Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk
Princess Maud | |
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Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England | |
Died | 14 December 1945 London, England | (aged 52)
Burial | 18 December 1945 , Scotland |
Spouse | |
Issue | James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife |
Father | Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife |
Mother | Louise, Princess Royal |
Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (born Lady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha Duff; 3 April 1893 – 14 December 1945), titled Princess Maud from 1905 to 1923, was a granddaughter of
Although Princess Maud did not otherwise carry out royal engagements, because of her position in the Commonwealth's order of succession she served as a Counsellor of State between 1942 and 1945.
Early life
Maud was born at East Sheen Lodge,
Maud was christened on 22 June 1893 in the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace.
Maud and her sister were unique in sharing descent from both
Princess
In 1900,
As a
On 9 November 1905, King Edward VII gave (on the occasion of his birthday) Maud's mother the title of
She took part in the carriage procession for members of the royal family when she attended the state funeral of Edward VII in 1910 (she was styled in the London Gazette as "Her Highness Princess Maud" and her sister "Her Highness Princess Alexandra", both without the territorial designation "of Fife").[4] She attended the coronation of her uncle, George V, on 22 June 1911 with the royal family, styled as "Her Highness Princess Maud" (without territorial designation).[5]
Maud's uncle, King George V, in letters patent dated 20 November 1917, restructured the styles and titles of the royal family by restricting the titles of Prince or Princess and the style of Royal Highness to the children of the sovereign, the children of the sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. The Letters Patent also stated that "the titles of Royal Highness, Highness or Serene Highness, and the titular dignity of Prince and Princess shall cease except those titles already granted and remaining unrevoked". This had no direct effect on Maud and her sister, whose rank and style derived from the specific promotions granted to them by their grandfather, Edward VII, and George V took no further action to retract the royal warrant conferring the princely title and attribute upon them. Maud therefore continued to use her princely title until her 1923 marriage.[6] Upon her marriage to Charles, Lord Carnegie, however, she chose to be known as Lady Maud Carnegie (or, from 1941, the Countess of Southesk), dropping her princely title however remained legally a British princess until her death.
She rode in the carriage procession with members of the royal family at the funeral of George V in 1936; on this occasion she was styled in the London Gazette as "Lady Maud Carnegie".[7] She also attended the coronation of her first cousin George VI in May 1937, taking part in the procession of members of the royal family, and was officially styled as Lady Maud Carnegie.[8]
Marriage
On 13 November 1923, Maud married
Maud and her husband operated a
Girl Guides
Maud was a devoted supporter of the Girl Guides movement. She was a County Commissioner in Angus and Aberdeenshire and a member of the Executive Committee in Scotland. She was a recipient of the Silver Fish Award, Girl Guiding's highest adult honour, in 1937.[9]
Later life, illness and death
Princess Maud consistently appeared at the
Princess Maud died in a London nursing home on 14 December 1945 after a bout of acute bronchitis. Her will was sealed in Llandudno in 1946. Her estate was valued at £44,008 (or £1.2 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).[10]
Ancestry
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References and notes
- ^ "No. 27852". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 November 1905. p. 7495.
- ^ The distinction lies in being granted the styles of both Princess and Highness. Other female-line descendants of a British sovereign, such as the children of Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and of Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg, had been granted the style of Highness, but not that of Prince or Princess, presumably because they derived a princely style from their fathers, which was not the case of Princess Maud and Princess Alexandra. Their cousin Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg was born "Highness" by virtue of an 1885 warrant of Queen Victoria and was created "Royal Highness" by Edward VII immediately prior to her 1906 marriage to the King of Spain: "No. 27901". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1906. p. 2421.
- ^ ISBN 0-220-66222-3
- ^ "No. 28401". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 1910. p. 5475.
- ^ "No. 28535". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 September 1911. p. 7079.
- ^ "The Next Royal Marriage: Princess Maud and Lord Carnegie". Register. 6 November 1923.
- ^ "No. 34279". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 April 1936. p. 2773.
- ^ "No. 34453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1937. p. 7037.
- ^ "Honour to the Countess of Southesk". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 6 August 1937. p. 5.
- ^ Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2022.