Pairs of the Realm
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- Joined
- Mar 12, 2020
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- City
- Manila
- Country
- Philippines
Edward “Ned” Lambton, The Earl of Durham is currently married to Marina Hanbury (now Lambton), the sister of The Marchioness of Cholmondeley (Rose). Ned’s first wife was Christabel McEwen, daughter of Romana (née von Hofmannsthal) and Rory McEwen (a son of a Scottish baronet). Romana was the daughter of Raimund von Hofmannsthal and his first wife, Ava Alice Muriel Astor, one of the “dollar princesses” and a scion of the Astors. Ava Alice’s father was John Jacob “Jack” Astor IV, the richest man aboard the Titanic (and unfortunately died in the sinking). Raimund’s father was the famed Austrian novelist and librettist to Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Christabel is currently married to musician Jools Holland. She is also a (half) first cousin of Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal, the son-in-law of the late 1st Earl of Snowdon (and therefore a brother-in-law of the current Earl and his sister Lady Sarah Chatto, the Queen’s nephew and niece) as Rodolphe is married to Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones. Rodolphe’s grandmother is Raimund’s second wife, Lady Elizabeth Paget.
Christabel is currently married to musician Jools Holland. She is also a (half) first cousin of Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal, the son-in-law of the late 1st Earl of Snowdon (and therefore a brother-in-law of the current Earl and his sister Lady Sarah Chatto, the Queen’s nephew and niece) as Rodolphe is married to Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones. Rodolphe’s grandmother is Raimund’s second wife, Lady Elizabeth Paget.