Mary Sturt, Baroness Alington
English socialite and member of the Bright Young Things
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Mary Sibell Sturt, Baroness Alington (born Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper; 3 October 1902 – 2 August 1936) was an English socialite and member of the Bright Young Things.[1][2]
The Lady Alington | |
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Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, 1922 | |
| Born | 3 October 1902 London, England |
| Died | 2 August 1936 (aged 33) London, England |
Burial place | Witchampton, East Dorset, England |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Mary Anna Marten |
| Parents | |
Biography
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper was born in 1902 in London,[3] the eldest daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor.[4] Queen Mary was her godmother.[1]
On 27 November 1928, Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper married Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940) at St Margaret's, Westminster.[1] They had one daughter, Hon. Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (1929–2010).[4]
Tall and athletic, Lady Alington was a champion swimmer. She was a member of the Bath Club and in 1934 won the club's swimming title.[1]
In 1936, she died after an operation for acute appendicitis, aged 33 years old.[1] She is buried at All Saints Churchyard, Witchampton.[3] Her husband died of pneumonia while on active service during World War II in Cairo and is buried there.