Lady Emily Kingscote

Lady Emily Marie Kingscote (née Curzon-Howe; 1836 – December 1910) was a British courtier and part of the royal household as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she was Princess of Wales and later Queen.

Emily Marie Kingscote
Lady Emily Marie Kingscote and her son Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote. Photo from 1860 by Camille Silvy.
Born	Emily Marie Curzon 1836
Died	December 1910
Nationality	English
Occupation	Royal courtier
Spouse	Sir Robert Kingscote ​ ​ (m. 1856; died 1908)​
Children	Four
Parents	Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe (father) Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell (mother)

Life

 

'The Hon Emily Curzon painted at Rome, 1850-51' attribted to Roberto Bompiani

Lady Emily was one of ten children born to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell.^[1][2]

Lady Emily served as Woman of the Bedchamber to Alexandra of Denmark, who was England's longest serving Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901.^[3] With the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, her husband succeeded to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and Alexandra became Queen Consort.^[4] Lady Emily was re-appointed a Woman of the bedchamber to the Queen,^[5] and served as such until 1907.

Lady Emily married on 5 February 1856 at Congerston, Leicestershire, England,^[1] becoming the second wife of Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote,^[6] whose first wife had died in childbirth. They had two sons and two daughters.^[1]

• Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 14 Feb 1857, d. 24 Nov 1921^[7]
• Harriet Maude Isabella Kingscote b. Mar 1860, d. 14 Mar 1906; married Arthur Wilson and was the mother of Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson.^[8]
• Winifred Ida Kingscote b. 24 Apr 1862, d. 25 Oct 1938; married on 16 July 1879 Lord Rocksavage, later Marquess of Cholmondeley.^[9]
• Albert Edward Leicester Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 13 May 1865

Lady Emily died on 9 December 1910 at 74^[10] (Her husband had predeceased her on 22 September 1908.^[1]) They are both buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Kingscote, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England.^[10]

References

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4. Battiscombe, Georgina (1969). Queen Alexandra (London: Constable) ISBN 0-09-456560-0
5. "No. 27292". The London Gazette. 8 March 1901. p. 1648.
6. "London Gazette" (PDF). 9 November 1902. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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10. "Lady Emily Marie Curzon - Howe Kingscote..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.