Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill
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Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill, VA
Royal Order of Victoria and Albert
The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert was a British Royal Family Order instituted in on 10 February 1862 by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864; 15 November 1865; and 15 March 1880. No awards were made after the death of Queen Victoria....

 (1 June 1826–24 December 1900), born Lady Jane Conyngham, daughter of the Earl of Mount Charles
Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

 (later 2nd Marquess Conyngham), married, on 19 May 1849, the Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill, at Bifrons House, Kent
Kent
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From 1854 to her death, Lady Churchill was a Lady of the Bedchamber
Lady of the Bedchamber
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 to Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

. She died on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
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 1900 (a month before Queen Victoria), aged 74 at Osborne House
Osborne House
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat....

 on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
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 and was buried on 29 December 1900 at Finstock
Finstock
Finstock is a village and civil parish about south of Charlbury in Oxfordshire, England. The parish is bounded to the northeast by the River Evenlode, to the southeast partly by the course of Akeman Street Roman road, and on other sides by field boundaries....

, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
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