Henriette, Lady Abel Smith

Dame Henriette Alice, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP (née Cadogan; 6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.

Early life

Henriette Alice Cadogan was the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, a Royal Navy officer of Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire,[1] (a grandson of Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan)[2] by his wife Ruth Evelyn Howard, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard, a great-nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk.[3]

Career

She held the office of a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987 she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting.[4] She served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971. She was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1964 New Year Honours, and was elevated to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977.[5]

Marriages and progeny

She married twice:

Death

Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.

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References

  1. Kelly's Directory, 1969, p.114
  2. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204
  3. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.204, "Colls Duke of Norfolk"; http://thepeerage.com/p2293.htm
  4. "Abel Smith, Henriette Alice (Lady Abel Smith)". Who's who 1998 : an annual biographical dictionary. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. p. 2. ISBN 978-0312175917.
  5. Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed 27 March 2016.
  6. "No. 40936". The London Gazette. 27 November 1956. p. 6727.
  7. Debrett's Peerage, 2015, p.B616, Palmer; P90, Bath
  8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44542/supplement/2835
  9. "'Nappy and glorious'". Daily Mail. 1 June 2012.
  10. "No. 44362". The London Gazette. 11 July 1967. p. 7641.

Sources

  • [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 2. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • [S300] Michael Rhodes, "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection" e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 8 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Ernest Fawbert Collection."
  • [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 637.
  • [S466] Notices, The Daily Telegraph, London, UK, 6 June 2005. Hereinafter cited as The Daily Telegraph.
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