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Henriette, Lady Abel Smith

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Lady Abel Smith
Born
Henriette Alice Cadogan

(1914-06-06)6 June 1914
Died3 May 2005(2005-05-03) (aged 90)
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation(s)Lady-in-Waiting, Justice of the Peace
Spouses
(m. 1939; died 1941)
(m. 1953; died 1980)
Children4; including Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet
RelativesHenry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (great-grandfather)
Stafford Howard (grandfather)

Dame Henriette Alice, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP (née Cadogan; 6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.

Early life[edit]

Henriette Alice Cadogan was the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, a Royal Navy officer of Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire,[1] (a grandson of Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan)[2] by his wife Ruth Evelyn Howard, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard, a great-nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.[3]

Career[edit]

She held the office of a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987 she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting.[4] She served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971. She was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1964 New Year Honours, and was elevated to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977.[5]

Marriages and progeny[edit]

She married twice:

Awards[edit]

Country Date Appointment Ribbon Post-nominal letters Notes
United Kingdom 31 December 1963 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO Promoted to DCVO in 1977
United Kingdom 1977 Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order DCVO
United Kingdom 2 June 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
United Kingdom 6 February 1977 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
United Kingdom 6 February 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

Death[edit]

Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kelly's Directory, 1969, p.114
  2. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204, "Colls Duke of Norfolk"; http://thepeerage.com/p2293.htm
  4. ^ "Abel Smith, Henriette Alice (Lady Abel Smith)". Who's who 1998 : an annual biographical dictionary. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. p. 2. ISBN 978-0312175917.
  5. ^ Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 27 March 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 40936". The London Gazette. 27 November 1956. p. 6727.
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 2015, p.B616, Palmer; P90, Bath
  8. ^ "Page 2835 | Supplement 44542, 8 March 1968 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
  9. ^ "No. 44362". The London Gazette. 11 July 1967. p. 7641.

Sources[edit]

  • [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 2. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • [S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection" e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
  • [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 637.
  • [S466] Notices, The Daily Telegraph, London, UK, 6 June 2005. Hereinafter cited as The Daily Telegraph.

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