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Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp 1936–2004 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1936

Birth Location: Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 June 2004

Death Location: Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer

Father: Edmund Roche

Mother: Ruth Gill

Spouse(s): Edward Althorp

Children(s):

In 1936, Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp entered the world in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Maurice Burke Roche And Ruth Sylvia Gill. Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp married Edward John Spencer 8Th Earl Spencer Viscount Althorp, and had children including Charles Edward Maurice Spencer 9Th Earl Spencer, Diana Francis Hrh Princess Of Wales Spencer Mountbatten Windsor, Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer Lady Mccorquodale, Hon John Spencer, Lady Cynthia Jane Spencer Baroness Fellowes. Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp passed away in 2004 in Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer.

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Biography

  • In 1936, Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp entered the world in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Edmund Maurice Burke Roche And Ruth Sylvia Gill.
  • Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp married Edward John Spencer 8Th Earl Spencer Viscount Althorp, and had children including Charles Edward Maurice Spencer 9Th Earl Spencer, Diana Francis Hrh Princess Of Wales Spencer Mountbatten Windsor, Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer Lady Mccorquodale, Hon John Spencer, Lady Cynthia Jane Spencer Baroness Fellowes.
  • Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp passed away in 2004 in Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer.

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Frances Althorp's Ancestors

Self
Frances Althorp
1936–2004
Birth Place: Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche
1885–1955
Chelsea, London, England
Ruth (Sylvia) Gill
1908–1993
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
The (Hon James Boothby 3rd Baron Fermoy BURKE ROCHE) PGFofWof14thC
1851–1920
Twyford Abbey, Middlesex, England
COL (William Smith Gill) CB
1865–1957
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ruth Littlejohn-Gill
1879–1964
Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Baron
1815–1874
Elizabeth Boothby
1821–1897
Alexander Gill
1832–1908
Barbara Marr
1842–1869
David Littlejohn
1841–1924
Jane Crombie
1843–1917
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Boothby
1791–1850
Charlotte Cunningham
1799–1893
David Gill
1796–1868
Sarah Ogston
1797–1872
William Marr
1810–1898
Helen Bean
1814–1852
William Littlejohn
1803–1888
Janet Bentley
1811–1848
James Crombie
1810–1878
Catherine Forbes
1812–1893

Frances Althorp's Timeline

2 Records

1936
20 January 1936
Birth of Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
2004
3 June 2004
Age 68
Death of Frances Ruth (Frances Shand Kydd) Burke-Roche Viscountess Althorp in Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer
Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1936
    Event Place: Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 June 2004
    Event Place: Seil, Argyll, Bute, Scotland. Died of Brain Cancer

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