Lady Mary Boscawen (née Wentworth-Fitzwilliam; 9 January 1845 – 1 July 1921) was a British aristocrat from the Fitzwilliam family.
Lady Mary was born in January 1845 at Milton Hall in Northamptonshire,[1][2] to William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (later 6th Earl Fitzwilliam) and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas, daughter of George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton. She was one of eight train bearers at the wedding of Princess Helena's wedding to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein on 5 July 1866 at Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.[3]
On 23 May 1872, she married Hugh Le Despencer Boscawen (1849–1908), son of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819–1889).[4]
Rosarian Henry Bennett (1823–1890) named the cultivar rosa 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam', a hybrid tea rose, in her honour in 1882.[5][6]
She died in 1921 at Lakeen Cottage in Shillelagh, County Wicklow, Ireland.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Births". Yorkshire Gazette. 11 January 1845. p. 3. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ 1861 England Census
- ^ London Gazette. Issue 23140. 17 July 1866. pg 4. London Gazette: Procession of the bride
- ^ a b "Deaths". The Times. 8 July 1921. p. 1.
- ^ "Rosa 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam' (HT) | /RHS Gardening". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ The Rose Annual. Royal National Rose Society. 1918. p. 68. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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