Rosamund Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart

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Rosamund Agnes Greaves, 11th Countess of Dysart (born February 15, 1914 - December 17, 2003 ) was a British peeress and from 1975 to 1999 a formal member of the House of Lords .

She was the eldest daughter of Major Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves († 1941) and his wife Wenefryde Agatha Scott, 10th Countess of Dysart (1889-1975), born. After the death of her mother, she inherited the title Countess of Dysart on June 2, 1975 . The title dates from 1643 in the Peerage of Scotland . This dignity is one of the few earldoms that can be inherited in the female line due to a special succession regulation in the Letters patent .

She was unmarried. When she died in 2003, she was living on Bryn Garth Farm in Grosmont , Abergavenny , in Monmouthshire , Wales . She died in December 2003 after a brief illness at the age of 89. The funeral ceremony took place on December 23, 2003 in the Stobo Kirk.

Her younger sister Katherine Greaves, 12th Countess of Dysart (1918-2011) , became the heir to the title .

Membership in the House of Lords

Due to the Peerage Act 1963 , her title was linked to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords . However, like her mother, she never took up her seat in the House of Lords. Her right to a hereditary parliamentary seat was abolished in 1999 by the House of Lords Act 1999 , which formally ended her membership in the House of Lords.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Countess of Dysart (1914-2003) Peereage News, December 23, 2003; Retrieved October 9, 2013
  2. ^ 11th Earl (Countess) of Dysart, Rosamund Agnes Greaves ; Retrieved October 9, 2013
  3. ^ Former women members of the House of Lords Official website of the Center for Advancement of Women in Politics ; Retrieved October 9, 2013
predecessor Office successor
Wenefryde Agatha Scott Countess of Dysart
1975-2003 		Katherine Greaves
personal data
SURNAME Greaves, Rosamund, 11th Countess of Dysart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greaves, Rosamund, 11th Countess of Dysart, 11th Lady Huntingtower (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peeress and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1914
DATE OF DEATH December 2003