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Lady Mary Lygon (formerly Princess Romanovsky-Pavlovsky; 12 February 1910 – 27 September 1982), known as Maimie, was a British aristocrat and Russian princess by marriage.
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Lady Mary was a friend and promoter of the composer Edward Elgar and is thought to be commemorated anonymously in one of his Enigma Variations entitled "Romanza (***)". She was the first president of the English Folk Dance Society (EFDS). and was for a time a collector of English folk dances. Trefusis Hall in the EFDS HQ, Cecil Sharp House, is name...
Lady Mary was instrumental in the acquisition of the house of Foxlease by the Girl Guides Association. During the preparations for the marriage of Princess Mary, who was President of the Girl Guides Association Rose Kerr was contacted by Trefusis, because Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide, was not in London. Trefusis was on the committee of...
Seddon, Laura (15 April 2016). British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781317171348– via Google Books.
- 26 February 1869
- Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
- 12 September 1927 (aged 58)
- 6th Earl Beauchamp
Lady Mary Lygon. (1910-1982), Former wife of Vsevelod Ivanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Sitter in 4 portraits. One of the four beautiful daughters of the 7th Earl Beauchamp known in society circles as the 'Beauchamp Belles'. Lady Lygon married Prince Vsevolod of Russia in 1939.
Beauchamp was the eldest son of Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, by his first wife, Lady Mary Catherine, daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope. [citation needed] . He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he showed an interest in evangelism, joining the Christian Social Union.
- British
- Liberal
- Lady Lettice Grosvenor (1876–1936)
- H. H. Asquith
Lady Mary Lygon (1910-1982), Former wife of Vsevelod Ivanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Sitter in 4 portraits.
17 apr 2020 · Mary Lygon Profiled. Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley. An article was recently posted on the website RoyalFoibles,com devoted to the life and, more particularly, the unhappy marriage of Waugh’s friend Mary Lygon. This is entitled “F****d Up Royal, or in this case Imperial, Marriages #49”. But don’t be put off by the ...
Lady Mary Lygon (1910-1982), Former wife of Vsevelod Ivanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Sitter in 4 portraits.
