Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart (13 November 1889 – 2 June 1975) was a Scottish noblewoman.

Family

Wenefryde was the daughter of Charles Norman Scott (1853–1938) and Agnes Mary Tollemache (1855–1912). Scott was a JP for the

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and a JP and DL for Leicestershire. Her mother was one of the daughters of the controversial

William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (1820–1872) William Lionel Felix Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (4 July 1820 – 21 December 1872), styled the Hon. William Lionel Felix Tollemache until 1840, was a controversial British nobleman, known for his financial entanglements and extramarital affai ...

and received the precedence of an earl's daughter in a warrant of precedence granted in 1881.

Marriage and issue

Wenefryde's coming-out ball was hosted by her uncle, the 9th Earl of Dysart, at his seat at

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. Wenyfryde married Major Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves of the

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, grandson of the slate mine proprietor

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, on 4 January 1913. They had three daughters;

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(15 February 1914 – December 2003),

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(1 June 1918 – 8 November 2011) and Mary (22 September 1921 – 22 February 1955).

Estate

Following the death of her mother in 1912, and Wenefryde's marriage soon after, Wenefryde inherited the Bosworth estate. This had been bought by her father but assigned to her mother as part of their marriage settlement. Wenefryde sold the estate and moved to Wales whilst her father retired to

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, Gloucestershire. She inherited the Scottish title of 10th Countess of Dysart, ''

suo jure ''Suo jure'' is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especi ...

'', on the death of her uncle

William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart DL (3 March 1859 – 22 November 1935) in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet (cr.1793) in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (1881–1906), and Justice of the ...

, who died without issue in 1935. The inheritance brought with it further estate; the Leicestershire property including . In 1939, Wenefryde purchased

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, its ancient

feudal barony A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a ''barony'', comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service. Following the end of European feudalism, feudal baronies have largely been ...

and lands but rarely inhabited the castle due to the onset of war. Owain died there on 18 February 1941. Parts of the wider estate were sold off over the following three decades and the castle and garden went into a slow decline. The Countess lived at Stobo until the mid-1960s, after which it lay empty until sold at auction by Sothebys in 1972. Wenefryde Agatha Scott died on 2 June 1975 and the Dysart title passed to her eldest daughter,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Wenyfryde Agatha, 10th Countess of Dysart 1889 births 1975 deaths Earls of Dysart

Wenefryde Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart (13 November 1889 – 2 June 1975) was a Scottish noblewoman. Family Wenefryde was the daughter of Charles Norman Scott (1853–1938) and Agnes Mary Tollemache (1855–1912). Scott was a JP for th ...

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