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Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt

Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt (30 March 1900 – 1981) was an English socialite, part of the Bright young things.[1]

Biography

Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt was born on 30 March 1900,[2][3] the daughter of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns.[2][1][4] Mary Burns was the daughter of Walter Hayes Burns and Mary Lyman Morgan, sister of J. P. Morgan.[3][5] At 18 months they found that Doris Harcourt had a weak leg and she was subjected to electric shock treatment and steel supports were put in her boots.[6]

On 17 November 1924, she married Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton;[3] their elder son John succeeded as 7th Baron Ashburton.[2][1] Another son is the Hon. Robin Alexander Baring (b. 1931).[7]

Through her marriage, the Baring family acquired the famous Harcourt emeralds.[8]

She died in 1981.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bright Young People of the Rising Generation - 20 Sep 1924, Sat • Home Edition • Page 25". The Winnipeg Tribune: 25. 1924. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Hammond, Peter W., editor. The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda. Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998.
  3. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  4. ^ MacColl, Gail; Wallace, Carol McD. (2012). To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery. Workman Publishing. p. 328-329. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ "45. That's the myth. "Rags to rags in three generations." That's what we're supposed to believe". democraticunderground. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. ^ Horn, Pamela (2014). Ladies of the Manor: How Wives & Daughters Really Lived in Country House Society Over a Century Ago. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 30. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.
  8. ^ "Magnificent antique emerald and diamond tiara". Christies.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
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