Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

The Marchioness of Milford Haven
Born Clare Husted Steel
(1960-09-02) 2 September 1960
Nationality British
Spouse(s)
Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley
(m. 1985; div. 1997)

Issue 3
Occupation Journalist

Clare Husted Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Steel; born 2 September 1960), is a British aristocrat, journalist and polo player. She held the position of Social Editor for Tatler magazine.

Biography

She is the daughter of Anthony Nigel Steel (1925–1983), of Rock House Farm, Lower Froyle, County Hampshire, and his wife Anne Husted.

She has one brother and one sister:

  • Timothy Michael Steel (born 1952) he married Hon. Sophia-Rose Maude (daughter of Robert Maude, 8th Viscount Hawarden) on 26 June 1982. They have four children.
  • Countess Donna Louise del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano (née Louise Helen Steel; born 1956), married Count[1] Don Ludovico del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano, son of Count Don Giulio del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano and Donna Maria Elisabetta, dei Marchese Cavalletti dell'Oliveto Sabino on 30 April 1983. They have three children.

Marriages and children

She married Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (born 1954), a Lloyd's List's underwriter, in 1985; they later divorced in 1997. With her first husband, she had three children:

  • James Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley (1985 – 15 December 2006), a former pupil at Harrow School and a student at Newcastle University and, like his mother, an accomplished polo player[2]
  • Harry David Wentworth-Stanley (born 1989), boyfriend of Cressida Bonas[3]
  • Louisa Clare Wentworth-Stanley (born 1993)

She married the George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997, thereby becoming step-mother to his two children:

  • Lady Tatiana Mountbatten (born 16 April 1990)
  • Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina (born 19 October 1991)

Titles and styles

  • 2 September 1961 – 1985: Miss Clare Steel
  • 1985 – 19??: Mrs. Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley
  • 19?? – 20 August 1997: Mrs. Clare Wentworth-Stanley
  • 20 August 1997 – present: The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Milford Haven

Ancestry

References

  1. Del Balzo: Duchi di Presenzano Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Mediterranea, www.genmarenostrum.com
  2. Son of marchioness found shot dead Daily Telegraph 18 December 2006
  3. Tom Sykes (18 March 2015). "Post-Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas' Career Takes Off". The Daily Beast.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.