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Sonia Rosemary Cubitt, OBE (née Keppel, previously The Hon. Mrs. Cubitt; 24 May 1900 – 16 August 1986) was a British socialite, author and aristocrat. She was the first wife of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and, through her only daughter Rosalind , was the maternal grandmother of Queen Camilla .
Apr 26, 2022 · August 16, 1986 (86) London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Daughter of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Alice Frederica Keppel. Ex-wife of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron of Ashcombe. Mother of Rosalind Shand; Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe and Hon Jeremy John Cubitt.
When Sonia Rosemary Keppel was born on 24 May 1900, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Keppel, was 34 and her mother, Alice Frederica Edmonston, was 32. She married Roland Calvert Cubitt 3rd Baron Ashcombe on 16 November 1920.
Violet & Sonia Keppel. Violet and Sonia were Alice Keppel’s daughters. Raised in Portman Square, London, they enjoyed an unusual childhood, watching aristocrats and politicians coming in and out of the house, as well as ‘Kingy’, their pet-name for King Edward VII. At the age of ten, Violet met Vita Sackville-West, who was then two years ...
Sep 16, 2022 · Sonia Rosemary Cubitt, OBE, DStJ (née Keppel; 24 May 1900 – 16 August 1986) was the first wife of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and, through her only daughter the Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt, maternal grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Ten years later when Bertie -- King Edward VII -- died, his widow Queen Alexandra, mindful of the sexual link between her husband and Mrs Keppel, returned the cigarette case to her. In 1936, Mrs Keppel asked Bertie's daughter-in-law Queen Mary to accept it as a gift. It is now in the permanent royal collection of pieces by Faberge.
The Hon. Sonia Rosemary. Keppel. Cubitt. Birth. 24 May 1900. City of Westminster, Greater London, England. Death. 16 Aug 1986 (aged 86) West Meon, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England.
