Lady Mary Rachel Pepys,

DCVO The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(née Fitzalan-Howard, 27 June 1905 – 17 August 1992) was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, from 1943 to 1968.Norfolk, Duke of (E, 1483)
She was the eldest child of

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (27 December 184711 February 1917), styled Lord Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmas ...

and his wife, Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles. On 31 July 1939, she married Lt. Col. Colin Keppel Davidson, a grandson of

William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle Lieutenant-colonel William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, , MP, ADC (15 April 1832 - 28 August 1894), styled Viscount Bury between 1851 and 1891, was a British soldier and politician. He served in the British Army before entering Parliame ...

, and they had two children: Duncan Henry Davidson (b. 1941) and Harriet Mary (b. 1942), who married

Michael Sefi Michael Richard Sefi Royal Victorian Order, LVO (born 11 December 1943) is a British Philately, philatelist and was the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection from 1 January 2003. Life Sefi was born in London. When he was a child, his gra ...

, the current Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection. Lady Rachel's first husband was killed in

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during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. On 9 November 1961, she married Brigadier Anthony Hilton Pepys, who died six years later. She retired from the Duchess of Kent's household a year later and died in 1992, aged 87.

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1905 births 1992 deaths Daughters of British dukes Daughters of barons Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Rachel Pepys Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-noble-stub