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Juliet Tadgell

b. 1935

Noblewoman; British heiress, race horse breeder, and landowner

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About Juliet Tadgell

Born 1935.

Marriages and family life In 1960, Lady Juliet married Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, twenty years her senior, eighteen days after he inherited peerages and estates on his father's death. He had been divorced the previous year and in his twenties had been made bankrupt, declared the "No.1 Playboy of Mayfair", and gaoled for a drunken dare jewel robbery. The couple had two children:

Lord Nicholas Hervey (26 November 1961 – 26 January 1998) Lady Anne Hervey (26 February 1965), stillborn

The couple separated in 1965 and divorced in 1972.

In 1974, she married Somerset de Chair, who was a former Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk and Paddington South. The couple had one child:

Helena Anne Beatrice Wentworth Fitzwilliam de Chair (born October 1977), who became a writer for an oil industry trade magazine. She married the Rt Hon. Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, future Conservative politician and son of former Times editor Lord Rees-Mogg, on 13 January 2007 at Canterbury Cathedral. They have six children.

After her second husband's death, in 1997, Lady Juliet married thirdly the architectural historian Christopher Tadgell and lives with him at her estate of Bourne Park, near Canterbury, Kent. She ran a stud farm and continues to own some racehorses.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
University of Oxford
Also known as
Lady Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Tadgell

Family & relationships

Spouse
Somerset de Chair
Spouse
Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol
Child
Lord Nicholas Hervey
Parent
Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam

People in Juliet Tadgell's life

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Juliet Tadgell?

noblewoman; British heiress, race horse breeder, and landowner

When was Juliet Tadgell born?

Juliet Tadgell was born on 24 January 1935.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Juliet Tadgell

· Wikidata: Q6470287

· DBpedia: Lady Juliet Tadgell

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