Lady Emily Kingscote
British courtier (1836–1910)
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Lady Emily Marie Kingscote (née Curzon-Howe; 14 September 1836 – 9 December 1910) was a British courtier and part of the royal household as a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she was Princess of Wales and later Queen.[2]
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14 September 1836
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Lady Emily Marie Kingscote and her son Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote. Photo from 1860 by Camille Silvy. | |
| Born | Lady Emily Marie Curzon 14 September 1836 Penn House, Amersham, Buckinghamshire |
| Died | 9 December 1910 (aged 74)[1] Mayfair, London, England |
| Occupation | Royal courtier |
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| Children | 4 |
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Lady Emily was one of ten children born to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell, daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan.[1]
Lady Emily served as Woman of the Bedchamber to Alexandra of Denmark, who was England's longest-serving Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901.[3] With the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Prince of Wales succeeded to the throne as King Edward VII, and Alexandra became queen consort.[4] Lady Emily was re-appointed a Woman of the bedchamber to the Queen,[5] and served as such until 1907.
Lady Emily married on 5 February 1856 at Congerston, Leicestershire, becoming the second wife of Colonel Sir Nigel Kingscote,[6] whose first wife had died in childbirth. They had two sons and two daughters:[7]
- Nigel Richard Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 14 Feb 1857, d. 24 Nov 1921
- Harriet Maude Isabella Kingscote b. Mar 1860, d. 14 Mar 1906; married Arthur Wilson and was the mother of Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson.
- Winifred Ida Kingscote b. 24 Apr 1862, d. 25 Oct 1938; married on 16 July 1879 Lord Rocksavage, later Marquess of Cholmondeley.
- Albert Edward Leicester Fitzhardinge Kingscote b. 13 May 1865
Lady Emily died on 9 December 1910 at 74. (Her husband had predeceased her on 22 September 1908.) They are both buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Kingscote, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England.[2]