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Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales 1908–1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Oct 1908

Birth Location: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 6 Jul 1993

Death Location: Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England

Father: COL manufacturer.

Mother: Lady Littlejohn-Gill

Spouse(s): Edmund Twin

Children(s): Hon Althorp, Edmund Fermoy, Hon. Burke-Roche

The story of Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales began in 1908 in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales married Edmund Maurice Burke Roche 4Th Baron Fermoy Twin, and had children including Edmund James Burke Roche 5Th Baron Fermoy, Hon Mary Cynthia Burke Roche, Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche Countess Spencer Viscountess Althorp. Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales passed away in 1993 in Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England.

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  • The story of Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales began in 1908 in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales married Edmund Maurice Burke Roche 4Th Baron Fermoy Twin, and had children including Edmund James Burke Roche 5Th Baron Fermoy, Hon Mary Cynthia Burke Roche, Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche Countess Spencer Viscountess Althorp.
  • Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales passed away in 1993 in Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England.

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Ruth Wales's Ancestors

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Ruth Wales
1908–1993
Birth Place: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
COL William Smith Gill CB was a Scottish Volunteer Force officer and paint manufacturer.
1865–1957
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Ruth) Littlejohn-Gill
1879–1964
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Schottland, Grossbritannien, Europa, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Ogston) Gill
1832–1908
Aberdeen, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barbara (Smith) Marr
1842–1869
Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Ruth Wales's Descendants

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Ruth (Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of) Wales (2 Oct 1908–6 Jul 1993) m. Edmund (Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy) Twin (15 May 1885–8 July 1955)
  1. 1. Hon (Frances Ruth Burke Roche Countess Spencer, Viscountess) Althorp 1936–2004 m. Edward (John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer, Viscount) Althorp 1924–1992
  2. 2. Edmund (James Burke-Roche 5th Baron) Fermoy 1939–1984
  3. 3. Hon. (Mary Cynthia) Burke-Roche 1934–2004 m. Hon. (Sir Anthony George) Berry 1925–1984

Ruth Wales's Timeline

2 Records

1908
2 Oct 1908
Birth of Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1993
6 Jul 1993
Age 85
Death of Ruth Sylvia Gill, Baroness Fermoy was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales in Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Oct 1908
    Event Place: Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1993
    Event Place: Belgravia, Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England

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