Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry

Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE, née Chaplin (3 December, 1879 – 23 April, 1959), was a noted and influential society hostess in Britain between the two World Wars.

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3 December - 1879 - 23 April - 1959 - Britain

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In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, she was appointed the Colonel-in-Chief of the Women's Volunteer Reserve, a volunteer force formed of women replacing the men who had left work and gone up to The Front. The Reserve was renamed in July 1914 to be the Women's Legion, and was considerable in size by the end of the War, comprising tens of thousands of volunteers. Lady Londonderry also aided with the organisation of the Officers' Hospital set up in her house, and was the first woman to be appointed to be a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Military Division.

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1914 - World War I - Colonel-in-Chief - Women's Volunteer Reserve - The Front - Women's Legion - Her house - Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Lady Londonderry was the daughter of Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin. She married Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry in 1899, and with him had five children, the firstborn of whom became the 8th Marquess in 1949, at which point Lady Londonderry became known as Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry.

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Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin - Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry - 1899 - 8th Marquess - 1949

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