Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (

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Constable-Maxwell; 11 January 1877 – 28 August 1945) was the eldest child of

Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles, (4 October 1837 – 5 October 1908) was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1880 and Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire from 1885 until his death. The son of Willia ...

and his wife, Angela (née Fitzalan-Howard). On 15 February 1904, she married her

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Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (27 December 184711 February 1917), styled Lord Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmas ...

. The couple later had four children: * Lady (Mary) Rachel Fitzalan-Howard (1905–1992) * Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908–1975) * Lady Katherine Mary Fitzalan-Howard (1912–2000) * Lady Winifred Alice Fitzalan-Howard (1914–2006) Upon the death of her father in 1908, she, as the eldest child and daughter, inherited the Lordship Herries of Terregles. She died at her home Kinharvie House near

New Abbey New Abbey () is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is to the south. History The village has a wealth of history incl ...

. A Requiem Mass was said at St Mary's in New Abbey before interment in the Norfolk burial vault at

Arundel Castle Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England. It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and earl ...

in Sussex.

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* * * 1877 births 1945 deaths Nobility from Dumfries and Galloway

Gwendolen Gwendolen () is a feminine given name, in general use only since the 19th century. It has come to be the standard English form of Latin '' Guendoloena'', which was first used by Geoffrey of Monmouth as the name of a legendary British queen in hi ...

Hereditary women peers Lords Herries of Terregles

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