The Countess of Plymouth 1931-2016
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Michael Rhodes
Nov 15, 2016, 8:00:34 AM11/15/16
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_. The Countess of Plymouth, who died at her home, 9 November, 2016, was the wife of the 3rd Earl of Plymouth (b 9 Oct 1923) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1905).
She was born in 1931 as Caroline Helen Rice, only daughter of Edward Denis Rice, of Dane Court, Eastry, co Kent, by his wife the former Grace Lucille Duggan, and married 11 Oct, 1950, Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, 3rd Earl of Plymouth, who had succeeded to the family honours, 1 Oct, 1943, son of the 2nd Earl (1889-1943), by his wife the former Lady Irene Charteris (1902-89), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March.
The Countess is survived by her husband and three sons, Ivor, Simon and David and one daughter, Lady Emma. The eldest son, who is styled Viscount Windsor, was b 1951.
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Shinjinee
Nov 22, 2016, 6:33:51 AM11/22/16
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Lady Plymouth's mother Grace Lucille Duggan was the daughter of the Marchioness Curzon nee Grace Elvina Hinds (daughter of J. Monroe Hinds, US Minister to Brazil and US Consul General in Argentina) by her first husband Alfred Duggan [Alfredo Huberto Duggan], of Buenos Aires (d. 1915), a first-generation Irish-American appointed to the Argentine Legation in London. She married 2ndly 2 Jan 1917 (as his 2nd wife) aged 38: the Marquess Curzon, a former Viceroy of India (1859-1925), whose first wife was Mary Leiter, an American heiress (by whom he had three daughters). However, the marriage was not a success, and the two lived apart for many years. I think Curzon had hoped for an heir to the title, a son, but that wasn't to be.
Lady Curzon nee Grace Elvina Hinds (1877-1958), had two sons - Alfred Duggan (the author born Alfredo Leon Duggan 1903-1964) and Hubert Duggan (1904-1943), and one daughter Grace Lucille Duggan (Marcella Rice 1907-1995) who married Edward Denis Rice, of Dane Court, as his first wife. Both her sons have Wikipedia entries.
On her father's son, the late Countess of Plymouth was the daughter of a Rice of Dane Court, descended from Edward Knight nee Austen and his wife Elizabeth Bridges, of the baronets. They are in remainder to the barony Fitzwalter. I think Lady Plymouth's brother Henry John Bernard Rice (1928-2010) lost or sold Dane Court under controversial circumstances. His family owned the Rice portrait of a young Jane Austen, until his sale by Henry Rice circa 2001. Unfortunately, my details on Jane Austen's relatives and their descendants is on my laptop, currently moribund.
An Incomplete Genealogy
1. Caroline Helen Rice (1931-2016) who married the present Earl of Plymouth.
2. Edward Denis Rice (d. 1973) of Dane Court [sold 1975 by his son] md 1stly (div by 1962) Grace Elvira Duggan, later Marcella Rice (1907-1995), issue three children. He md 2ndly 1962 Comtesse Nolwen de Janze (ca 1924-1989), dau of Frederic de Janze and his wife Alice Silverthorne (later Alice de Janze).
3. Grace Lucille (Marcella) Duggan, aka Marcella Duggan (1907-1995); issue 3 children
1. Caroline Helen Rice (1931-2016) who married the present Earl of Plymouth.
2. Edward Denis Rice (d. 1973) of Dane Court [sold 1975 by his son] md 1stly (div by 1962) Grace Elvira Duggan, later Marcella Rice (1907-1995), issue three children. He md 2ndly 1962 Comtesse Nolwen de Janze (ca 1924-1989), dau of Frederic de Janze and his wife Alice Silverthorne (later Alice de Janze).
3. Grace Lucille (Marcella) Duggan, aka Marcella Duggan (1907-1995); issue 3 children
Edward Rice left the contents of the house (sans the Rice portrait which was entailed, and the house itself) to his 2nd wife and widow Nolwen de Janze (ca 1924-1989), a French woman, who removed all the unentailed contents; she went on to marry Lord Clark, the art historian. (She is the daughter of American heiress Alice de Janze nee Silverthorne, mentioned in "White Mischief" and on this group earlier; Nolwen married Edward Denis Rice in 1962). Two years later, his son and his third wife Anne (md 1975) sold the house and moved to Guernsey with the portrait. In 1983, he and his wife moved back to England. Henry Rice died in 2010, leaving the portrait to his third wife and widow Anne Rice who currently owns the portrait. (A 2007 effort to sell the portrait through Christie's failed to meet the reserve price, and Henry Rice suffered a heart attack shortly afterwards).
