Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe

Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
Born
Lady Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes

(1915-03-23)23 March 1915
Died2 July 2014(2014-07-02) (aged 99)
Spouse
(m. 1935; div. 1953)
Parents
RelativesBamber Gascoigne (great-nephew)

Mary Evelyn Hungerford Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (23 March 1915 – 2 July 2014), born Lady Mary Crewe-Milnes,[1] was a British aristocrat. She was a daughter of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, by his marriage to Lady Peggy Primrose, one of the first seven women appointed as magistrates in 1919 following the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919.[2] Her maternal grandparents were Hannah de Rothschild and Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.

  1. ^ Obituary for Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, announcements.telegraph.co.uk; accessed 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ Law, Cheryl (2000). Women, A Modern Political Dictionary. I B Tauris. ISBN 1-86064-502-X.