List of Peerages Inherited By Women - 20th Century

20th Century

Date inherited Date of death
Title Name Other titles
Preceded in title by Succeeded in title by
1903 29 April 1929 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth Violet Herbert Countess of Powis Sackville Lane-Fox, father
Mervyn Herbert, son
28 August 1906 18 June 1917 14th Baroness Wentworth Ada King-Milbanke Ralph King-Milbanke, father Anne Blunt, aunt
29 April 1907 4 May 1939 25th Baroness de Ros Mary (FitzGerald-de Ros) Dawson Countess of Dartrey Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, father Una Ross, daughter
1908 28 August 1945 12th Lady Herries of Terregles Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard Duchess of Norfolk Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, father Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, son
12 January 1912 26 February 1959 2nd Duchess of Fife HH Princess Alexandra of Fife HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught Alexander Duff, father James Carnegie, nephew
25 March 1913 24 December 1936 2nd Viscountess Wolseley Frances Garnet Wolseley Garnet Joseph Wolseley, father Extinct
14 November 1914 9 October 1944 2nd Countess Roberts Aileen Roberts Frederick Roberts, father Ada Lewin, sister
12 November 1915 1969 12th Countess of Seafield Nina Studley-Herbert James Ogilvie-Grant, father Ian Ogilvie-Grant, son
18 June 1917 15 December 1917 15th Baroness Wentworth Anne Blunt Ada King-Milbanke, niece Judith Blunt-Lytton, daughter
15 December 1917 8 August 1957 16th Baroness Wentworth Judith Blunt-Lytton Anne Blunt, mother Noel Lytton, son
3 July 1918 20 July 1958 2nd Viscountess Rhondda Margaret Mackworth David Alfred Thomas, father Extinct
17 May 1920 24 February 1960 12th Countess of Loudoun Edith Abney-Hastings Charles Clifton, uncle Barbara Abney-Hastings, daughter
7 March 1921 23rd Baroness Botreaux
20th Baroness Hastings
Charles Rawdon-Hastings, uncle
Abeyant
7th Baroness Stanley Ferdinando Stanley
23 February 1921 12 December 1974 14th Baroness Strange Elizabeth Philipps Viscountess St Davids Jestyn Philipps, son
22nd Baroness Hungerford
21st Baroness de Moleyns
Charles Clifton, uncle
20 March 1925 9 February 1966 2nd Baroness Ravensdale Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston
George Curzon, father Nicholas Mosley, nephew
1935 1975 10th Countess of Dysart Wenefryde Scott William Tollemache, uncle Rosamund Greaves, daughter
24 January 1941 16 May 1978 23rd Countess of Erroll Diana Hay (Moncreiffe) Josslyn Hay, father Merlin Hay, son
March 1943 24 February 2008 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth Davina Ingrams Mervyn Herbert, father Caspar Ingrams, son
1943 9 October 1956 26th Baroness de Ros Una Dawson Ross Mary Dawson, mother Georgiana Maxwell, granddaughter
17 October 1944 30 September 2012 12th Lady Kinloss Mary Freeman-Grenville Mary Morgan-Grenville, grandmother Teresa Mary Nugent, daughter
9 October 1944 1955 3rd Countess Roberts Ada Lewin Aileen Roberts, sister Extinct
16 April 1956 17 April 1982 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland Bridget (Hore-Ruthven) (Howard) Monckton Countess of Carlisle

Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley
Walter Hore-Ruthven, father Charles Howard, son
1958 21 April 1983 27th Baroness de Ros Georgiana Maxwell Una Ross, grandmother
Peter Maxwell, son
24 February 1960 2002 13th Countess of Loudoun Barbara (Huddleston) Abney-Hastings Edith Abney-Hastings, mother Michael Abney-Hastings, son
1 February 1963 24th Countess of Sutherland Elizabeth Sutherland George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, uncle
26 May 1966 21 September 1974 11th Countess of Kintore Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer Viscountess Stonehaven Arthur George Keith-Falconer, brother James Ian Baird, son
22 July 1969 1974 10th Baroness Wharton Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte John Kemeys-Tynte, brother Myrtle Robertson, daughter
1970 27th Baroness Dacre Rachel Douglas-Home Thomas Brand, father
22 April 1971 1990 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford Rosemary Portal Charles Portal, father Extinct
31 January 1975 14th Lady Herries of Terregles Anne Chowdrey Baroness Cowdrey of Tonbridge Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, father
21 April 1975 31st Countess of Mar Margaret (Lane) of Mar James of Mar, father
1982 11 March 2005 16th Baroness Strange Cherry Drummond of Megginch John Drummond, father Adam Drummond, son
29 March 1983 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, father
1975 2003 11th Countess of Dysart Rosamund Greaves Wenefryde Scott, mother Katherine Grant, sister
27 August 1979 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Patricia Knatchbull Baroness Brabourne Louis Mountbatten, father
31 August 1979 21st Lady Saltoun Flora Fraser Alexander Fraser, father
1990 15 May 2000 11th Baroness Wharton Myrtle Robertson Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte, mother
Myles Robertson, son
May 1999 11th Baroness Arlington Jennifer Nelson Forwood John FitzRoy, uncle

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