Sybil Sassoon
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CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
(30 January 1894, London
London
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– 26 December 1989) was Chief Staff Officer to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty (HMS Pembroke III) from 12 November 1939 until 1946. On 9 February 1945 she was appointed as Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Women's Royal Naval Service
The Women's Royal Naval Service was the women's branch of the Royal Navy.Members included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics...
(WRNS) and the following year was made CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
. She belonged to the prominent Sassoon
Sassoon family
The Sassoon family was an Indian family of Iraqi Jewish descent and international renown, based in Bombay, India. It was descended from the famous Ibn Shoshans, one of the richest families of medieval Spain...
and Rothschild
Rothschild family
The Rothschild family , known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds, is a Jewish-German family that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century...
families.
Family
- Daughter of Sir Edward Albert SassoonEdward SassoonSir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet was a British businessman and politician.-Biography:A member of the Sassoon family, he was born in Bombay, India, the eldest surviving son of Sir Albert Sassoon and Hannah Moise of Bombay, India.Edward Sassoon graduated from the University of London...
(1856–1912), 2nd Bt., and Baroness Aline Caroline de RothschildAline Caroline de RothschildAline Caroline de Rothschild, Lady Sassoon was a French socialite and daughter of Cécile Anspach and Baron Gustave de Rothschild of the prominent Rothschild family. She died aged 43 or 44 from undisclosed causes....
(1865–1909) - Sister of Rt. Hon. Sir Philip SassoonPhilip SassoonSir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE, CMG , was a British politician, art collector and social host, entertaining many celebrity guests at his homes, Port Lympne, Kent, and Trent Park, Hertfordshire, England.-Family:Sassoon was a member of the prominent Sassoon family and...
, PC, 3rd Bt.
Married on 6 August 1913 to George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley GCVO , styled Earl of Rocksavage from birth until 1923, was a British peer. He was the Lord Great Chamberlain of England in 1936 and also between 1952 and 1966.-Personal:...
(19 May 1883 – 16 September 1968); they had two sons and one daughter:
- Lady Aline Caroline Cholmondeley (5 October 1916 – )
- George Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of CholmondeleyGeorge Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of CholmondeleyGeorge Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, GCVO, MC , styled Earl of Rocksavage from 1960 until 1968, was a British peer and Lord Great Chamberlain of England between 1968 and 1990.-Biography:...
(24 April 1919 – 13 March 1990) - Lord John George Cholmondeley (15 November 1920 – October 1986)
The Sybil Sassoon gardens at Houghton were opened to the public in 1996. Lady Sybil's grandson, the current marquess, developed the gardens in honour of his grandmother. In 2008, the garden was named Historic Houses Association
Historic Houses Association
The Historic Houses Association, a not for profit organsiation, represents 1,500 privately owned historic country houses, castles and gardens throughout the UK. These are listed buildings or registered gardens, usually Grade I or II* and often outstanding....
and Christie’s Garden of the Year. In the area called "the pool garden", the entwined initials "SS" are represented in the outlines of the clipped box-hedge which surrounds plantings of lavender and rosemary.
Titles
She was identified by a number of changing titles during the several phases of her life:- 1894–1913 Miss Sybil Sassoon
- 1913–1923 Sybil Cholmondeley, Countess of Rocksavage
- 1923–1968 Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley
- 1968–1989 Sybil Cholmondeley, Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley
See also
- Rothschild familyRothschild familyThe Rothschild family , known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds, is a Jewish-German family that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century...
- Sassoon familySassoon familyThe Sassoon family was an Indian family of Iraqi Jewish descent and international renown, based in Bombay, India. It was descended from the famous Ibn Shoshans, one of the richest families of medieval Spain...
- Cholmondeley AwardCholmondeley AwardThe Cholmondeley Award is an annual award for poetry given by the Society of Authors in the United Kingdom. Awards honour distinguished poets, from a fund endowed by the late Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley in 1966...
(poetry), established 1966