Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave
Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, DBE was a British peeress.Background
Born as Mary Dorothea Palmer, she was the daughter of Roundell Palmer and his wife, Laura, a daughter of the 8th Earl Waldegrave. She was known to family and friends as "May".Marriage/children
On 5 August 1874, she married her first cousin, William Waldegrave, 9th Earl Waldegrave. Lord and Lady Waldegrave had three children:
In 1918, Mary Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave, was appointed a DBE for her work as Deputy President of the Somerset branch of the British Red Cross Society during World War I.
