About Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles
Lived 1940 – 2017 (aged 76). Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles was a British politician and aristocrat.
Mary Katharine Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles (née Fitzalan-Howard; 14 August 1940 – 7 April 2017) was a Scottish peeress and the second of the four daughters of the 16th Duke of Norfolk (and 13th Lord Herries of Terregles) and The Hon. Lavinia Strutt.
Life Born Lady Mary Fitzalan-Howard at Arundel Castle on 14 August 1940, she was the second of the four daughters of the 16th Duke of Norfolk and The Hon. Lavinia Strutt. She was a member of the ancient Fitzalan-Howard family, one of the most prominent noble families and most high-profile recusant families in England. Her elder sister, Anne, preceded her as 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, her younger two sisters were Lady Sarah Clutton and Jane, Marchioness of Lothian, who succeeded Mary as 16th Lady Herries of Terregles. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Woldingham, before attending finishing school in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
From its foundation in 1967, she was patron of Rockinghorse, the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital's official fundraising arm. Her other charity endeavours included canine rescue centres, hospitals and the Shoreham Harbour Lifeboat Station.
In 1986, in the chapel of Arundel Castle, she married Group Captain Anthony Mumford (died 2006).
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Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles was born on 14 August 1940 in Arundel Castle.
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Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles died on 7 April 2017.
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Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles was a politician and aristocrat.
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