Biography of Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey 1862-1938

On 3rd September 1861 [her father] George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet (age 28) and [her mother] Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] George Child-Villiers 6th Earl Jersey and [her grandmother] Julia Peel Countess Jersey.

In 1862 Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey was born to George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet (age 29) and Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell (age 19).

Life's Ebb And Flow Chapter IV. [30th April 1881]. And so the tale unfolds. Our [Francis Greville 5th Earl Warwick 5th Earl Brooke (age 28) and 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 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).

In 1882 Vesey Dawson 2nd Earl of Dartrey (age 39) and Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey (age 20) were married.

In 1892 [her future husband] John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan (age 34) and Edith Hilaria Edgecumbe (age 30) were married. She the daughter of William Henry Edgecumbe 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 58) and Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Mount Edgcumbe. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Evening Standard. Mon, 16 Jun 1913 LATE EARL OF LEVEN AND MELVILLE.

The funeral of the Earl of Leven and Melville [John Leslie-Melville 12th Earl of Leven 11th Earl of Melville (deceased)], who died last week in London from injuries received in an accident in the hunting field, took place in Scotland to-day. A memorial service was held at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, W., this afternoon. Among the congregation were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marchioness of Salisbury and Lady Beatrice Ormsby-Gore (age 21), the Countess of Strathmore (age 50) and Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon (age 23), the Countess of Desart (age 59), Countess Waldegrave (age 63), the Countess of Dartrey (age 51), the Earl (age 61) and Countess (age 59) of Verulam, Viscount Althorp (age 21) and Lady Adelaide Spencer (age 24), Viscount De Vesci (age 31), Captain and Lady Nina Balfour, the Dowager Lady Leaconfield, Viscount Maidstone, and Lord Reay.

On 16th October 1913 [her father] George Orby Wombwell 4th Baronet (age 80) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Coxwold, North Yorkshire [Map]. He was the last surviving officer of the Charge of the Light Brigade. His brother [her uncle] Henry (age 73) succeeded 5th Baronet Wombwell of Wombwell in Yorkshire.

On 14th June 1920 [her husband] Vesey Dawson 2nd Earl of Dartrey (age 78) died.

On 24th October 1921 [her mother] Julia Sarah Alice Child-Villiers Lady Wombwell (age 79) died.

In 1933 John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan (age 75) and Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey (age 71) were married.

In 1938 Julia Georgiana Wombwell Countess Dartrey (age 76) died.

On 10th November 1940 [her former husband] John Townshend St Aubyn 2nd Baron St Levan (age 83) died. His nephew Francis (age 45) succeeded 3rd Baron St Levan of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, 4th Baronet St Aubyn of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.