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Mildred Marion Jessup
BornOctober 6, 1868 Edit this on Wikidata
Glamis Castle Edit this on Wikidata
DiedJune 9, 1897 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 28)
France Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationComposer Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Augustus Jessup Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenAlfred Claude Jessup, Alexander Jessup Edit this on Wikidata
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Lady Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon Jessup (October 6, 1868 – June 9, 1897) was a Scottish composer, creator of the opera Etelinda (1894).

Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon was born on October 6, 1868 in Glamis Castle, one of eleven children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.[1] She was the aunt of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.[2][3] She came from a musically inclined family and her mother toured her eleven children as a concert party for charity events.[1]

In 1890, she married wealthy American businessman Augustus Jessup.[1] While wealthy American women had long married titled British men, this marriage was thought to be the first example of the reverse.[2]

Mildred Marion Jessup died on 9 June 1897 in France.

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  1. ^ a b c Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (2007-06-27). Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.
  2. ^ a b "Lady Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon Jessup 1868 - 1897". Victorian English Opera.
  3. ^ Burdekin, Russell (September 2022). "Lady Mildred Jessup's Etelinda" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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