Doris Harcourt

The Right Honourable

The Lady Ashburton
BornDoris Mary Thérèse Harcourt
(1900-03-30)30 March 1900
St George Hanover Square, London, United Kingdom[1]
Died9 May 1981(1981-05-09) (aged 81)[2]
Winchester, Hampshire, England[3]
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Doris Mary Thérèse Baring, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt; 30 March 1900 – 9 May 1981) was an English socialite, part of the "Bright Young Things" of the early 20th century.[4]

Early life

Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt was born on 30 March 1900,[5] the daughter of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns.[6][5][4][7] Her mother was the daughter of Anglo-American banker Walter Hayes Burns and the former Mary Lyman Morgan (sister of J. Pierpont Morgan).[citation needed]

At 18 months, they found that Doris Harcourt had a weak leg and she was subjected to electric shock treatment and steel supports were put in her boots.[8]

Personal life

On 17 November 1924, she married Alexander Baring, the only son of Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton and the former Claire Hortense.[9] After his father died in 1938, he became the 6th Baron Ashburton. Together, they had two sons:[10]

Through her marriage, the Baring family acquired the famous Harcourt emeralds.[11]

She died in 1981.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 1911 England Census
  2. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 14 May 1981. p. 19.
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  4. ^ a b "Bright Young People of the Rising Generation". The Winnipeg Tribune: 25. 20 September 1924. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Hammond, Peter W., editor. The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda. Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998.
  6. ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1213.
  7. ^ MacColl, Gail; Wallace, Carol McD. (2012). To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery. Workman Publishing. pp. 328–329. ISBN 9780761171980. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ Horn, Pamela (2014). Ladies of the Manor: How Wives & Daughters Really Lived in Country House Society Over a Century Ago. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 30. ISBN 9781445619897. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to TIE NEW YORK (14 June 1924). "HARCOURT'S DAUGHTER IS ENGAGED TO WED; She Will Become Bride of Alexander Baring, Only Son of Lord Ashburton". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 157. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  11. ^ "Magnificent antique emerald and diamond tiara". Christies.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.