Biography of Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough 1915-1990

Paternal Family Tree: Wemyss aka Charteris

On 23 Jul 1912 [her father] Guy Lawrence Charteris (age 26) and [her step-mother] Frances Lucy Tennant (age 24) were married. He the son of Hugo Charteris 11th Earl Wemyss (age 54) and Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss (age 49).

On 10 Aug 1915 Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough was born to Guy Lawrence Charteris (age 29).

On 14 Nov 1933 Walter Francis David Long (age 22) and Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough (age 18) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

On 23 Feb 1943 William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley (age 49) and Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of William Humble Ward 2nd Earl of Dudley.

On 18 Apr 1953 [her future husband] Michael Temple Canfield (age 26) and Caroline Lee Bouvier (age 20) were married. He the illegitmate son of Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent and Alice "Kiki" Preston aka Gwynne. He a grandson of George V King United Kingdom.

On 21 Nov 1956 [her step-son] Peter Alistair Ward (age 30) and Claire Leonora Baring (age 20) were married. They two daughters and a son. He the son of William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley (age 62) and Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.

On 13 Jun 1960 Michael Temple Canfield (age 33) and Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough (age 44) were married. He the illegitmate son of Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent and Alice "Kiki" Preston aka Gwynne. He a grandson of George V King United Kingdom.

In 1967 [her father] Guy Lawrence Charteris (age 81) died.

On 20 Dec 1969 [her husband] Michael Temple Canfield (age 43) died of a heart-attack whilst on a flight from New York to London.

On 26 Dec 1969 [her husband] William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley (age 75) died. His son [her step-son] William Ward 4th Earl of Dudley (age 49) succeeded 4th Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire, 14th Baron Ward of Birmingham.

On 26 Jan 1972 John Albert William Spencer-Churchill 10th Duke Marlborough (age 74) and Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough (age 56) were married. She by marriage Duchess Marlborough. He the son of Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill 9th Duke Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess Marlborough.

On 18 Apr 1974 [her former step-son] Peter Alistair Ward (age 48) and Elizabeth Rose Westmacott were married. He the son of William Humble Eric Ward 3rd Earl of Dudley and Rosemary Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower.

On 19 Feb 1990 Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough (age 74) died at Portland Towers Marylebone.

Royal Ancestors of Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough 1915-1990

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Ancestors of Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough 1915-1990

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Wemyss Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Charteris 8th Earl Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl Wemyss 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Richard Charteris 10th Earl Wemyss 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Smith Countess Lucan

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg

GrandFather: Hugo Charteris 11th Earl Wemyss 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Adams aka Anson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Anson 1st Viscount Anson 12 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Venables-Vernon 11 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas William Anson 1st Earl Lichfield 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Coke 1st Earl of Leicester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Margaret Coke Viscountess Anson 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Frederica Anson Countess Wemyss 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nathaniel Phillips

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Barbara Catherine Phillips Countess Lichfield

Father: Guy Lawrence Charteris 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Wyndham 1st Baron Leconfield 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont

Great x 1 Grandfather: Percy Scawen Wyndham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend William Blunt

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fanny Blunt

GrandMother: Mary Constance Wyndham Countess Wemyss 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Campbell 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Campbell 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Fitzgerald 1st Duke Leinster 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emilia Mary Lennox Duchess Leinster Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Pamela Fitzgerald Lady Campbell 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Frances Laura Charteris Duchess Marlborough 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland