Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, DBE (''née'' Mary Dorothea Palmer; 25 March 1850 – 8 November 1933) was a British peeress.

Biography

She was the daughter of Roundell Palmer (later Earl of Selborne) and his wife, Laura, a daughter of the 8th Earl Waldegrave. She was known to family and friends as "May". On 5 August 1874, she married her first cousin, William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave. Lord and Lady Waldegrave had three children: *Lady Mary Wilfreda (1875–1947) *Lady Laura Margaret (1880–1959) * William Edward Seymour, later 10th Earl Waldegrave (1882–1933) In the

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1850 births 1933 deaths British countesses Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Daughters of British earls

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