Message--
: She was the Marchioness for only as long as
: her marriage. Upon Billy's death, his
: sister-in-law Debo (now the Dowager Duchess)
: became the Marchioness. I believe that her
: tombstone reads "Kathleen, Lady
: Hartington".
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: --Previous Message--
: I know the details of the Kennedys' lives,
: including that of Kathleen. I know she was
: married for a brief time but she was the
: marchioness of Hartington from 1944 to 1948,
: so maybe she may have worn a tiara belonging
: to her husband's family during that time
: period. Actually, the question I asked was
: aimed for the British posters, hoping some
: of them may have seen either pictures or
: comments that Kathleen did wear something.
: You are as American as I am, Jinja, but
: maybe the British posters had seen something
: in their newspapers or magazines. Hence for
: my question in my previous post. Maybe I
: should have made clear as to whom I was
: asking that question.
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: --Previous Message--
: Kathleen was married for only a few weeks;
: her
: husband was killed in the war not long after
: their wedding. Her wedding dress was a
: daytime suit. I doubt she ever wore a
: tiara, though she was close to her late
: husband's family until her own death a few
: years later. She is buried in the
: Devonshire family cemetery, and President
: Kennedy visited her grave when he was in
: England.
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