Georgina Kennard

Georgina Kennard, Lady Kennard (17 October 1919 – 28 April 2011) was the mother of Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, and Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster. She was also an aunt of Maralyn Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie, the sister of Myra Alice Wernher, Lady Butter, and a first cousin once removed of George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven.

Lady Kennard was born Georgina Wernher in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 17 October 1919 to Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt., and Countess Anastasia de Torby. She was a maternal granddaughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, a Russian royal (grandson of Nicholas I and first cousin of Alexander II). The family's country home was Luton Hoo.^[1] On 10 October 1944, she married Lt.-Col. Harold Phillips (1909–1980). They had five children:

Alexandra Anastasia Phillips (born 27 February 1946)
Nicholas Harold Phillips (23 August 1947 – 1 March 1991)
Fiona Mercedes Phillips (born 30 March 1951)
Marita Georgina Phillips (born 28 May 1954)
Natalia Ayesha Phillips (born 8 May 1959)

Lady Kennard's first husband, Harold Phillips, died in 1980. She was remarried in 1992 to Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd Bt. (1915–1999).

Through a shared interest in horse racing, Lady Kennard was a friend of Queen Elizabeth II and was godmother to the Queen's second son, Prince Andrew, Duke of York.^[2]

Lady Kennard died at her home in London on 28 April 2011 aged 91 years old.

Ancestry

Family of Georgina Kennard

16. Wilhelm Wernher

8. Friedrich Augustus Wernher

4. Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet

18. Karl Weidenbusch

9. Elisabeth Weidenbusch

19. Margarethe Kisselbach

2. Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet

20. Joel Mankiewicz

10. Jacob James Mankewicz

5. Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz

22. John Allen Pigott

11. Ada Susan Pigott

23. Augusta Holliday

1. Georgina Kennard

24. Nicholas I of Russia

12. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

25. Princess Charlotte of Prussia

6. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia

26. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden

13. Princess Cecilie of Baden

27. Princess Sophie of Sweden

3. Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby

28. William, Duke of Nassau

14. Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau

29. Princess Pauline of Württemberg

7. Countess Sophie of Merenberg

30. Alexander Pushkin

15. Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina

31. Natalya Nikolaevna Goncharova

References

^ Kay, Richard (May 3, 2011). "Secrets of the royal snaps - a £1 worm!". The Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
^ Kay, Richard (May 3, 2011). "Secrets of the royal snaps - a £1 worm!". The Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

Preceded by Tatiana Erdman	Line of succession to the British throne	Succeeded by Edward Phillips

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[1] Kay, Richard (May 3, 2011). "Secrets of the royal snaps - a £1 worm!". The Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

[2] Kay, Richard (May 3, 2011). "Secrets of the royal snaps - a £1 worm!". The Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

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