Biography of Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt 1848-1906

Photograph of Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt around 1865. Photographer unknown.

Photograph of Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt around 1865. Photographer unknown.

On 2nd May 1843 [her father] Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet (age 21) and [her mother] Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe were married. She by marriage Lady Moncreiffe 1685. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull (age 58) and [her grandmother] Louisa Burton Rowley Countess Kinnoul. He the son of [her grandfather] David Moncrieffe 6th Baronet and [her grandmother] Helen Mackay Countess Bradford (age 42).

On 7th February 1848 Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt was born to [her father] Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet (age 26) and [her mother] Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe.

In 1860 [her future brother-in-law] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 42) was created 1st Earl of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire. [her sister] Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 13) by marriage Countess of Dudley of Dudley Castle in Staffordshire.

On 21st November 1865 [her brother-in-law] William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley (age 48) and [her sister] Georgina Moncrieffe Countess Dudley (age 19) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

On 6th December 1866 Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 30) and Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Mordaunt of Massingham Parva.

On 28th February 1869 [her illegitimate daughter] Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath was born illegitimately to Lowry Cole 4th Earl Enniskillen (age 23) and Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt (age 21). Her paternity is speculative since she, Harriet, was married to [her husband] Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 32) at the time of the birth. At the time of conception he had been away on an extended trip to Norway. The following year he sued for divorce threatening to bring the Prince of Wales (age 27) as a co-respondent being, allegedly, one of her many lovers. The divorce was denied as Lady Mordaunt was judged to be insane, but was finally granted in 1875 when Cole did not contest the claim that he was the father. She married 19th April 1890 her sixth cousin Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath, son of John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath and Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey Marchioness Bath, and had issue.

On 11th March 1875 Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 38) and Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt (age 27) were divorced.

On 24th April 1878 [her former husband] Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 41) and Mary Louisa Cholmondeley Lady Massingham Parva (age 26) were married. She by marriage Lady Mordaunt of Massingham Parva.

On 16th August 1879 [her father] Thomas Moncrieffe 7th Baronet (age 57) died.

On 19th April 1890 [her son-in-law] Thomas Henry Thynne 5th Marquess of Bath (age 27) and [her illegitimate daughter] Violet Caroline Mordaunt Marchioness Bath (age 21) were married. She the illegitmate daughter of Lowry Cole 4th Earl Enniskillen (age 44) and Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt (age 42). He the son of John Alexander Thynne 4th Marquess of Bath (age 59) and Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey Marchioness Bath. They were sixth cousins.

On 15th October 1897 [her former husband] Charles Mordaunt 10th Baronet (age 61) died. His son Osbert (age 13) succeeded 11th Baronet Mordaunt of Massingham Parva.

On 4th September 1898 [her mother] Louisa Hay-Drummond Lady Moncrieffe died.

On 9th May 1906 Harriet Moncreiffe Lady Mordaunt (age 58) died.