Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun
Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun (3 July 1919 – 1 November 2002),[1][2] was a Scottish countess in her own right, and a member of the House of Lords. Lady Loudoun was the oldest daughter of Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston and Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun. Her only brother, Ian Huddleston Abney-Hastings, styled Lord Mauchline (1918–1944), was killed in Italy in World War II, so as the oldest sister Barbara succeeded in the earldom in 1960.
Lady Loudoun was a member of the House of Lords until 1999 when the right of hereditary peers to sit in the Lords was abolished. She sat as a cross-bencher, and was concerned with social justice. She lived in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
Ancestry
On her mother's side, she was descended from and heir-general of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence. Her other notable ancestors include Mary Tudor, Queen of France; King James IV of Scotland; William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby.
Marriages and children
Lady Loudoun married three times:
- She married firstly Captain Walter Strickland Lord in 1939. They had one child:
- Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (1942–2012).
- She married secondly Captain Gilbert Frederick Greenwood in 1945. They had two children:
- Lady Selina Mary Greenwood (b. 1946).
- Hon. Frederick James Greenwood (b. 1949).
- She married thirdly Peter Griffiths in 1954. They had three children:
- Lady Margaret Maud Abney-Hastings (b. 1956).
- Lady Mary Joy Abney-Hastings (b. 1957).
- Lady Clare Louise Abney-Hastings (b. 1958).
On her death she was succeeded by her oldest son.
References
- ↑ Staff (3 July 2002). "Birthdays". The Times. London, UK. p. 30.
- ↑ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
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| Preceded by Edith Abney-Hastings |
Countess of Loudoun 1960–2002 |
Succeeded by Michael Abney-Hastings |