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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The Countess of Dundee (died 2019)

_. The Countess of Dundee, who died at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, 11 March, 2019, was the wife of the 12th Earl of Dundee, a Scottish peer, and a former Conservative Government Whip in the House of Lords.

She was the former Siobhan Mary Llewellyn, daughter of David Llewellyn, of Great Somerford, Wiltshire, and married 19 July, 1979, Alexander Henry Scrymgeour, styled Lord Scrymgeour (born 5 June, 1949), son and heir of the 11th Earl of Dundee (1902-83), by his wife the former Patricia Katharine Montagu Douglas Scott (1910-2012), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry.

Her husband, a cousin of Sarah, Duchess of York, and of the late Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, succeeded as 12th Earl of Dundee, 29 June, 1983.

The Countess of Dundee is survived by her husband, who was elected to the House of Lords in 1999, and by a son, and three daughters.

A Service takes place at the family home at Birkhill House, Cupar, Fife, 17 March, 2019.

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