| Lady Rachel Pepys | |
| Honorific Suffix: | DCVO |
| Birth Name: | Lady Mary Rachel Fitzalan-Howard |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1905 |
| Birth Place: | St James's, Westminster |
| Death Place: | Burgess Hill, West Sussex |
| Parents: | Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | Duncan Davidson Harriet Mary Sefi |
Lady Mary Rachel Pepys, DCVO (née Fitzalan-Howard, 27 June 1905 – 17 August 1992) was an English courtier from the Howard family. She was lady-in-waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, from 1943 to 1968.
Lady Mary was born at Norfolk House, St James's Square, the eldest child of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (1847–1917), and his second wife, Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell,[1] who was a peeress in her own right as 12th Lady Herries of Terregles.[2]
On 31 July 1939, Lady Mary married Lt. Col. Colin Keppel Davidson, son of Col. Leslie Davidson and Lady Theodora Keppel, daughter of the 7th Earl of Albemarle. They had two children:[2]
Her husband was killed in Tunisia during the Second World War.[2]
On 9 November 1961, she married Brig. Anthony Hilton Pepys, a descendent of diarist Samuel Pepys, but he died just six years later.[2]
Lady Pepys retired from the Duchess of Kent's household in 1962. She later lived at Highfield House, Crossbush Lane, Arundel. She served as governor of St Philip's Catholic Primary School in Arundel.
She died in 1992, aged 87 at St George's Retreat, a nursing home run by Augustinian sisters near Burgess Hill, West Sussex.[3] Her funeral was held at Arundel Cathedral and attended by two of the Duchess's children, Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael of Kent.[4]