Career
She spent her early life in Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland growing up with two brothers, Langford and George, and practising her riding skills. After the war, she returned home to Ireland to stay with her father, and met Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, in 1946. The new was far wealthier than her three predecessors.
The first of them, Constance Cornwallis-West, was the mother of the Duke"s children, all of whom were older than the Duchess herself.
The couple spent most of their time at Eaton Hall in Cheshire and Lochmore. They went to Norway every year, as the Duchess enjoyed fishing, farming, stalking, hunting and racing.
In June 1953, the Duke and Duchess attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth World War II She was widowed the next month and retired to Eaton Lodge, where she spent the next 50 years of her life. The Duchess was elected president of the Chester and West Cheshire branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and actively took part in its work, while also supporting the establishment of the Clwyd Riding School for the Disabled.
She died at Lochmore and was buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church near Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
