+ Baroness Keith of Castleacre c1923-2014

[Michael Rhodes]

_. The Baroness Keith of Castleacre, who died 12 August, 2014, aged 91, was the fourth wife, and widow, of the life peer the Baron Keith of Castleacre (1916-2004).

She was the former Penelope A. Kitson, and married firstly, in 1973, as his 2nd wife, Group Capt Patrick David de Laszlo. They later divorced. She married 2ndly, 2 Feb, 2002, as his fourth wife, Kenneth Alexander Keith, the Baron Keith of Castleacre (Life Peer 1979), who died 1 Sept, 2004.

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[Olivier]

Is she the same as : Penelope Anne Kitson née Steele was the chief female beneficiary under the will of Jean Paul Getty. Her daughter Juliet Kitson was the first wife of the present Henry Conyngham, 8th Marquess Conyngham, and mother of his heir Earl Mount Charles, and a daughter Lady Henrietta Conyngham, who married Thomas Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield. ?

[Michael Rhodes]

Yes. The Independent newspaper obit fort Lord Keith said his fourth wife was Getty's former love.

[Michael Rhodes]

So her first marriage in 1944 was to John Boteler. Her second marriage was to Robert Kitson in 1946, her third to Patrick de Laszlo in 1973, and her fourth to Lord Keith in 2002.

[Shinjinee]

Very good catch!

Shinjinee

[Richard R]

She was born Penelope Ann (reg Q1 1923 Kensington) d of Maj Gerald STEELE CBE DSO (1874-1944) and Maud MACKINLAY (both died as a result of enemy action in July 1944, with the latter's mother Evelyn Elizabeth, widow of William MACKINLAY). She m:
 
1st 1944 (div 1946) as his 2nd w Lt-Cmdr John Harvey Trevor BOTELER RN (1908-65) sometime head of the gentry family of that name formerly of Eastry. No issue.

2nd 1946 (div 19__) Maj Robert Richard Buller (1918-96) s of Capt James Buller KITSON RN (1883-1976) and Hon Frances Margaret Palmer HOWARD (1889-1958) d of Baroness STRATHCONA & MOUNT ROYAL (1854-1926, 1st holder of the title), and had 1s (James Buller b c1952 reg Q1 Devonshire) and 2d (Jessica Ruth b 1947 reg Q1 Kensington and Juliet Ann b 1948, reg Q4 Devonshire - mentioned above).

3rd 1973 (div by 1975) as his 3rd w Gp-Capt Patrick David DE LASZLO RAF (1909-80) s of Philip Alexius [de Lombos] DE LASZLO MVO (1869-1937), the royal portraitist, and Lucy Madeline GUINNESS (1870-1950), scion of the Bts of that name of Ashford, co Galway. No issue.

4th 2002 Lord Keith of Castleacre as above. No issue.