Biography of Blanche Maynard 1864-1945

On 13 Oct 1860 [her father] Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and [her step-mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 14 Feb 1864 Blanche Maynard was born to Charles Henry Maynard (age 50).

On 02 Jan 1865 [her father] Charles Henry Maynard (age 51) died.

The Chelmsford Chronicle (Chelmsford, Essex), January 6, 1865, p. 8, col. 2

Death of Colonel Maynard – Colonel the Hon. Chas. Henry Maynard, only son of Viscount Maynard, died on Monday, at his residence in Hill street, Berkeley-square. The lamented gentleman was born in 1814, and married 16th January, 1840, Lady Francis Julia Murray, second daughter of the James first Lord Glenlyon, and sister to the late Duke of Athole, who died in 1858. He married, second, in 1860, Miss Fitzroy, second daughter of Mr. Henry Fitzroy, of Salcey Lawn, Northamptonshire, by whom he leaves issue two infant daughters. The deceased was formerly in the Royal Horse Guards, and held the post of colonel in the Essex Militia, and was also a deputy-lieutenant of the county.

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30 Apr 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and [her half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 19)] marriage took place in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the newspapers of the day made much of the "most brilliant wedding of a dozen seasons." I remember my surprise as I drove from our house in Carlton Gardens to the Abbey to find the way lined with interested crowds.

Among the guests were the Prince (age 39) and Princess of Wales (age 36), Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke (age 30) and Duchess of Connaught (age 20), Princess Louise (age 33) (Marchioness of Lorne), Princess Mary Adelaide (age 47) (Duchess of Teck) and the Duke of Teck (parents of Queen Mary), with Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (age 28), as my husband's best man. The crush filled the Abbey from the choir to the door.

My twelve bridesmaids were all girl friends and relatives. They were: Blanche Maynard (age 17), my sister (now Lady [her future husband] Algernon Gordon-Lennox (age 33)), Lady Eva Greville (age 21), my husband's only sister, my stepsisters, Millicent (age 13), Sybil (age 9), and Angela St. Clair Erskine (age 4) (later Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Westmorland, and Lady A. Forbes), Countess Feodore Gleichen (age 19) (later a renowned sculptor), Lady Florence Bridgman (age 22) (the present Countess of Harewood and mother of Viscount Lascelles (age 34)), Miss Wombwell (age 19) (Countess of Dartrey), Miss Mills, the first Lord Hillingdon's daughter, Miss Violet Lindsay (age 25) (now Violet, Duchess of Rutland), and Miss Ethel Milner (age 30) (later Countess of Durham).

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. In August 1886, my [[her half-sister] Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Maynard Countess Warwick (age 24)] sister Blanche (age 22) married the [her father-in-law] Duke of Richmond's (age 68) son, [her husband] Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox (age 38), in Little Easton church [Map], the Bishop of St. Albans [Map] performing the service, and a family party assembling. The only child of this marriage is my niece, [her daughter] Ivy, Marchioness of Titchfield, who married the eldest son [[her future son-in-law] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland] of the present Duke (age 28) and Duchess (age 22) of Portland.

On 31 Aug 1886 Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (age 38) and Blanche Maynard (age 22) were married. He the son of Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke Richmond (age 68) and Frances Harriett Greville Duchess Richmond (age 62). He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 16 Jun 1887 [her daughter] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland was born to [her husband] Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (age 39) and Blanche Maynard (age 23).

1895. Alice Hughes (age 38). Photograph of Blanche Maynard (age 30).

On 27 Sep 1903 [her father-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke Richmond (age 85) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Charles (age 57) succeeded 7th Duke Richmond, 2nd Duke Gordon, 7th Earl March, 7th Baron Settrington.

In 1905 [her brother-in-law] Charles Gordon-Lennox 7th Duke Richmond (age 59) was appointed 829th Knight of the Garter by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 63).

On 12 Aug 1915 [her son-in-law] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [her daughter] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.

On 03 Sep 1921 [her husband] Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (age 73) died.

On 17 Aug 1945 Blanche Maynard (age 81) died.