Philippa Stewart, Countess of Galloway
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June 24, 1905
Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway
The Countess of Galloway | |
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 c. 1931 | |
| Born | Philippa Fendall Wendell June 24, 1905 |
| Died | February 22, 1974 (aged 68) Dumfries, Scotland |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Lady Antonia Dalrymple Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway |
| Parent(s) | Marian Fendall Jacob Wendell III |
| Relatives | Catherine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (sister) Barrett Wendell (uncle) |
Philippa Stewart, Countess of Galloway (née Philippa Fendall Wendell) (June 24, 1905 – February 2, 1974), was an American heiress who married into the Scottish aristocracy. She was also a descendant of Philip Lee, a member of the Lee family of Virginia.
Philippa was born on June 24, 1905. She was the second daughter of Marian (née Fendall) Wendell (d. 1949)[1] and Jacob Wendell III (d. 1911), of New York and Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire.[2] Her elder sister, Catherine Wendell, was the first wife of Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon.[3] Her brothers were Jacob Wendell (who married Eileen V. Carr) and Reginald Lee Wendell.[4][5]
Her father, a Harvard graduate and Broadway actor, died of pneumonia shortly before he was to appear in the leading role in What the Doctor Ordered at the Astor Theatre.[6][7] Her maternal grandfather was Union soldier, Philip Richard Fendall III, and her great-grandparents were Elizabeth Mary (née Young) Fendall and Philip Richard Fendall II, the District Attorney of the District of Columbia. Her paternal grandfather was the prominent merchant Jacob Wendell of Jacob Wendell Co.[8]