GRIMTHORPE, Rt Hon Dowager Baroness DCVO (Lady Elizabeth nee LUMLEY) 1925-2020
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Richard R
Apr 20, 2020, 3:12:47 AM4/20/20
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From the Telegraph of 20 April 2020: GRIMTHORPE Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe DCVO, died peacefully at home on 15th April. Private funeral, no flowers. A celebration of her life will be announced at a later date.
She was d of 11th Earl of SCARBROUGH (1896-1969) and Katherine Isobel (1899-1979) d of Robert Finnie McEWEN (1861-1926), scion of the Scots gentry family of that name of Marchmont & Bardrochat, and Mary Frances DUNDAS (1865-1944) scion of the DUNDAS OF DUNDAS Scots gentry family and the NAPIER OF MAGDALA barons etc etc. She m 1954 4th Baron GRIMTHORPE (1915-2003), and had two sons and a dau.
She was d of 11th Earl of SCARBROUGH (1896-1969) and Katherine Isobel (1899-1979) d of Robert Finnie McEWEN (1861-1926), scion of the Scots gentry family of that name of Marchmont & Bardrochat, and Mary Frances DUNDAS (1865-1944) scion of the DUNDAS OF DUNDAS Scots gentry family and the NAPIER OF MAGDALA barons etc etc. She m 1954 4th Baron GRIMTHORPE (1915-2003), and had two sons and a dau.
Richard R
Jun 12, 2020, 1:48:19 AM6/12/20
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Skip Grimthorpe's obit in the Times of 12 June 2020:
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Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe
Elegant aristocrat who dined with the Duke of Windsor and was lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
...Elizabeth became engaged in 1949 to Prince George Valdemar of Denmark, the eldest son of Prince Axel of Denmark and Princess Margaretha of Sweden. The prince called it off after a few months, prompting a stiff letter on his daughter’s behalf from Lord Scarbrough.
Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe
Elegant aristocrat who dined with the Duke of Windsor and was lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
...Elizabeth became engaged in 1949 to Prince George Valdemar of Denmark, the eldest son of Prince Axel of Denmark and Princess Margaretha of Sweden. The prince called it off after a few months, prompting a stiff letter on his daughter’s behalf from Lord Scarbrough.
In February 1954 she married Lord Grimthorpe...The wedding was a grand affair that was held at the Queen’s Chapel at Marlborough Gate in London by special permission of the Queen. The reception was at St James’s Palace and attended by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and the Duchess of Gloucester.
Her husband predeceased her ... and she is survived by their three children. Teddy, the 5th Baron Grimthorpe, is the racing manager of Juddmonte Farms, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; Ralph, known as Danny, is an investment manager who was for 18 years a partner and director of trading at Crispin Odey’s hedge fund; Harriet is an interior designer. The family lived near Malton in North Yorkshire.
In 1973 Lady Grimthorpe was appointed lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, a position she held until the Queen Mother’s death in 2002. She was in her element, on hand at formal and social occasions, helping with the Queen Mother’s correspondence and looking after her at public engagements. After the Queen Mother’s death, she batted away inquiries when contacted by hopeful journalists, historians and royal biographers. She would answer the phone to all callers and say: “I’m terribly sorry, but Lady Grimthorpe is away at the moment. Goodbye.” Asked once by her family what she missed the most about her role, she said: “Oh, the laughs.” Elizabeth Lumley was born in 1925.
...Her mother was Katharine McEwen, whose cousin was the painter and sculptor Rory McEwen.
...Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe, SOE member and lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was born on July 22, 1925. She died on April 15, 2020, aged 94
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/elizabeth-lady-grimthorpe-obituary-kp0gbsshn
Her husband predeceased her ... and she is survived by their three children. Teddy, the 5th Baron Grimthorpe, is the racing manager of Juddmonte Farms, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia; Ralph, known as Danny, is an investment manager who was for 18 years a partner and director of trading at Crispin Odey’s hedge fund; Harriet is an interior designer. The family lived near Malton in North Yorkshire.
In 1973 Lady Grimthorpe was appointed lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, a position she held until the Queen Mother’s death in 2002. She was in her element, on hand at formal and social occasions, helping with the Queen Mother’s correspondence and looking after her at public engagements. After the Queen Mother’s death, she batted away inquiries when contacted by hopeful journalists, historians and royal biographers. She would answer the phone to all callers and say: “I’m terribly sorry, but Lady Grimthorpe is away at the moment. Goodbye.” Asked once by her family what she missed the most about her role, she said: “Oh, the laughs.” Elizabeth Lumley was born in 1925.
...Her mother was Katharine McEwen, whose cousin was the painter and sculptor Rory McEwen.
...Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe, SOE member and lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was born on July 22, 1925. She died on April 15, 2020, aged 94
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/elizabeth-lady-grimthorpe-obituary-kp0gbsshn
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