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Maud Alice Burke
1872 - 1948 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Maud Alice Burke was born on 3 Aug 1872 in San Francisco, California, USA; died on 10 Jul 1948 in London. Notes:
Maud Alice Burke (3 August 1872 – 10 July 1948), later Lady Cunard, known as Emerald, was an American-born, London-based society hostess. She had long relationships with the novelist George Moore and the conductor Thomas Beecham, and was the muse of the former and a champion of and fund-raiser for the latter. She was a supporter of Wallis Simpson during the British abdication crisis of 1936, vainly hoping for a court appointment. The Second World War ended her era of private patronage and lavish hospitality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Cunard
Maud married Sir Bache Edward Cunard, 3rd Baronet on 17 Apr 1895 in New York, USA. Bache (son of Edward Bart Cunard, 2nd Baronet and Mary Bache McEvers) was born on 15 May 1851 in Shafton Audley, Staffordshire; died on 3 Nov 1925 in Shantock Hall, Bovington, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Nancy Clara Cunard was born on 10 Mar 1896 in Neville Holt Hall, Leicestershire; died on 17 Mar 1965 in Hopital Cochin, Paris, France; was buried in Paris, France.