Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley

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John Singer Sargent : Sibyl Cholmondeley, Countess of Rocksavage, oil on canvas, 1913

Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley CBE (born January 20, 1894 on Trent Park near London as Sybil Sassoon , † December 26, 1989 at Cholmondeley Castle in the county of Cheshire ) was a member of the Sassoon Jewish merchant family .

Life

John Singer Sargent: Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, oil on canvas, 1922
Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire

Lady Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon was the only daughter of the wealthy businessman and politician Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (1856-1912) and his wife Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909), a daughter of Baron Gustave de Rothschild and Cécile Anspach. Her father belonged to the closest circle of Jewish businessmen and financiers around the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VII.

Her childhood revolved around perfect behavior and social representation. She was taught exclusively at home by governesses and tutors with the help of the grandfather's library . The early death of her parents made Lady Sybil and her brother, Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939), the wealthiest heirs in Great Britain . Their dinner parties, cocktail receptions and charity balls for London society were famous and filled the social columns of the newspapers.

On August 6, 1913, Lady Sybil married in London George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 8th Earl of Rocksavage (1883–1968), the eldest son of George Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, 4th Marquess of Cholmondeley and his wife Lady Winifred Ida Kingscote. The Cholmondeleys belong to the most important families of the English aristocracy. The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, had three children:

  • Aline Caroline (* 1916)
  • George Hugh (1919–1990), 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley ⚭ ​​1947 Lavinia Margaret Leslie
  • John George (1920–1986), Lord Cholmondeley ⚭ ​​1957 Maria Cristina Solari

During the Second World War Sybil Cholmondeley joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (abbreviation: WRNS), where she was particularly involved in coordination and administration at headquarters. After the war, Sybil Cholmondeley returned to private life, devoting himself to the Houghton country estate and various charitable projects. Like her brother Philip, she was a sponsor of the fine arts and founded her own art prize to promote it.

Name in different phases of life

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  • 1894–1913 Lady Sybil Sassoon
  • 1913–1923 Sybil Cholmondeley, Countess of Rocksavage
  • 1923–1968 Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley
  • 1968–1989 Sybil Cholmondeley, Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley

Awards

  • 1939–1945 Superintendent in the Women's Royal Naval Service
  • 1939–1946 Chief Staff Officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service
  • 1946 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

literature

  • Peter Stansky : Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil , Yale University Press (2003) ISBN 0-300-09547-3
  • Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage , Wilmington, Delaware (2003)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Gordon Brook-Sheperd: Edward VII. - A European ruler, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag (1980) ISBN 3-453-55075-7
personal data
SURNAME Cholmondeley, Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sassoon, Sybil; Lady Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon; Cholmondeley, Sybil; Sybil Cholmondeley, Countess of Rocksavage
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobles
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Trent Park near London
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1989
Place of death Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire