Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
British duchess
About Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
Lived 1918 – 1983 (aged 64–65). Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe was a British.
Margaret Elisabeth Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (; 23 December 1918 – 2 June 1983), later Hambro, was a Scottish activist and noblewoman.
Early life and background She was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland, the daughter of Frederick Bradshaw McConnel, Captain in the Gordon Highlanders, and Frances Elizabeth Pringle. The family later moved to Roxburghshire. William McConnel was her great-grandfather. Margaret married George Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe. Together, they had: Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (18 November 1954 – 29 August 2019) Lord Robert Anthony Innes-Ker (b. 28 May 1959); married 1996 (separated) Katherine Pelly, and has issue, one son and one daughter.
Lord Roxburghe died in 1974, and their elder son, Guy, succeeded him to the dukedom.
In 1976, Margaret married Jocelyn Hambro, who survived her.
After her death in 1983, The Times wrote that her contributions were "even more remarkable when viewed in the light of her continuing struggle against cancer over the past five years."
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British duchess (1918–1983)
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Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe was born on 23 December 1918 in Coleraine.
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Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe died in 1983.
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