Countess Monica Juanita de Salis (née Bower), who died at her home in Dorset, 18 February, 2025, aged 80, was a granddaughter maternally of the 1st (and last) Baron Strickland, GCMG (6th Count Della Catena).
She was born Monica Juanita Bower, 27 December, 1944, the seventh daughter of Commander Robert Tatton Bower, RN (1894-1975), and his wife the Hon Henrietta Mary Caribbea Strickland (1903-1975), fourth daughter of Gerald, 1st Baron Strickland, GCMG (1861-1940), by his 1st wife Lady Edeline Sackvile, LStJ (who died 15 Dec, 1918), daughter of the 7th Earl De La Warr, &c.
She married 5 August, 1967, (Count) Bernard Peter De Salis (1936-2021), son of Peter Francis Fane de Salis (1902-1982), and his wife the former Winifred Alice d'Anyers Willis (1910-1977), scion of that landed gentry family.
She leaves two sons, Piers Robert de Salis (born 17 Dec, 1969), and Hugo John de Salis (born 6 May, 1971).
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