Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun

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Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun (born July 3, 1919 - November 1, 2002 ) was a British peeress and politician .

Life

Abney-Hastings came from the Scottish nobility. She was the eldest daughter of Major Reginald Mowbray Chichester Huddleston and Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun (1883-1960). Her parents had married in 1916 during the First World War . However, their parents' marriage ended in divorce in 1947.

Her only brother, Ian Huddleston Abney-Hastings (1918-1944), carried the courtesy title of Lord Mauchline . He did military service during the Second World War and was killed in the exercise of his duty in July 1944 during a military mission in Italy .

After the death of her mother († 1960), she inherited the title of 13th Countess of Loudoun and the subordinate titles 13th Lady Tarrinzean and Mauchline and 14th Lady on February 24, 1960 as the eldest daughter (due to the lack of other male descendants) Campbell of Loudoun .

Abney-Hastings was married a total of three times. She became a mother six times. She married Captain Walter Strickland Lord on September 5, 1939; the wedding took place at Loudoun Castle in the Roman Catholic rite. The marriage was divorced in 1945. The marriage had a son, Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (1942-2012). On November 21, 1945 she married Captain Gilbert Frederick Greenwood († 1951) for the second time. This marriage resulted in two children, Lady Selina Mary Greenwood (* 1946) and the Hon. Frederick James Greenwood (* 1949). On September 15, 1954, she married Peter Abney-Hastings (1924-2002) for the third time. This marriage had three daughters: Lady Margaret Maud Abney-Hastings (* 1956), Lady Mary Joy Abney-Hastings (* 1957) and Lady Clare Louise Abney-Hastings (* 1958).

In 1971 she took part in her capacity as head of the family in Greece for the 150th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence ; the British military officer Frank Abney Hastings , an ancestor of her mother, was one of the heroes of the Greek War of Liberation. Abney-Hastings also gave the idea for a book about Frank Abney Hastings called Commander of the Karteria .

Abney-Hastings lived in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire , England until her death . She died in November 2002 at the age of 83. Her eldest son, Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun , became the heir to the title . Their son lived in New South Wales , Australia .

Membership in the House of Lords

Through the Peerage Act 1963 , she had been entitled to a seat in the House of Lords since 1963 because of her Scottish nobility . The House of Lords officially states June 1967 to November 1999 as the period of their membership in the Hansard . Their membership in the House of Lords ended in 1999 with the House of Lords Act 1999 .

In the House of Lords she was a crossbencher . Politically dealt with social policy and the topic of social justice . In the 1970s, the House of Lords spoke out against the legalization of homosexuality in Scotland. No parliamentary speeches from her are recorded in the Hansard.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudon on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Countess of Loudoun's Daughter in: The Glasgow Herald, June 20, 1939
  3. ↑ a b Commander of the Karteria ; Foreword by Maurice Abney-Hastings (excerpt from Google Books)
  4. ↑ I COULD BE THE KING OF ENGLAND  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Burton Mail, December 27, 2003@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.burtonmail.co.uk  
  5. ^ Charles Edward Hastings Abney-Hastings 1855-1920 Genealogy.org; Retrieved October 9, 2013
  6. ↑ Former women members of the House of Lords (as on October 22, 2010) Official website of the Center for Advancement of Women in Politics ; Retrieved October 9, 2013
  7. ↑ a b Ms Barbara Abney-Hastings entry in Hansard; accessed on February 15, 2016
  8. ↑ Let's Not Talk About Sex: Homosexuality and Scottish History QueerScotland, September 5, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2016
predecessor Office successor
Edith Abney-Hastings Countess of Loudoun
1960-2002 		Michael Abney-Hastings
personal data
SURNAME Abney-Hastings, Barbara, 13th Countess of Loudoun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abney-Hastings, Barbara Huddleston, 13th Countess of Loudoun, 13th Lady Tarrinzean and Mauchline, 14th Lady Campbell of Loudoun (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peeress and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1919
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2002