Lady Cecilia Katherine WELLESLEY
- Born: Jun 1917, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England
- Marriage (1): John Claude Smiley on 4 Dec 1936
- Marriage (2): Lt. Col. Norman David Melville JOHNSTONE in 1942
- Marriage (3): Norman Hyman WACHMAN on 18 Mar 1950
- Died: 30 Sep 1952 aged 35
General Notes:
http://www.leicesterchronicler.com/ladycecilia.htm
Lady Cecilia Johnstone was born in 1913. She was the daughter of Countess Cowley and half-sister of Earl Cowley. In 1944 she was living at Gaddesby Hall, her family home, located about five miles from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. During the Second World War, the Hall had been seconded to the war effort and was occupied by American troops.
Lady Cecilia Katherine Wellesley m.2) Lt.Col. Norman David Melville Johnstone b. 17 jan 1911 (son of Charles Melville Johnstone) and had a child, Charles Edward Johnstone born 19 Sep. 1941
The Peerage http://www.thepeerage.com/p8238.htm
Lady Cecilia Katherine Wellesley was the daughter of Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley and Clare Florence Mary Stapleton.1 She married, firstly, John Claude Smiley, son of Major Sir John Smiley, 2nd Bt. and Valerie Champion de Crespigny, on 4 December 1936.1 She and John Claude Smiley were divorced in 1942.1 She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Norman David Melville Johnstone, son of Major Charles Melville Johnstone, in 1942.1 She and Lt.-Col. Norman David Melville Johnstone were divorced in 1950.1 She married, thirdly, Norman Hyman Wachman, son of Woolf Wachman, on 18 March 1950.1 She died on 30 September 1952, as a result of an accident.1
From 4 December 1936, her married name became Smiley. From 1942, her married name became Johnstone. From 18 March 1950, her married name became Wachman.
Child of Lady Cecilia Katherine Wellesley and John Claude Smiley
Major David Valerian Smiley+2 b. 1 Apr 1938
Child of Lady Cecilia Katherine Wellesley and Lt.-Col. Norman David Melville Johnstone
Charles Edward Johnstone+3 b. 19 Sep 1941
Citations
[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 937. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]
[S7440] Natasha Bull, "re: Wellesley Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 8 February 2015. Hereinafter cited as "re: Wellesley Family."
Cecilia married John Claude Smiley on 4 Dec 1936.
Cecilia next married Lt. Col. Norman David Melville JOHNSTONE, son of Maj. Charles Melville JOHNSTONE and Unknown, in 1942. (Lt. Col. Norman David Melville JOHNSTONE was born on 17 Jan 1911 and died on 9 Oct 1995.)
Cecilia next married Norman Hyman WACHMAN, son of Woolf WACHMAN and Unknown, on 18 Mar 1950. (Norman Hyman WACHMAN was born in 1907 and died in 1984.)
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