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Lady Abel Smith | |
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Born | Henriette Alice Cadogan 6 June 1914
Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, England |
Died | 3 May 2005 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Lady-in-Waiting, Justice of the Peace |
Spouses | |
Children | 4; including Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet |
Relatives |
Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (great-grandfather) Stafford Howard (grandfather) |
Dame Henriette Alice, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP ( née Cadogan; 6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.
Henriette Alice Cadogan was the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, a Royal Navy officer of Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, [1] (a grandson of Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan) [2] by his wife Ruth Evelyn Howard, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard, a great-nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. [3]
She held the office of a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987 she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting. [4] She served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971. She was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1964 New Year Honours, and was elevated to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977. [5]
She married twice:
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters | Notes |
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United Kingdom | 31 December 1963 | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
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CVO | Promoted to DCVO in 1977 |
United Kingdom | 1977 | Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
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DCVO | |
United Kingdom | 2 June 1953 | Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal |
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United Kingdom | 6 February 1977 | Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal |
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United Kingdom | 6 February 2002 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (March 2016) |
Lady Abel Smith | |
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Born | Henriette Alice Cadogan 6 June 1914
Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, England |
Died | 3 May 2005 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Lady-in-Waiting, Justice of the Peace |
Spouses | |
Children | 4; including Sir Mark Palmer, 5th Baronet |
Relatives |
Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan (great-grandfather) Stafford Howard (grandfather) |
Dame Henriette Alice, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP ( née Cadogan; 6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.
Henriette Alice Cadogan was the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, a Royal Navy officer of Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, [1] (a grandson of Henry Charles Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan) [2] by his wife Ruth Evelyn Howard, a daughter of Sir Edward Stafford Howard, a great-nephew of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. [3]
She held the office of a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987 she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting. [4] She served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971. She was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1964 New Year Honours, and was elevated to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1977. [5]
She married twice:
Country | Date | Appointment | Ribbon | Post-nominal letters | Notes |
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United Kingdom | 31 December 1963 | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
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CVO | Promoted to DCVO in 1977 |
United Kingdom | 1977 | Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
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DCVO | |
United Kingdom | 2 June 1953 | Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal |
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United Kingdom | 6 February 1977 | Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal |
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United Kingdom | 6 February 2002 | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal |
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Abel Smith died on 3 May 2005 at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.