Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady Kinloss (''née'' Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville; 30 September 1852 – 17 October 1944) was a British
peeress.
Early life
Mary was the eldest of the three daughters of
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and Caroline, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos (''née'' Harvey).
Inheritance
Upon the death of her father on 26 March 1889, she succeeded to the
Lordship of Kinloss, one of her father's subsidiary titles. (As he had no sons, his title as
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos became extinct on his death, but titles in the
Peerage of Scotland
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can pass to females).
Due to her father's role of
Governor of Madras (1875-1880), she was made a Companion of the
Order of the Crown of India
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in 1878. She had acted as the Duke's host in Madras alongside her other two sisters, her father being a widower. In addition to her role as the Duke's hostess, she was also Churchwarden of Stowe Parish church. This was a role that was also occupied by Major Thomas Close-Smith at the same time, her son in law. Her eldest daughter the Hon. Mary Close-Smith became Churchwarden after her mother's death.
[ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, ''Burke's Irish Family Records'' (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976), p. 870.]
Personal life
On 4 November 1884 she married
Major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
Luis Courthorpe Morgan. Together, they were the parents of:
*
The Hon.
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Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville,
JP (1886–1972), who married Maj. Thomas Close-Smith (died 1946), of Boycott Manor, in 1909; he served as
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1942.
* Capt. The Hon. Richard George Grenville Morgan-Grenville, Master of Kinloss (1887–1914), who died at
Ploegsteert Wood.
* The Hon. Luis Chandos Francis Temple Morgan-Grenville, Master of Kinloss (1889–1944), who married Katherine Beatrice MacKenzie Jackman.
[Kirk, Geoff]
"The Jackmans, the blacksmiths of North Bucks"
''winslow-history.org.uk''. They are the parents of
Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss.
* Lt.-Col. The Hon. Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville (1891–1965)
* The Hon. Robert William Morgan-Grenville (1892–1988)
* Capt. The Hon. Harry Nugent Morgan-Grenville (1896–1979)
[Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, p. 2186.]
After selling
Stowe House
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in 1921, partly due to the loss of her eldest son and heir in the Great War and Stowe's high-running costs and debts, Lady Kinloss moved to Moreton Lodge,
Maids Moreton
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. Her eldest daughter, the Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Close-Smith, continued to live at Stowe, except at her husband Thomas's seat, Boycott Manor. Their descendants continue to live in the parish.
She was succeeded to the title Lady Kinloss by her 22-year-old granddaughter
Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss.
[L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 44.]
See also
*
Duke of Chandos
The Dukedom of Chandos was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, named for a fief in Normandy. The Chandos peerage was first created as a barony by Edward III in 1337; its second creation in 1554 was due to the Brydges family's service to Mar ...
*
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
References
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