4. Henry Edward Harcourt Rice (1864-1943)
4. Henry Edward Harcourt Rice (1864-1943)
Henry Rice (d 1943) was given the Rice portrait by his cousin Gwenllian Rice, now Lady Northbourrne (1871-1952) as she felt it belonged to the Rice family by descent.
He md 1895 (as his 1st wife)
5. Hon. Helen Sarah Godley (1872-1922), daughter of John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken and Hon. Sarah James; they had issue 3 sons. Edward was the elder surviving son.
6. Alfredo Huberto Duggan, of Buenos Aires (d 1915) md 1902
7. Grace Elvina Hinds (1877-1958) ( [md 2ndly 1917 the 1st and last Marquess Curzon of Kedleston sp], dau of Joseph Monroe Hinds and Lucia Annita Trillia. Her first husband died in 1915, leaving her 25 milion dollars or 50 million dollars and three children.
8. Admiral Sir Ernest Rice of Dane Court (1819-1902) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Rice_(Royal_Navy_officer)] md 1864
9. Cecilia Caroline Harcourt (1831-1912), issue 1 dau
10. John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken
11. Hon. Sarah James, dau of Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne and Sarah C. Ellison, dau of Cuthbert Ellison
12. N Duggan
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14. Joseph Monroe Hinds, US Minister to Brazil (1842 - circa 1905) md 1873
15. Lucia Annita [Anita?] Trillia, of Buenos Aires, Argentina (b ca 1850; d circa 1943 or 1941 in London) [hindskw.cts.com/KennethHinds/6225.htm] (8 Feb 1851- 25 Nov 1941), of mixed English and Italian ancestry; issue 2 sons and 2 daus. Her brother John Trillia took his niece Grace Elvira Hinds back with him to Argentina where she married the multimillionaire Alfredo Huberto Duggan in 1902.
He md 1895 (as his 1st wife)
5. Hon. Helen Sarah Godley (1872-1922), daughter of John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken and Hon. Sarah James; they had issue 3 sons. Edward was the elder surviving son.
6. Alfredo Huberto Duggan, of Buenos Aires (d 1915) md 1902
7. Grace Elvina Hinds (1877-1958) ( [md 2ndly 1917 the 1st and last Marquess Curzon of Kedleston sp], dau of Joseph Monroe Hinds and Lucia Annita Trillia. Her first husband died in 1915, leaving her 25 milion dollars or 50 million dollars and three children.
8. Admiral Sir Ernest Rice of Dane Court (1819-1902) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Rice_(Royal_Navy_officer)] md 1864
9. Cecilia Caroline Harcourt (1831-1912), issue 1 dau
10. John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken
11. Hon. Sarah James, dau of Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne and Sarah C. Ellison, dau of Cuthbert Ellison
12. N Duggan
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14. Joseph Monroe Hinds, US Minister to Brazil (1842 - circa 1905) md 1873
15. Lucia Annita [Anita?] Trillia, of Buenos Aires, Argentina (b ca 1850; d circa 1943 or 1941 in London) [hindskw.cts.com/KennethHinds/6225.htm] (8 Feb 1851- 25 Nov 1941), of mixed English and Italian ancestry; issue 2 sons and 2 daus. Her brother John Trillia took his niece Grace Elvira Hinds back with him to Argentina where she married the multimillionaire Alfredo Huberto Duggan in 1902.
16 Edward Royds Rice of Dane Court (1790-1878) md
17. Elizabeth Knight, dau of Edward Knight of Godmersham and Chawton; issue 15 children including 10 sons and 5 daus including Frances Margaretta, Countess of Winchilsea & Nottingham and a third dau Marianne md to Rev Sir John Robert Laurie Emelius Laurie, 3rd Bt ne Bayley). Her aunt Sophia Bridges married a Deedes, and was ancestress of the Dowager Lady Fitzwalter [http://www.thepeerage.com/p34807.htm#i348066] who married a cousin (heir of line of the Bridges baronets, extinct 1899 in a line of cousins). The Fitzwalter barony passed via Elizabeth Knight's maternal grandmother Fanny Fowler into the line of descent from her eldest son Sir Brook Bridges, and thence via females to the late 21st Baron Fitzwalter (d 2004) who married his cousin above. Lord Fitzwalter inherited Goodnestone Park in Kent.
