Lady Elizabeth Basset
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Lady Elizabeth Basset, DCVO
(5 March 1908 – 30 November 2000) was born Lady Elizabeth Legge, the daughter of the 7th Earl of Dartmouth
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On 31 October 1931, she married Ronald Lambert Basset (1898–1972) and they had two children, Bryan Ronald (b. 1932) and Peter Francis (1935 – 1954). From 1959 to 1981, she was an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber
to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
, then a Woman of the Bedchamber from 1981 to 1993 and an Extra Woman again from 1993 to her death. Lady Elizabeth died in 2000, aged 92 in London
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Lady Elizabeth Basset is the author of the devotional book Love Is My Meaning.
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
(5 March 1908 – 30 November 2000) was born Lady Elizabeth Legge, the daughter of the 7th Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth
Lieutenant-Colonel William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth, GCVO, TD was a British peer and Conservative politician, known from 1891–1936 as Viscount Lewisham....
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On 31 October 1931, she married Ronald Lambert Basset (1898–1972) and they had two children, Bryan Ronald (b. 1932) and Peter Francis (1935 – 1954). From 1959 to 1981, she was an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber
Woman of the Bedchamber
In the Royal Household of the United Kingdom the term Woman of the Bedchamber is used to describe a woman attending either a queen regnant or queen consort, in the role of Lady-in-Waiting...
to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
, then a Woman of the Bedchamber from 1981 to 1993 and an Extra Woman again from 1993 to her death. Lady Elizabeth died in 2000, aged 92 in London
London
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Lady Elizabeth Basset is the author of the devotional book Love Is My Meaning.