Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian

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OBE DSG
Marchioness of Lothian
Tenure30 April 1943 — 11 October 2004
BornAntonella Reuss Newland
(1922-09-08)8 September 1922
Rome, Italy
Died8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 84)
Jedburgh, Scotland
Spouse(s)
(m. 1943; died 2004)
Issue
FatherSir Foster Newland
MotherDonna Nennella Salazar y Munatones

Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian

OBE DSG (born Antonella Reuss Newland; 8 September 1922 – 6 January 2007), also known as Tony Lothian, was an Italian
-born British aristocrat, journalist and writer.

Lady Lothian was the founding president of the annual

.

Life

Antonella Reuss Newland was born in

Major-General Sir Foster Reuss Newland KCMG CB (1862–1943) and his wife, Donna Nennella Salazar y Munatones.[1]

Her parents married in 1918, but divorced in 1928 after her mother, the daughter of an

army officer, later Brigadier William Carr CVO DSO.[2]

Newland married a distant relative,

Monteviot House and its surrounding 18,000-acre (73 km2) estate near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. The Kerrs also owned Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire but they later retired to Ferniehirst Castle in Roxburghshire after dividing the other estates
between their sons.

The couple had two sons and four daughters. Her husband died on 11 October 2004, being succeeded by their elder son,

, the 10th and present Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

Lady Lothian pursued her own independent career as an author, broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist with the

in 1992.

With

Greater London Fund for the Blind and other charities. She was vice-president of the Royal College of Nursing from 1960 to 1980 as well as being a patron of the National Council of Women of Great Britain[5] and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
.

Lady Lothian lost an eye in 1970 as a result of cancer, afterwards using a black

]

Lady Lothian interviewed the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova for her book ''Valentina: First Woman in Space.[6]

Bibliography

  • Fight for the Light: What Should Christians Do So that New Shapes in Suffering Can be Overcome? (Church of Scotland, 1973)
  • Valentina: First Woman in Space : Conversations with A. Lothian (Pentland Press, 1993) ISBN 9781858210643

Honours

  • - OBE
  • - DSG

See also

References

  1. ^ Profile Archived 18 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, oxforddnb.com]; accessed 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Ditchingham Hall". 12 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Lady (Marguerite) Georgina Christine Coleridge (née Hay) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Glamour's Women of the Year 2018". Glamour.
  5. ^ "National Council of Women". National Council of Women.
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