Lady Elizabeth Basset

Lady
Elizabeth Basset
DCVO
Born 5 March 1908
Died 30 November 2000 (age 92)
London, England, UK
Title Woman of the Bedchamber (1959-81)
Spouse(s) Ronald Lambart Basset October 31, 1931
Children Bryan Ronald, Peter Francis

Lady Elizabeth Basset, DCVO (née Legge; 5 March 1908 – 30 November 2000) was the daughter of the 7th Earl of Dartmouth.

Educated at home,[1] on 31 October 1931, she married Ronald Lambert Basset (1898-1972), senior representative of the ancient Basset family of Tehidy in Cornwal. She had two children, Bryan Ronald (1932–2010) and Peter Francis (1935–1954).[2] During the Second World War, she ran a small farm in North Devon.[1]

In 1959, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, asked Basset to be a Woman of the Bedchamber.[3]

She held that position until 1981. She was active as a Lady-in-Waiting from 1982–93. She retired at the age of 85.[1] She authored a devotional book, Love Is My Meaning and four anthologies.

Death

Lady Elizabeth Basset died in 2000, aged 92, in London.[4]

Books

  • Love is My Meaning - An Anthology of Assurance (1973)
  • Each in His Prison (1978)
  • The Bridge is Love: an anthology of hope (1981)
  • Interpreted by Love: an anthology of praise (1994)
  • Beyond the Blue Mountains: Wisdom and Compassion on Living and Dying (1999)[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lady Elizabeth Basset". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  3. 1 2 "Bassett Family Association Newsletter April 2006". www.bassettbranches.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Obituary Archived 21 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine., TheIndependent via findarticles.com; accessed 16 October 2014.



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