Lady Sibell Rowley (nee Lygon) who died 31 October, 2005, aged 98, was the second of the four daughters of the 7th Earl Beauchamp, KG, PC, KCMG (1872-1938), by his wife, the former Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, JP (d. 1936), sister of the 2nd Duke of Westminster.
She was born 10 Oct, 1907. Her siblings included William, the 8th (and last) Earl Beauchamp, and Lady Mary Lygon, who married in 1939 (div. 1956) H.H. Prince Vsevolode Joannovitch of Russia, son of Prince John Constaninovitch of Russia, by his wife Princess Helene of Serbia.
Lady Sibell, Master of Fox Hounds with the Ledbury Hunt in the 1950s, married 11 Feb, 1939, Flight-Lieutenant Michael Richard Bernard Rowley, scion of that BLG family, and descended from the Corbet Baronets. He died 19 September, 1952.
Lady Sibell's funeral is to take place at the family seat of the Earls Beauchamp, Madresfield Court, near Malvern, Worcestershire.
Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Nov, 2005
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