1888 - 1979 (91 years)
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Name |
Ursula Mary Lawley |
Title |
Hon |
Suffix |
Baroness Wraxall, OBE, RRC |
Birth |
8 Jun 1888 |
Fulford, Yorkshire |
Gender |
Female |
Residence |
1891 |
Fulford, Yorkshire |
Death |
16 Oct 1979 |
Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset |
Burial |
20 Oct 1979 |
All Saint's Church, Wraxall, Somerset |
Notes |
- Eldest daughter of Captain Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley (6th Baron Wenlock) GCSI, GCIE, KCMG, of Woodside Place, Hatfield, Herts., by Anne Allen (GBE, DGStJ), daughter of Sir Edward Cunard, 2nd Baronet. She is 2nd cousin to Euphemia Gibbs and 1st (once removed) of Cyril Cunard (also in the Family Tree). Baptised at York Minster. Her funeral service was held at All Saints' Church, Wraxall, 20 October 1979.
She was Maid of Honour to H.M. Queen Mary 1912-27. In the Great War she was nursing in France for three and a half years, and she holds the Royal Red Cross Decoration. The King and Queen attended her wedding.
Regional Representative, S.W. Region; Red Cross & St. John War Organiser, 1941-47. President Somerset Branch British Red Cross Society, 1945-70.
Patron, Somerset Branch British Red Cross Society from 1970.
OBE (1945), RRC (1919), SSStJ (1920).
Clubs: Ladies Carlton, V.A.D.
She lived at Tyntesfield, Bristol.
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Person ID |
I2086 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
14 May 2019 |
Father |
Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, b. 12 Nov 1860, St George Hanover Square, London d. 14 Jun 1932, Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany (Age 71 years) |
Mother |
Annie Allen Cunard, Baroness Wenlock, GBE, b. 21 Jun 1863, New York, USA d. 29 Apr 1944, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 80 years) |
Marriage |
15 Oct 1885 |
Uppingham, Rutland |
Family ID |
F1574 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
The Right Hon. George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, b. 6 Jul 1873, Wraxall, Somerset d. 28 Oct 1931, London (Age 58 years) |
Marriage |
21 Jul 1927 |
St Margaret's, Westminster, London |
Children |
| 1. George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall, b. 16 May 1928, London d. 19 Jul 2001, Somerset, England (Age 73 years) |
| 2. Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, KCVO, CMG, b. 3 Jul 1929, Westminster, London d. 17 May 2017, Oakley, Suffolk (Age 87 years) |
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Family ID |
F949 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
19 Jul 2018 |
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