Biography of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland 1871-1910

On 13th October 1860 Charles Henry Maynard (age 46) and [her mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 21) were married. The difference in their ages was 25 years.

On 8th November 1866 [her father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 33) and [her mother] Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 27) were married.

On 20th August 1871 Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland was born to Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 38) and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy (age 31).

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 [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 Algernon Gordon-Lennox (age 33)), Lady Eva Greville (age 21), my husband's only sister, my stepsisters, [her sister] Millicent (age 13), Sybil (age 9), and [her brother] 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).

On 6th September 1890 [her father] Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn (age 57) died. Memorial at the Rosslyn Chapel [Map]

Robert St Clair-Erskine 4th Earl of Rosslyn: On 2nd March 1833 he was born. On 8th November 1866 he and Blanche Adeliza Fitzroy were married.

On 28th May 1892 Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Francis William Henry Fane 12th Earl of Westmoreland and Adelaide Ida Curzon Howe Countess of Westmoreland (age 57).

On 25th March 1893 [her son] Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland was born to [her husband] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) and Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 21).

1900. Ellis William Roberts (age 39). Portrait of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28).

14th February 1900. James Lafayette (age 47). Photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28)

14th February 1900. James Lafayette (age 47). Detail of photograph of Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 28)

On 19th April 1900 William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 65) died. His son William (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl Londesborough in Yorkshire, 3rd Baron Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [her sister-in-law] Grace Adelaide Fane Countess Londesborough (age 39) by marriage Countess Londesborough in Yorkshire.

On 21st July 1910 Sybil Mary St Clair-Erskine Countess of Westmorland (age 38) died.

On 9th June 1922 [her former husband] Anthony Fane 13th Earl of Westmoreland (age 62) died. His son [her son] Vere (age 29) succeeded 14th Earl of Westmoreland.