Louisa Acheson, Countess of Gosford

Louisa Augusta Beatrice Acheson, Countess of Gosford, (née Lady Louisa Montagu; 17 January 1856 – 3 March 1944) was the wife of the 4th Earl of Gosford.

Early life Lady Gosford was the third of five children born to Countess Louisa van Alten by her first husband, William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester. Her older brother, George, became the 8th Duke of Manchester and married Cuban-American heiress Consuelo Yznaga.

Personal life

On 10 August 1876, Lady Louisa was married to Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford in Market Hill, County Armagh, Ireland. Lord Gosford was the son of the 3rd Earl of Gosford and Lady Theodosia Brabazon (a daughter of John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath). Together, they were the parents of:

Archibald Charles Montagu Brabazon Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford (1877–1954), who married Mildred Caroline Carter, the only daughter of American diplomat John Ridgeley Carter (a descendant of Henry Lee III, the 9th Governor of Virginia) and Alice (née Morgan) Carter (sister of William Fellowes Morgan). Lady Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Acheson (1878–1958), who married Lt.-Col. Hon. William Frederick Stanley. Lady Mary Acheson (b. 1881), who married Hon. Robert Arthur Ward. Lady Theodosia Louisa Augusta Acheson (1882–1977), who married Alexander Cadogan. Captain the Honourable Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson (1883–1957)

From 1901 to 1925, she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, the wife of King Edward VII.

During the First World War Lady Gosford was president of the Central Workrooms of the British Red Cross Society, and for this work she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

Lord Gosford died on 11 April 1922. Lady Gosford lived another twenty two years until her death on 3 March 1944.