Mary Sibell Sturt

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About Mary Sibell Sturt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sibell_Ashley-Cooper

Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper (3 October 1902 – 2 August 1936) was an English socialite, part of the Bright Young Things crowd.

Biography

Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 October 1902, the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor.

On 27 November 1928 Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper married Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (1896–1940). They had one daughter Hon. Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Sturt (1929-2010).

She died at only 33 years old on 2 August 1936 and is buried at All Saints Churchyard, Witchampton. Her husband died in Cairo while on active service during World War II of pneumonia and is buried in Cairo.

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Mary Sibell Sturt's Timeline

1902
October 3, 1902
1929
September 12, 1929
1936
August 8, 1936
Age 33