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Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax 1885–1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 February 1885

Birth Location: Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 2 February 1976

Death Location: Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

Father: William Onslow

Mother: Hon Gardner

Spouse(s): Edward KG

Children(s): Charles Halifax, Lady MBE, Maj Peter, Richard Holderness

Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax was born in 1885 in Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, the child of William Hillier Onslow 4Th Earl Of Onslow And Hon Florence Coulston Gardner. Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax married Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1St Earl Of Halifax Kg, and had children including Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood 2Nd Earl Of Halifax, Lady Anne Dorothy Wood Mbe, Maj Hon Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood Aka Peter, Richard Frederick Wood Baron Holderness. Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax passed away in 1976 in Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax was born in 1885 in Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, the child of William Hillier Onslow 4Th Earl Of Onslow And Hon Florence Coulston Gardner.
  • Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax married Edward Frederick Lindley Wood 1St Earl Of Halifax Kg, and had children including Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood 2Nd Earl Of Halifax, Lady Anne Dorothy Wood Mbe, Maj Hon Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood Aka Peter, Richard Frederick Wood Baron Holderness.
  • Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax passed away in 1976 in Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Halifax's Ancestors

Self
Lady Halifax
1885–1976
Birth Place: Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Parents
William Hillier Onslow 4th Earl of Onslow
1853–1911
Old Alresford, Hampshire, England
Hon (Florence Coulston) Gardner
1853–1934
St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Alan (Legge Gardner 3rd Baron) Gardner
1810–1883
Blackheath. Kent, London, England
Baroness (Julia Sarah Hayfield) Fortescue
1821–1899
London, England
Great-Grandparents
Rear-Admiral Gardner
1771–1815
Charlotte Gardner
1788–1811
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Admiral Gardner
1742–1809
Susannah Gardner
1749–1823

Lady Halifax's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of) Halifax (7 February 1885–2 February 1976) m. Edward (Frederick Lindley Wood 1st Earl of Halifax) KG (16 Apr 1881–23 Dec 1959)
  1. 1. Charles (Ingram Courtenay Wood 2nd Earl of) Halifax 1912–1980 m. Lady (Ruth Alice Hannah Mary PRIMROSE Countess of) Halifax 1916–1989
    1. 1. Caroline (Victoria Wood) Lady 1937–2014 m. Lt.Gen. (Randle JoseDh, m.p., c.m.g.) Feilden 1931–2004
    2. 2. Hon. (Charles Edward Peter Neil) Wood 1944–1980
  2. 2. Lady (Anne Dorothy Wood) MBE 1910–1995
  3. 3. Maj (Hon Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood Aka) Peter 1916–1942
  4. 4. Richard (Frederick Wood Baron) Holderness 1920–2002

Lady Halifax's Timeline

3 Records

1885
7 February 1885
Birth of Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax in Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
1909
July 1909
Age 24
Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax was married in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
1976
2 February 1976
Age 91
Death of Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow Countess of Halifax in Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 February 1885
    Event Place: Whitehall, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: July 1909
    Event Place: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 February 1976
    Event Place: Bugthorpe, Pocklington, Humberside, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

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