Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck

Caroline Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Burnaby; 5 December 1832 – 6 July 1918) was the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the great-grandmother of Elizabeth II.[1]

Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck
Born
Caroline Louisa Burnaby

(1832-11-23)23 November 1832
Hungarton, Leicestershire, England
Died6 July 1918(1918-07-06) (aged 85)
Dawlish, Devon, England
Known forGreat-grandmother of Elizabeth II
Spouse(s)
​
(
m. 1859; died 1865)

Harry Warren Scott
​
(
m. 1870; died 1889)
ChildrenCecilia Bowes-Lyon
Ann Violet Cavendish-Bentinck
Hyacinth Jessup
Parent(s)Edwyn Burnaby, of Baggrave Hall
Anne Caroline Salisbury

Early life

Caroline Louisa Burnaby was born at Baggrave Hall, near Hungarton, Leicestershire on 23 November 1832.[2] She was a daughter of Edwyn Burnaby of Baggrave Hall and his wife, the former Anne Caroline Salisbury.[3] She was baptised on 5 December 1832 at Hungarton, Leicestershire.[4] She was a sister of Edwyn Burnaby, a first cousin of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby, and an aunt of Algernon Burnaby.

Personal life

Louisa Burnaby married the Rev.Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, as his second wife, on 13 December 1859.[5] Rev. Cavendish-Bentinck was the elder son of Lieutenant Colonel Lord Charles Bentinck and Anne Wellesley, formerly Lady Abdy.[6] His paternal grandparents were William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Dorothy Cavendish, a daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. Together Louisa and Charles were the parents of three children:

After her first husband's death in 1865, she married Harry Warren Scott, the son of Sir William Scott, 6th Baronet, of Ancrum, on 30 September 1870.[5] He died on 23 August 1889 at Forbes House, Ham, Surrey.[8]

Louisa Scott, died aged 85, twice widowed, on 6 July 1918 at Dawlish, Devon.[9]

Descendants

Through her eldest daughter Cecilia, the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, she was a grandmother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and thus the great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.[10]

References
  1. "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  2. "Leicester Chronicle". Leicester Chronicle. 1 December 1832.
  3. The Times Tuesday, 9 July 1918; no. 41837, p. col. A
  4. Parish register
  5. Almanach de Gotha (1922) (Justus Perthes, Gotha); Almanach de Gotha (1904) (Justus Perthes, Gotha)
  6. Anne Wellesley Archived February 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Major, Joanne; Murden, Sarah (2016). A Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages That Changed History. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-6342-2. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. The Times Tuesday, 27 August 1889; no. 32788, p. 1, col. A
  9. The Times Tuesday, 9 July 1918; no. 41837, p. 1, col. A
  10. Botha, Rudolf; Knight, Chris (2009). The Cradle of Language. OUP Oxford. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-19-156767-4. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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