Shân Legge-Bourke Explained

Dame Elizabeth Shân Josephine Legge-Bourke (née Bailey; born 10 September 1943) is a Welsh landowner who served as the second Lord Lieutenant of Powys.

The only child of Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk, Legge-Bourke inherited the Glanusk Park estate of some 18,000 acres on his death in 1948. In 1964 she married Captain William Legge-Bourke[1] (1939–2009; son of Major Sir Harry Legge-Bourke, a Conservative MP for the Isle of Ely), and they have three children:

In 1998, Legge-Bourke was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Powys. In 2006 she was the subject of a BBC Wales series entitled The Lady of Glanusk.[2]

Appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in 1988, in the 2015 New Year Honours Legge-Bourke was promoted to Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO).

She was appointed an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess Royal in January 2024.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Legge-Bourke dies aged 69. Wales Online. 3 November 2019.
  2. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/tv-cameras-show-life-leading-2311360.amp TV cameras show the life of our leading county lady
  3. Appendix to the Court Circular, 31 January 2024