Born in Chevening, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope
and Catherine Lucy (Smith) Stanhope
Sister of
Philip Henry Stanhope
Wife of
Archibald John Primrose
— married
Oct 1843 (to 23 Jan 1851) in Westminster, London, England
Wife of
Harry George (Vane) Powlett KG
— married
2 Aug 1854 in Chevening, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Catherine Constance (Primrose) Hope, Constance Evelyn (Primrose) Wyndham, Archibald Philip Primrose KG KT PC and Everard Henry (Primrose) Wallace-Dunlop
Died
at age 81
in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany
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| Created 24 Feb 2015
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Biography
Wilhelmina (Stanhope) Powlett is Notable.
Wilhelmina Stanhope was a member of the aristocracy in England.
(Catherine Lucy) Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland (née Stanhope; 1 June 1819 – 18 May 1901), was an English historian and genealogist, best known for her 1889 work The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. She was the mother of Archibald, Earl of Rosebery, who was Queen Victoria's prime minister in the 1890s. In 1837 at the time of Victoria's accession, Lady Wilhelmina was reputedly the most beautiful woman at court. She was a Maid of Honour at the Queen's coronation, and served as a bridesmaid at her wedding to Prince Albert.
Lady Wilhelmina was the third child and only daughter of Philip, Earl Stanhope (1781-1855), FRS, by his wife the Honourable Catherine Lucy Smith, daughter of Robert, Lord Carrington. Her first name was Catherine, but she was known by one of her middle names in order to distinguish her from her mother.[1]
Sources
- Wikipedia: Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of Cleveland
- Wikidata: Item Q20711399, en:Wikipedia
- Biography, BBC yourpaintings [2]
- Cracroft's Peerage [3]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wilhelmina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wilhelmina:
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