Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis
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Violet was the youngest child of the 12th Baron Conyers
Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers
Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers was a British peer and soldier....
and his wife, Mary Curteis. Her sister, Lady Marcia Lane-Fox
Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE was a British peeress.Marcia was the eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers and his wife, Mary...
, became the Countess of Yarborough, and her brother, Hon. Sackville Fitzroy Henry Lane-Fox, died at age 18 at Durban
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, South Africa
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. Her paternal grandparents were Sackville Walter Lane-Fox and Lady Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne (daughter of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds KG, PC , styled Earl of Danby until 1789 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1789 to 1799, was a British peer and politician...
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On 21 August 1890, she married George Herbert (who succeeded his uncle as Earl of Powis
Earl of Powis
Earl of Powis is a title that has been created three times. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 in favour of William Herbert, 3rd Baron Powis. In 1687 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Powis...
six months later) and they had three children:
- Percy Robert, Viscount Clive (1892–1916), killed at the SommeBattle of the Somme (1916)The Battle of the Somme , also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department of France, on both banks of the river of the same name...
. - Hon. Mervyn HoratioMervyn Herbert, Viscount CliveMervyn Herbert, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth, styled Viscount Clive was a British peer and soldier.Styled the Hon. Mervyn Herbert from birth, he was the second son of George Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis and his wife Violet, suo jure 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth...
(1904–1943), father of Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de KnaythDavina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de KnaythDavina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, DBE was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer.-Biography:... - Hon. Hermione Gwladys (1900 – 1995), married Roberto Lucchesi-Palli, 11th Duke della Grazia and 13th Prince di Campofranco.
In 1888, the countess's father died and his title fell into abeyance, but the abeyance was terminated in favour of Violet's elder sister, Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE was a British peeress.Marcia was the eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers and his wife, Mary...
, four years later. Eleven years later, in 1903, the barony of Fauconberg
Baron Fauconberg
The title Baron Fauconberg has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1295 when Walter de Fauconberg was summoned to parliament. Between 1463 and 1903 the title was abeyant, until the abeyance was terminated in favour of Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox, who also gained...
(a title which had been in abeyance since the death of the last holder, the 6th Baroness Fauconberg in 1490) was also granted to Marcia. The House of Lords also agreed that their father had held the barony of Darcy de Knayth
Baron Darcy de Knayth
Baron Darcy de Knayth is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1332 for John Darcy. At the death of the sixth baron, the barony fell into abeyance, which the Sovereign terminated in 1641 in favour of Conyers Darcy. The next baron, also named Conyers, was granted the title of Earl of...
, which was granted to Violet, at the same time.
The countess died in 1929, aged 63, in a motorcar accient, and her title passed to her eldest surviving son, Mervyn.