17. Elizabeth Knight, dau of Edward Knight of Godmersham and Chawton; issue 15 children including 10 sons and 5 daus including Frances Margaretta, Countess of Winchilsea & Nottingham and a third dau Marianne md to Rev Sir John Robert Laurie Emelius Laurie, 3rd Bt ne Bayley). Her aunt Sophia Bridges married a Deedes, and was ancestress of the Dowager Lady Fitzwalter [http://www.thepeerage.com/p34807.htm#i348066] who married a cousin (heir of line of the Bridges baronets, extinct 1899 in a line of cousins). The Fitzwalter barony passed via Elizabeth Knight's maternal grandmother Fanny Fowler into the line of descent from her eldest son Sir Brook Bridges, and thence via females to the late 21st Baron Fitzwalter (d 2004) who married his cousin above. Lord Fitzwalter inherited Goodnestone Park in Kent.
[etc]
Rice family genealogy
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[partial but what is on the page]
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.Cecilia Caroline Harcourt (1831-17 Feb 1912); m.18 Feb 1864 Sir Edward Bridges Rice, of Dane Court (30 Oct 1819-30 Oct 1902)
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.Henry Edward Harcourt Rice, of Dane Court (15 Dec 1864-1944); m.1st 25 Jun 1895 Hon. Helen Sarah Godley***; m.2nd 3 Sep 1925 Kathleen Mathilda Beresford***
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.1.John Henry Rice (1 Jul 1896-26 Aug 1897)
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.2.Edward Denis Rice (30 Oct 1899-1973); m.18 May 1927 [div] Marcella Duggan ([nee Grace Lucille Duggan, dau of Marchioness Curzon nee Grace Elvira Hinds) [issue 3 children] [md 2ndly 1962 Countess Nolwen de Janze (d. 1989) dau of Comte Frederic de Janze and Alice Silverthorne]
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.2.1.Henry John Bernard Rice (7 Sep 1928-14 Jan 2010) [sold Dane Court in 1975; m.1st NN [Beatrice]; m.2nd NN [Audrey]; m.3rd [1975] Anne N à issue, details suppressed
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.2.2.Caroline Helen Rice, b.21 May 1931 [d. 9 Nov 2016]; m.11 Oct 1950 Other Robert Ivor Windsor-Clive, 3d Earl of Plymouth###
6.3.1.1.2.3.1.4.8.4.4.4.1.3.Patrick Arthur Rice (7 Apr 1902-26 Feb 1988); m.Pamela N; no issue
Links & sources
Grace Elvina Hinds, later Duggan, later Curzon, Marchioness of Curzon (1877-1958)
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art history: http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/Grace_Elvina.htm
Alfred Duggan, author (1903-1964)
Hubert Duggan MP (1904-1943)
his son (b August 1929): http://www.thepeerage.com/p48743.htm#i487426 Robin Duggan, later Jenkinson
(he is said to be the son of Hubert Duggan's ex-wife Joan Dunn by her second husband Anthony Jenkinson (kd himself 1935)
(he is said to be the son of Hubert Duggan's ex-wife Joan Dunn by her second husband Anthony Jenkinson (kd himself 1935)
In 1928, Hubert Duggan married Joan Dunn, second daughter of Sir James Hamet Dunn. She gave birth to a son in August 1929, and that child's custody was granted to Hubert Dunn upon their divorce later that year. He was romantically involved with Lady Mary "Maimie" Lygon (daughter of the 8th Earl Beauchamp and his Grosvenor wife), Lady Bridget Parsons (daughter of the Earl of Rosse), Nancy Weymouth, Phyllis de Janze nee Boyd (1894 - April 1943) [divorced wife of Vicomte Henri de Janze]
Marcella Rice (Grace Lucille Duggan) 1907-1995
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Rice portrait of Jane Austen
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http://www.janeaustenriceportrait.com/provenance/4580990034\
http://www.janeaustenriceportrait.com/provenance/4580990034\
https://janeaustensequelsblog.wordpress.com/category/mrs-henry-rice/ [the story of Dane Court and the family, told by Mrs Anne Rice]
Edward Royds Rice, who married Elizabeth Knight, a niece of Jane Austen
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The Knights of Godmersham
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http://www.janeaustenriceportrait.com/the-knights-of-godmersham-and/4592747113 (from the website about the Rice portrait)
Hope this helps those interested in her ancestry, especially her links to the Austens, Knights, and other families descended from Rev. George Austen & Cassandra Leigh. Or those wondering about the descendants of Grace Elvira Duggan, Marchioness Curzon.
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marquess
Nov 22, 2016, 10:28:23 PM11/22/16
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Excellent work as always, thanks Shinjinee!
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