Aileen Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts
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Aileen Mary Roberts, 2nd Countess Roberts, DBE (b. 20 September 1870 - d. 9 October 1944) was one of the six children of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, V.C. and Nora Henrietta Bews.
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[edit] Titles
- She succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscountess St. Pierre (1901) on 14 November 1914.
- She succeeded to the title of 2nd Countess Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford (1901) on 14 November 1914.
[edit] Affiliations
She was chairman of the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops.
[edit] Honours
She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1918.
[edit] Death
She died in 1944, unmarried, aged 74.
[edit] Sources
- L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 233.
[edit] External links
- Bio at Peerage.com
- Chest of Books website
- New York Times report on the death of Earl Roberts
- Anglo-Afghan War website
- Papers archived at King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Frederick Roberts |
Earl Roberts 1914–1944 |
Succeeded by Ada Lewin |
