Mary Sibell Sturt, Baroness Alington (born Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper; 3 October 1902 – 2 August 1936) was an English socialite, part of the

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crowd.

Biography

Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 October 1902,Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 the daughter of

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and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor.Pine, L. G.. The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms. London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972 On 27 November 1928 Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper married

Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington Captain Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1 November 1896 – 17 September 1940) was a British peer, the son of Humphrey Sturt, 2nd Baron Alington. He was born in November 1896 in the St. Marylebone district of London. He succeeded ...

(1896–1940). They had one daughter Hon. Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (1929-2010). She died at only 33 years old on 2 August 1936 and is buried at All Saints Churchyard, Witchampton. Her husband died of pneumonia while on active service during

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and is buried there.

References

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