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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 .
- Sonia Rosemary Keppel, 24 May 1900, London, England, United Kingdom
- 16 August 1986 (aged 86), Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Author
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.
- London, England
- Francis Gene Dellinger
- May 24, 1900
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.
- Female
- Roland Calvert Cubitt 3rd Baron Ashcombe
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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 ...
Sonia Rosemary Keppel (mother) Rosalind Maud Shand ( née Cubitt ; 11 August 1921 – 14 July 1994) was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe . She was the wife of army officer Major Bruce Shand and the mother of Queen Camilla .
- Rosalind Maud Cubitt, 11 August 1921, London, England, United Kingdom
- Charity worker
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.
