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Lady Mary Whitley

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British minor royal (1924–1999)

Lady Mary Whitley
Cambridge in 1937
Born	Lady Mary Ilona Margaret Cambridge (1924-09-24)24 September 1924 Lowndes Square,Kensington,London, England
Died	13 December 1999(1999-12-13) (aged 75)
Spouse	Peter Whitley (m. 1951)
Children	2
Parent(s)	George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge Dorothy Hastings

Teck-Cambridge Family
Francis, Duke of Teck Children Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge Prince Francis of Teck Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge Children George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort Lady Helena Gibbs Lord Frederick Cambridge Grandchildren Lady Mary Whitley
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone Children Lady May Abel Smith Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon Prince Maurice of Teck
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Lady Mary Ilona Margaret Whitley (néeCambridge; 24 September 1924 – 13 December 1999) was a relative of theBritish royal family. The only child of the2nd Marquess of Cambridge, she was a second cousin ofQueen Elizabeth II.

Early life

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Lady Mary was born at 19,Lowndes Square,Kensington, to theEarl and Countess of Eltham, later theMarquess and Marchioness of Cambridge. Lady Mary's mother was born Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings, a granddaughter of the 14thEarl of Huntingdon. She was a great-great-great-granddaughter ofGeorge III, a great-granddaughter of the1st Duke of Westminster and a niece of theDuchess of Beaufort. Her father was a nephew of theEarl of Athlone and ofQueen Mary, the consort toGeorge V, making her a second cousin toQueen Elizabeth II.

Lord and Lady Eltham lived on the edge ofHyde Park, London, near Lord Eltham's cousin and his wife, theDuke andDuchess of York. The young Lady Mary was educated at home under the supervision of her grandmother, nanny, and governess. Often she would be invited to play with her second cousins (they shared great-grandparents, Francis of Teck and his wifePrincess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge), the Princesses Elizabeth andMargaret of York, who lived near her by Hyde Park (specifically at 145 Piccadilly). When they were in London she would also play withGeorge andGerald Lascelles, the children of thePrincess Royal, who were her second cousins. On 29 November 1934, she was a bridesmaid at the marriage of theDuke of Kent toPrincess Marina of Greece and Denmark.^[1]^[2]

Life during the war

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When not in London and for the duration of theLondon Blitz, the Cambridges sent Lady Mary to stay with her maternal grandmother, Mary Caroline Campbell Tarratt (died 1955), widow of Captainthe Hon. Osmond Westenra Hastings (1873–1933), at Hodcott House, their country house nearWest Ilsley inBerkshire.

Her parents remained in London, as her father was a director ofCoutts & Company, a banking firm, in the city. When Mary was older, toward the end of the war, she became a volunteer nurse in the blitzed area of London.^[3]

Marriage and family

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On 9 November 1951 at Kirtling,Newmarket, Lady Mary married Peter Whitley (22 October 1923Singapore – 25 January 2003) of Leighland House, Roadwater,Watchet,Somerset, a son ofSir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley KCB,MC.

After their marriage, the couple was given the Lord Cambridge's London townhouse inSt. James's Square. Peter pursued a career withDistillers Company and became a managing director before his retirement in 1985. The couple had two children:

Sarah Elizabeth Whitley (born 30 November 1954), who married Timothy Felton (born 8 March 1954) on 18 September 1982 and has two daughters: Emily Ilona Felton (born 21 July 1985) and Chloë Amelia Felton (born 17 June 1987), the latest descendants of the Marquesses of Cambridge.
Charles Francis Peter Whitley (born 10 September 1961), who married Diana Hewitt (born 8 November 1953) on 25 May 1991. They have no children.

Personal information

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Lady Mary regularly attended major royal occasions, but like her father, she did not carry out royal duties. Mary was a junior bridesmaid at the 1934 wedding of her father's first cousin,Prince George, Duke of Kent toPrincess Marina of Greece and Denmark.^[1]^[2] On 20 November 1947, she was also a bridesmaid at thewedding of Princess Elizabeth toPhilip Mountbatten.^[4] She participated in the coronations of both KingGeorge VI^[5] and QueenElizabeth II and attended theTrooping the Colour every year between 1950 and 1999 (excluding 1955, when it was cancelled due to a rail strike).