Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of LothianOBEDSG (born Antonella Reuss Newland; 8 September 1922 – 6 January 2007), also known as Tony Lothian, was an Italian-born British aristocrat, journalist and writer.
Antonella Reuss Newland was born in Rome, the only child of Major-GeneralSir Foster Reuss Newland KCMG CB (1862–1943) and his wife, Donna Nennella Salazar y Munatones.[1]
Her parents married in 1918, but divorced in 1928 after her mother, the daughter of an Italian army lieutenant-general, Conte Michele Salazar (descendant of a Spanish nobleman from the times of the Spanish presence in Italy), left her 66-year-old father for a 27-year-old army officer, later Brigadier William Carr CVO DSO.[2]
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Antonella Kerr Marchioness of Lothian OBE DSG born Antonella Reuss Newland 8 September 1922 6 January 2007 also known as Tony Lothian was an Italian born British aristocrat journalist and writer The Most HonourableThe Marchioness of LothianOBE DSGMarchioness of LothianTenure30 April 1943 11 October 2004BornAntonella Reuss Newland 1922 09 08 8 September 1922Rome ItalyDied8 January 2007 2007 01 08 aged 84 Jedburgh ScotlandSpouse s Peter Kerr 12th Marquess of Lothian m 1943 died 2004 wbr IssueLady Mary von WestenholzMichael Kerr 13th Marquess of LothianLady Cecil CameronClare FitzRoy Dowager Countess of EustonElizabeth Scott Duchess of BuccleuchLord Ralph KerrFatherSir Foster NewlandMotherDonna Nennella Salazar y Munatones Lady Lothian was the founding president of the annual Women of the Year Lunches at the Savoy Hotel in 1955 and the mother of Conservative parliamentarian and Shadow Cabinet minister Michael Ancram now Marquess of Lothian Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 3 Honours 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLife editAntonella Reuss Newland was born in Rome the only child of Major General Sir Foster Reuss Newland KCMG CB 1862 1943 and his wife Donna Nennella Salazar y Munatones 1 Her parents married in 1918 but divorced in 1928 after her mother the daughter of an Italian army lieutenant general Conte Michele Salazar descendant of a Spanish nobleman from the times of the Spanish presence in Italy left her 66 year old father for a 27 year old army officer later Brigadier William Carr CVO DSO 2 Newland married a distant relative Peter Kerr 12th Marquess of Lothian at the Brompton Oratory on 30 April 1943 he was then serving as a lieutenant in the Scots Guards The couple spent most of their married life at Monteviot House and its surrounding 18 000 acre 73 km2 estate near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders The Kerrs also owned Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire but they later retired to Ferniehirst Castle in Roxburghshire after dividing the other estates between their sons The couple had two sons and four daughters Her husband died on 11 October 2004 being succeeded by their elder son Conservative politician Michael Earl of Ancram The younger son is Lord Ralph Kerr Their eldest daughter Lady Mary Kerr was a folksinger and won a silver medal in skiing at the 1969 British Commonwealth Games and later married Charles von Westenholz Their second daughter Lady Cecil Kerr married Donald Cameron of Lochiel the XXVII and present Chief of Clan Cameron The other daughters married the heirs of the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry Clare Kerr married James FitzRoy Earl of Euston and Lady Elizabeth Kerr married Richard Scott Earl of Dalkeith the 10th and present Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry Lady Lothian pursued her own independent career as an author broadcaster and journalist She was a columnist with the Scottish Daily Express from 1960 to 1975 She was elected a fellow of the Institute of Journalists and won the Templeton Award in 1992 With Odette Hallowes and Lady Georgina Coleridge 3 she founded the annual Women of the Year Lunches 4 at the Savoy Hotel in 1955 in aid of the Greater London Fund for the Blind and other charities She was vice president of the Royal College of Nursing from 1960 to 1980 as well as being a patron of the National Council of Women of Great Britain 5 and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Lady Lothian lost an eye in 1970 as a result of cancer afterwards using a black eye patch She was appointed an OBE in 1997 for services to women and blind people and a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 2002 citation needed Lady Lothian interviewed the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova for her book Valentina First Woman in Space 6 Bibliography editFight for the Light What Should Christians Do So that New Shapes in Suffering Can be Overcome Church of Scotland 1973 Valentina First Woman in Space Conversations with A Lothian Pentland Press 1993 ISBN 9781858210643Honours edit nbsp OBE nbsp DSGSee also editMarquess of Lothian List of family seats of Scottish nobilityReferences edit Profile Archived 18 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine oxforddnb com accessed 25 March 2016 Ditchingham Hall 12 December 2013 Lady Marguerite Georgina Christine Coleridge nee Hay National Portrait Gallery www npg org uk Glamour s Women of the Year 2018 Glamour National Council of Women National Council of Women Antonella Lothian Valentina Tereshkova 1993 Valentina First Woman in Space Conversations with A Lothian Pentland Press ISBN 978 1 85821 064 3 External links editTony Lothian Prize Obituary The Times 8 January 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonella Kerr Marchioness of Lothian amp oldid 1216644340, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
