The Lady Mount Temple | |
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 1920 Portrait of Ashley by Philip de László | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muriel Emily Spencer 1881 |
| Died | 24 June 1954 |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Forbes-Sempill (1903–1914; divorced) Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple (1914–1939; his death) |
| Parent(s) | Walter Spencer Anne Hudson |
Muriel Emily Ashley, Lady Mount Temple (née Spencer, formerly Forbes-Sempill; 1881 – 24 June 1954), also known as Molly Mountemple, was a British aristocrat. She was first married to Arthur Forbes-Sempill, a military officer and younger son of William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill. After their divorce in 1914, she married Wilfrid Ashley, who would later be created Baron Mount Temple in 1932. As the wife of Lord Mount Temple, she was the stepmother of Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Delamere. She was unpopular with her stepchildren, and described as "wicked" and "unkind" by friends of the family. She managed the family's estate Broadlands and two London town houses in Westminster. A bathroom in their second town house, done in the Art Deco style, was called "Lady Mount Temple's Crystal Palace" by the British press.