Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
British noblewoman
About Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
Lived 1874 – 1957 (aged 83). Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill was a British.
Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill, ( Lady Margaret Lygon; 8 October 1874 – 12 December 1957) was an English courtier and Red Cross volunteer, known for her long friendship with Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom.
Life and career Russell was born at 13, Belgrave Square, London, to Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Mary Stanhope, daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope. She married the 2nd Baron Ampthill, a civil servant, in 1894.
Lord Ampthill served as Governor of Madras from 1900 to 1906. Lady Ampthill was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Crown of India in 1900 and awarded a gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal in 1906. – c. 16 April 1998), Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Mary, married William George Preston Thorold (annulled 1942)
She died in Hammersmith, London, aged 83.
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British noblewoman (1874-1957)
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Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill was born on 8 October 1874 in London.
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Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill died on 12 December 1957 in London.
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