Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Her Grace
The Duchess of Norfolk
Her Grace The Duchess of Norfolk
	The Duchess of Norfolk with her children Rachel and Bernard
Born	11 January 1877
Died	28 August 1945 (aged 68); Kinharvie House, New Abbey, Scotland
Resting place	Arundel Castle, Sussex, England
Spouse	Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (m. 1904; died 1917)
Children	Lady Rachel Pepys; Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk; Lady Katherine Mary Fitzalan-Howard ; Lady Winifred Alice Fitzalan-Howard
Parents	Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles (father); Angela Fitzalan-Howard (mother);

Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (née Constable-Maxwell; 11 January 1877 – 28 August 1945) was the eldest child of Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife, Angela (née Fitzalan-Howard). On 15 February 1904, she married her first cousin once removed, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk.^[1]^[2] The couple later had four children:

Lady (Mary) Rachel Fitzalan-Howard (1905–1992)
Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908–1975)
Lady Katherine Mary Fitzalan-Howard (1912–2000)
Lady Winifred Alice Fitzalan-Howard (1914–2006)

Upon the death of her father in 1908, she, as the eldest child and daughter, inherited the Lordship Herries of Terregles. She died at her home Kinharvie House near New Abbey. A Requiem Mass was said at St Mary's in New Abbey before interment in the Norfolk burial vault at Arundel Castle in Sussex.^[3]

References

^ "Duke of Norfolk Weds". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 140. 16 February 1904. Page 3, column 2. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 469.
^ "Obituary Notice, The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk". Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser. 29 August 1945.

Sources

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 4689.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
"Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard". npg.org.uk.
"Lady Herries of Terregles". The Daily Telegraph. London. 30 November 2014.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell	Lady Herries of Terregles 1908–1945	Succeeded by Bernard Fitzalan-Howard

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[1] "Duke of Norfolk Weds". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 140. 16 February 1904. Page 3, column 2. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.

[FOOTNOTEHesilrige1921469-2] Hesilrige 1921, p. 469.

[3] "Obituary Notice, The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk". Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser. 29 August 1945.

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