Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven
The Marchioness of Milford Haven | |
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![]() The Marchioness in 2003 | |
Born | Clare Husted Steel 2 September 1960 New York City, US |
Spouse(s) | Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley
(m. 1985; div. 1997) |
Issue | 3 |
Occupation | Journalist |
Clare Husted Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Steel; born 2 September 1960), is a British aristocrat, journalist and polo player. She held the position of Social Editor for Tatler magazine from 1995 to 2005. She is the co-founder and trustee of James' Place, a charity dedicated to prevent male suicide. She founded the organisation with Nick Wentworth-Stanley, following the tragic loss by suicide of their son, James.
Biography
[edit]Lady Milford Haven is the daughter of Anthony Nigel Steel of Rock House Farm, Lower Froyle, Hampshire (1925–1983), and his wife, Anne Husted.
She has one brother and one sister. Her brother, Timothy Michael Steel (born 1952), married The Hon. Sophia-Rose Maude (daughter of Robert Maude, 8th Viscount Hawarden) on 26 June 1982; they have four children. Her sister, Louise Helen Steel (born 1956), married Count[1] Don Ludovico del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano, son of Count Don Giulio del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano and Donna Maria Elisabetta, dei Marchese Cavalletti dell'Oliveto Sabino, on 30 April 1983; they have three children.
Marriages and children
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Clare_Mountbatten%2C_Marchioness_of_Milford_Haven%2C_her_daughter_Louisa_Wentworth_Stanley%2C_and_Archie_Standing_at_British_Polo_Day_Morocco_2014.jpg/220px-Clare_Mountbatten%2C_Marchioness_of_Milford_Haven%2C_her_daughter_Louisa_Wentworth_Stanley%2C_and_Archie_Standing_at_British_Polo_Day_Morocco_2014.jpg)
She married Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (born 1954), a Lloyd's List's underwriter, in 1985; they later divorced in 1997. With her first husband, she had three children:
- James Nicholas (Nick) Wentworth-Stanley (1985–2006), a former pupil at Harrow School and a student at Newcastle University and, like his mother, an accomplished polo player[2][3]
- Harry David Wentworth-Stanley (born 1989), married Cressida Bonas[4]
- Louisa Clare Wentworth-Stanley (born 1993), engaged to Ludovic de Ferranti[5]
She married George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997, without issue.
References
[edit]- ^ Del Balzo: Duchi di Presenzano Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Mediterranea, www.genmarenostrum.com
- ^ Son of marchioness found shot dead Daily Telegraph 18 December 2006
- ^ Savill, Richard; Berry, Alex (18 December 2006). "Son of marchioness found shot dead". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Sykes, Tom (18 March 2015). "Post-Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas' Career Takes Off". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Bridger-Linning, Stephanie (23 January 2023). "Wedding bells as Louisa Wentworth-Stanley, Cressida Bonas' sister-in-law and daughter of the Marchioness of Milford Haven, announces engagement". Tatler. Retrieved 25 January 2023.