Cornelia Guest, Baroness Wimborne
Cornelia Guest | |
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 portrait by Mabel Lee Hankey, 1905 | |
| Born | 17 September 1847 Mayfair, City of Westminster |
| Died | 22 January 1927 (aged 79) Mayfair, City of Westminster |
| Buried | Canford Magna Parish Church, Dorset |
| Spouse(s) | Ivor Guest (m. 1868) |
| Issue | 6 |
| Father | John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough |
| Mother | Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough |
Cornelia Henrietta Maria Guest, Baroness Wimborne OBE (née Spencer-Churchill; 17 September 1847 – 22 January 1927) was a British aristocrat and landowner. She was the wife of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and the mother of their six children. She was an aunt of the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill.[1] As a philanthropist, she is remembered as being the namesake of the historic Lady Wimborne Cottages and the Lady Wimborne Bridge in Dorset.
Biography
[edit]Cornelia Spencer-Churchill was born to the politician John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane, into the aristocratic Spencer-Churchill family. Her mother was of Anglo-Irish nobility.[2] Cornelia was their eldest daughter and the third born of their eleven children.
In 1868, Cornelia married Ivor Guest and which was seen for him as an elevation in status for a Baronet.[3] In 1880 she became Baroness Wimborne.
Cornelia, helped oversee the philanthropic project of building estate cottages to improve the living conditions of workers in and around Poole, Dorset. Although the project was started by her mother-in-law, Charlotte Guest, Cornelia was responsible for the building of the majority of them, which are now known as 'Lady Wimborne Cottages'.[4] After the passing of the Elementary Education Act 1870, the Guests sponsored the building of schools at Hampreston, Hamworthy and Broadstone.[5] They also contributed towards the founding of churches in Parkstone and Broadstone.[5]
In the 1918 Birthday Honours, she was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her work as founder and President of the Dorset Guild of Workers.[6]
Issue
[edit]Their children included the following:
- Frances Guest (1869–1957), later known as Lady Chelmsford, who married Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, who served as Viceroy of India.
- Ivor Churchill Guest (1873–1939), who married the Hon. Alice Grosvenor (1880–1948).
- Christian Henry Charles Guest (1874–1957), who married the Hon. Frances Lyttelton (1885–1918).
- Frederick "Freddie" Edward Guest (1875–1937), who married Amy Phipps (1873–1959), daughter of American industrialist Henry Phipps.
- Lionel George William Guest (1880–1935), who married Flora Bigelow (former wife of Charles S. Dodge), daughter of U.S. Ambassador John Bigelow.
- Oscar Montague Guest (1888–1958), who married Kathleen Paterson (b. 1903).
References
[edit]- ^ "Cornelia Henrietta Maria (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Wimborne - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "Lady Frances Vane (1822-1899) - American Aristocracy". americanaristocracy.com. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "Lord Wimborne and his family". Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "A real lady". Dorset Echo. 2000-11-06. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ a b "Portrait of Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Guest, Baroness Wimborne , O.B.E, 1847-1927 | Artware Fine Art". www.artwarefineart.com. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. pp. 6717–6749.(GBE, KBE, DBE, CBE, OBE, MBE (6717–6749)
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[edit]See also
[edit]- 1847 births
- 1927 deaths
- 19th-century British women landowners
- 20th-century British women landowners
- Vane family
- Spencer-Churchill family
- Churchill family
- Spencer family
- Guest family
- People from Poole
- People from Dorset
- British people of Irish descent
- People of Anglo-Irish descent
- British baronesses
- British women philanthropists
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire