Mary Sturt, Baroness Alington

The Right Honourable
The Lady Alington
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper, 1922
Born(1902-10-03)3 October 1902
London, England
Died2 August 1936(1936-08-02) (aged 33)
London, England
Burial placeWitchampton, East Dorset, England
OccupationSocialite
Spouse
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(m. 1928)​
ChildrenMary Anna Marten
Parents

Mary Sibell Sturt, Baroness Alington (born Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper; 3 October 1902 – 2 August 1936) was an English socialite and member of the Bright Young Things.[1][2]

Biography

Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper was born in 1902 in London,[3] the eldest daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor.[4] Queen Mary was her godmother.[1]

On 27 November 1928, Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper married Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940) at St Margaret's, Westminster.[1] They had one daughter, Hon. Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (1929–2010).[4]

Tall and athletic, Lady Alington was a champion swimmer. She was a member of the Bath Club and in 1934 won the club's swimming title.[1]

In 1936, she died after an operation for acute appendicitis, aged 33 years old.[1] She is buried at All Saints Churchyard, Witchampton.[3] Her husband died of pneumonia while on active service during World War II in Cairo and is buried there.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Lady Alington". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 4 August 1936. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party". The Winnipeg Tribune: 33. 16 July 1927. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  4. ^ a b Pine, L. G.. The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms. London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972