Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE (18 October 1863 – 17 November 1926) was a

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who worked in politics for the

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Early life

Marcia was born on 18 October 1863. She was the eldest daughter of

Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers Sackville George Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers and ''de jure'' 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth (14 September 1827 – 24 August 1888) was a British peer and soldier. Early life Lane-Fox was the eldest son of Lady Charlotte Osborne (d. 1836) and Sackvi ...

(1827–1888) and his wife, Mary Curteis (d. 1921). Her brother Sackville FitzRoy Henry Lane-Fox died unmarried in 1879 (before their father's death) and her sister was

Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis Violet Ida Eveline Herbert, Countess of Powis and ''suo jure'' 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (1 June 1865 – 29 April 1929) was a British peeress in her own right. Early life Violet was born on 1 June 1865 in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, En ...

, later ''

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'' Baroness Darcy de Knayth.

Titles

In 1888, the countess's father died and his title fell into

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, but the abeyance was terminated in her favour four years later. Eleven years later, in 1903, the barony of Fauconberg, a peerage which had been in abeyance since the death of the last holder, the 6th Baroness Fauconberg, in 1490, was also called out of abeyance for Marcia Pelham. At the same time the

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found that her father had held the barony of Darcy de Knayth and confirmed it in favour of her sister,

. Due to the peerages which thus came to her, Marcia Pelham brought 153 armorial quarterings to her husband's family. In 1920, the countess was appointed an Officer of the

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in recognition of her role as

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, her husband's ancestral home, which had served as an auxiliary hospital during the

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Personal life

On 5 August 1886, she married Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough (1859–1936). He was a son of

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough (14 January 1835 – 6 February 1875), known as Lord Worsley from 1846 to 1852, was a British peer. Yarborough was the son of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, and his wife Maria ...

and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hare, the fourth daughter of

William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel (22 September 1801 – 4 February 1856), known as Viscount Ennismore from 1827 to 1837, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament (MP). Life Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, Viscount Ennismor ...

. After the 3rd Earl's death in 1875, his widow married

John Maunsell Richardson John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 – Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), known to his friends as the "Cat", was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member o ...

, a Cambridge cricketer and

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for

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. Together, Charles and Marcia Yarborough were the parents of four sons: *

Charles Pelham, Lord Worsley Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (14 August 1887 – 30 October 1914) was a British soldier. He was the son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough. On 31 January 1911, Lord Worsley married Alex ...

(1887–1914), who married Alexandra Mary Freesia Vivian (1890–1963), fourth daughter of

Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian, (19 June 1834 – 21 October 1893) was a British diplomat from the Vivian family. Background Born at Connaught Place, London, Vivian was the eldest son of Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian, and was ed ...

. He was killed in action not long after the beginning of the First World War, aged 27. * Sackville Pelham (1888–1948), who married Nancye Brocklehurst (d. 1977), a daughter of Florence Little, daughter of General Sir Archibald Little, and Alfred Brocklehurst, a brother of

John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough (13 May 1852 – 28 February 1921), was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician. Background and education Brocklehurst was the son of Henry Brocklehurst, of Foden Bank, Macclesfield, ...

. He succeeded as 5th Earl of Yarborough. * D'Arcy Francis Pelham (1892–1892), who died in infancy. * Marcus Herbert Pelham (1893–1966), later 6th Earl of Yarborough, who married Pamela Douglas-Pennant (1896–1968), a daughter of

Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn Edward Sholto Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn (10 June 1864 – 22 August 1927), was a British Conservative politician. A member of the Douglas family headed by the Earl of Morton, Penrhyn was the son of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penr ...

and Blanche Georgiana FitzRoy, third daughter of

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. Pamela was a sister and co-heiress of

Hugh Douglas-Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn (6 August 1894 – 26 June 1949) was a British nobleman and army officer. Life He was the second of two surviving sons born to Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn, and Blanche Georgiana FitzRoy ...

. Marcia Yarborough died of

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at Brocklesby on 17 November 1926. Her peerages were inherited by the elder of her two surviving sons, Sackville.

References

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