Edwina's Paternal Ancestry
The Rt Hon.
George Spencer
4th Duke of
Marlborough
(1739-1817)
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The Lady
Caroline Russell
(1742-1811)
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The Hon.
Dame Edwina Ashley
(1901-1960)
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The Rt Hon. Lord Louis Mountbatten
(Prince Louis of Battenberg)
cr. Earl Mountbatten of Burma,
Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
& Lord Romsey
(1900-1979)
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Peter Nassau
Clavering-Cowper
5th Earl Cowper
(1778-1837)
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(1)
= m =
(2)
The Rt Hon.
Henry John Temple MP​
3rd Viscount Palmerston
(Prime Minister of the UK)
(1784-1865)
The Rt Hon. William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
(Prime Minister of the UK)
(1779- 1848)
= m =
The Lady Caroline
Ponsonby
(1785-1828)
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Sir Peniston Lamb, Bt.
cr. Viscount Melbourne
& Baron Melbourne
(1745-1828)
= m =
Miss Elizabeth Milbanke
(1751-1818)
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Henry Temple MP
2nd Viscount Palmerston
(1739-1802)
= m (2) =
Miss Mary Mee
(1752-1805)
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The Lady Emily​
Cowper
(1810-1872)
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The Rt Hon.
William Cowper-Temple​
cr. Lord Mount Temple
(1st creation)
(1811-1888)
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= m =
Anthony Ashley-Cooper
7th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1801-1885)
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The Rt Hon.
Evelyn Melbourne
Ashley MP
(1836-1907)
= m (1) =
Miss Sybella
Farquhar
(1844-1886)
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Anthony Ashley Cooper
8th Earl of Shaftersbury
(1831-1886)
= m =
The Lady Harriet
Chichester
(1838-1898)
The Lady
Anne
Spencer
(1773-1865)
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= m (1) =
Miss Harriet
Gurney
(d.1843)
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= m (2) =
Miss Georgina
Tollemache
(1821-1901)
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Sir Walter
Farquhar, Bt.
(1810-1900)
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The Lady Mary
Somerset
(1813-1906)
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= m =
Henry Charles Somerset
6th Duke of Beaufort
(1766-1835)
= m =
The Lady Charlotte
Leveson-Gower
(1771-1854)
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Cropley
Ashley-Cooper
6th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1768-1851)
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= m =
The Rt Hon. Anthony
Ashley-Cooper
4th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1711-1771)
= m (2) =
The Hon. Mary
Bouverie
(1730-1804)
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The Rt Hon. Wilfrid Ashley
cr. Lord Mount Temple
(2nd creation)
(1867-1939)
= m (1) =
Miss Amalia Maud
"Maudie" Cassel
(1879-1911)
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The Hon.
Emily Lamb
(1787-1869)
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George Nassau
Clavering-Cowper
3rd Earl Cowper
cr. Prince of Nassau
d'Auverquerque
(1739-1789)
= m =
Miss Hannah Gore
(1785-1826)
The Hon.
Mary Ashley
(1906-1986)
= m (1) =
Alec
Cunningham-Reid
(1895-1977)
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The arms of
Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten
of Burma
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The arms of
Wilfrid,
1st Lord Mount Temple
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The arms of
The Viscounts
Palmerston
The arms of
The Earls of Shaftesbury
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The arms of
William, 1st Lord Mount Temple
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A simplified genealogical chart showing Edwina's paternal direct ancestors.
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