Denise Lady Ebury

Denise Baroness Ebury, who died 1 December, 2005, aged 89, was the second wife of the 5th Baron Ebury, DSO (1914-57).
She was born 24 October, 1916, as the Hon. Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller, second daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE (1873-1930), by his wife, the actress Denise Orme (whose rel name was Jessie Smither). Her mother was later wife of the 7th Duke of Leinster.
Denise's siblings were:-
(1) Hon Joan Yarde-Buller, b. 1908, wife of (i) Loel Guinness, (ii) Aly Khan, son of HH The Aga Khan, (iii) 2nd Viscount Camrose
(2) John Francis Roger, 4th Baron Churston (1910-91)
(3) Hon John Reginald Henry Yarde-Buller, b. 1915
(4) Hon Lydia Yarde-Buller, b. 1917, married (i) Capt Ian Lyle, of the Lyle Baronets. (ii) the 13th Duke of Bedford
(5) Hon Primrose Yarde-Buller, b. 1918, married the 7th Earl Cadogan
She married Lord Ebury in 1941, as his 2nd spouse. They divorced in 1954, and he died in 1957. She had 2 sons, the Hon William and the Hon Richard Grosvenor, and 2 daughters, the Hon Kiloran Grosvenor and the Hon Linda Grosvenor.
The funeral is at the Church of St John the Baptist, Eversholt, Bedfordshire, 16 December, 2005.



Source: Daily Telegraph 9 Dec, 2005
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