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Patricia Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee

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The Countess of Dundee
Personal details
Born
Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott

9 October 1910
Hertfordshire, London, England
Died3 December 2012 (2012-12-04) (aged 102)
Spouses
ChildrenDavid James Faulkner
Hermione Moncreiffe
Janet Fox-Pitt
Elizabeth Roper-Curzon, Dowager Lady Teynham
Alexander Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 12th Earl of Dundee
Parents

Patricia Katherine Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, Countess of Dundee (née Montagu Douglas Scott, formerly Faulkner, 9 October 1910 - 3 December 2012)[1] was the Countess of Dundee and the daughter of Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott who was son of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch.

She was paternal grandaunt of Sarah, Duchess of York, former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, making him great-grandaunt of Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. She's also first cousin of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI and uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.

Patricia was married three times. She first married Walter Douglas Faulkner MC on 8 July 1930, in England. Then she was widowed, and married David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn on 9 September 1940. Then she was widowed again, and married her brother-in-law Henry James Scrymgeour, which took place on 30 October 1946 in London, England. Patricia had a total of six children by three fathers. Her son Alexander is the Earl of Dundee and her daughter Elizabeth is now the Dowager Lady Teynham.[1]

The Dowager Countess of Dundee died on 3 December 2012, in her home Birkhill Castle, Scotland. She lived for 102 years.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, pp. 562-563.
  2. ^ "Patricia Katharine Countess of Dundee 1910-2012". Peerage News.