Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (''née'' Hanbury; born 15 March 1984), commonly known as Rose Hanbury, is a British peeress, former model and former political staffer. She is married to

David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley David George Philip Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, (; born 27 June 1960), styled Viscount Malpas from birth until 1968, and subsequently Earl of Rocksavage until 1990, is a British peer and filmmaker who acted as Lord Great Cham ...

Early life

Lady Cholmondeley is the daughter of Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury (née Longman), a fashion designer. Her younger sister Marina is the third wife of

Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 19 October 1961), is a British musician and a member of the band, 'Pearl, TN'. He is better known as Ned Lambton. Early life He was born in 1961, the youngest child and only son of Belinda Blew-Jones an ...

. The landed gentry Hanbury family lived at Holfield Grange,

Coggeshall Coggeshall ( or ) is a small town in Essex, England, between Colchester and Braintree on the Roman road Stane Street and the River Blackwater. It has almost 300 listed buildings and a market whose charter was granted in 1256 by Henry III. ...

, Essex. Her maternal grandmother is Lady Elizabeth Lambart, daughter of

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; Lady Elizabeth was one of the bridesmaids at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant

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; her paternal grandmother, Sara, was the daughter of racing driver Sir Tim Birkin, 3rd Bt.

Career

Prior to her marriage, Lady Cholmondeley worked as a fashion model, represented by

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, and as a researcher for conservative politician

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Personal life

On 24 June 2009, Hanbury married

, at

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, their engagement having been announced two days prior. They have three children: * Alexander Hugh George Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage (born 12 October 2009) * Lord Oliver Timothy George Cholmondeley (born 12 October 2009) * Lady Iris Marina Aline Cholmondeley (born March 2016) The family resides at

Houghton Hall Houghton Hall ( ) is a country house in the parish of Houghton in Norfolk, England. It is the residence of David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. It was commissioned by the ''de facto'' first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walp ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. A friendship between the Marquess and Marchioness and the

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and

Princess of Wales Princess of Wales (Welsh: ''Tywysoges Cymru'') is a courtesy title used since the 14th century by the wife of the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton). The title was firs ...

has been reported; the Marchioness is a patron of the charity East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), along with the Princess.

References

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British models Cholmondeley, Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of