Biography of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland 1871-1910

Maternal Family Tree: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 1839-1933

On 13 Oct 1860 Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and [her mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 08 Nov 1866 [her father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 33) and [her mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 27) were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 20 Aug 1871 Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland was born to Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 38) and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 31).

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30 Apr 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and [her half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19)] marriage took place in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the newspapers of the day made much of the "most brilliant wedding of a dozen seasons." I remember my surprise as I drove from our house in Carlton Gardens to the Abbey to find the way lined with interested crowds.

Among the guests were the Prince (age 39) and Princess of Wales (age 36), Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke (age 30) and Duchess of Connaught (age 20), Princess Louise (age 33) (Marchioness of Lorne), Princess Mary Adelaide (age 47) (Duchess of Teck) and the Duke of Teck (parents of Queen Mary), with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (age 28), as my husband’s best man. The crush filled the Abbey from the choir to the door.

My twelve bridesmaids were all girl friends and relatives. They were: Blanche Maynard (age 17), my sister (now Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox (age 33)), Lady Eva Greville (age 21), my husband’s only sister, my stepsisters, [her sister] Millicent (age 13), Sybil (age 9), and Angela St. Clair Erskine (age 4) (later Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Westmorland, and Lady A. Forbes), Countess Feodore Gleichen (age 19) (later a renowned sculptor), Lady Florence Bridgman (age 22) (the present Countess of Harewood and mother of Viscount Lascelles (age 34)), Miss Wombwell (age 19) (Countess of Dartrey), Miss Mills, the first Lord Hillingdon’s daughter, Miss Violet Lindsay (age 25) (now Violet, Duchess of Rutland), and Miss Ethel Milner (age 30) (later Countess of Durham).

On 28 May 1892 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 57).

On 25 Mar 1893 [her son] Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland was born to [her husband] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 21).

1900. Ellis William Roberts (age 39). Portrait of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28).

14 Feb 1900. James Lafayette (age 47). Photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28)

14 Feb 1900. James Lafayette (age 47). Detail of photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28)

On 21 Jul 1910 Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 38) died.

On 09 Jun 1922 [her former husband] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 62) died. His son [her son] Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland (age 29) succeeded 14th Earl of Westmoreland.

Royal Ancestors of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland 1871-1910

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

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

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Ancestors of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland 1871-1910

Father: Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn

Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Fitzroy 2nd Duke Grafton Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus Fitzroy Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Somerset Duchess Grafton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Henry Fitzroy 3rd Duke Grafton 2 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Cosby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cosby

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Fitzroy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Wrottesley 4th Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wrottesley 7th Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Grey Lady Wrottesley 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wrottesley Duchess Grafton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Leveson-Gower Lady Wrottesley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Henry Fitzroy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Pigot

Mother: Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland