Clare FitzRoy, Countess of Euston explained

Dowager Countess of Euston
Birth Name:Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr
Birth Date:15 April 1951
Birth Place:Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents:Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian
Antonella Newland

Clare Amabel Margaret FitzRoy, Dowager Countess of Euston (née Kerr; born 15 April 1951) is the current Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.[1] She is also President of the Suffolk Agricultural Association with a particular interest in local breeds the Suffolk Punch horse and the Red Poll cow.[2]

Born in Jedburgh as Lady Clare Kerr, Lady Euston is the fourth child of Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, and his wife Antonella (née Newland).[3]

Clare married James FitzRoy, Earl of Euston, son and heir apparent to the 11th Duke of Grafton, on 16 September 1972. He predeceased his father in 2009.

Lord and Lady Euston had five children:

She had previously been High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-lieutenant-for-suffolk-clare-countess-of-euston Gov.UK
  2. http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/local/latest-news/countess-of-euston-is-suffolk-s-new-lord-lieutenant-1-6490805 Bury Free Press
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p861.htm#i8603 thePeerage.com 1
  4. Web site: EADT . 16 August 2016 . 17 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817060412/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/lady_euston_appointed_suffolk_s_first_ever_female_lord_lieutenant_1_3897178 . dead .