Irene Frances Adza Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke (''née'' Denison; 4 July 1890 – 16 July 1956) was the daughter of William Francis Henry Denison, 2nd Earl of Londesborough, and Lady Grace Adelaide (daughter of

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). She married

Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British Royal Navy officer, a member of the Hesse, Hessian princely Battenberg family and the la ...

, a female-line grandson of

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. Lady Irene was also the first president of the Women’s Automobile And Sports Association (1929).

Marriage and issue

She married Alexander, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, son of

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and

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, on 19 July 1917 at the

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. Lady Irene and Alexander, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke had one child, a daughter: * Lady Iris Victoria Beatrice Grace Mountbatten (13 January 1920 – 1 September 1982)

Awards

She was invested as a

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(GBE) and invested as a Dame of Justice of the

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(DStJ). In Spain, she was invested as a Dame of the

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. She succeeded

as President of the Frank James Memorial Hospital at

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in 1946, carrying on the role until it was taken over by the

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in 1948.

Death

She died on 16 July 1956, aged 66, in London. Her ashes were interred at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham,

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Honours

British

* Dame Grand Cross of the

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* Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem * UK King George VI Coronation Medal ribbon

Recipient of the

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Foreign

* Spain: 1080th Dame of the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria LuisaOrder of Queen Maria Luisa damehood
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References

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Burials at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham

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