Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Birth20 Jan 1872, Chelsea district, London
Death7 Aug 1954, St Andrew district, Edinburgh, Scotland
General2nd dau. of 4th earl of Bradford.
Notes for Margaret Alice Bridgeman
Her birth index:

First name(s) MARGARET ALICE
Last name BRIDGEMAN
Birth year 1872
Birth quarter 1
District Chelsea
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page 317
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
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Her death index, from Scotlands people:

Surname Forename Age at death Mother's Year  Ref         RD Name
Maiden Name

BUCCLEUCH QUEEN DOWAGER  82   1954  685/2 391  St Andrew (Edinburgh)

(Queen is a truncated Queensbury)
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Notes for John Charles & Margaret Alice (Family)
Their marriage transcription:

First name(s) Margaret Alice
Last name Bridgeman
Age 21
Birth year 1872
Marriage year 1893
Parish St Paul, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge
Spouse's first name(s) John Charles Montagu Douglas
Spouse's last name Scott
Spouse's age 28
Spouse's birth year 1865
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages

The actual register entry reveals some magnificence in the signatories;

1. The Celebrant was “Willelm Ebor”, the archbishop of York,
2. The groom was “Dalkeith”, earl of and heir to the dukedoms of Buccleuch and Wueensbury,
3. “Buccleuche” was the duke himself,
4. “George” is unknown,
5. “Margaret Alice Bridgeman” was the bride, daughter of titular viscount Newport,
6. “Aberavon” was the duke of Abercorn, a Hamilton, whose sister had married Buccleuch,
7. “Ida Newport” was the bride’s mother, the daughter of of the earl of Scarborough,
8. “Bradford“ was the earl of Bradford, grandfather of the bride and father of Newport,
9. “Lothian” was the 10th Marquess and a first cousin of the groom, sharing as their grandfather the father of “Buccleuche”.

Nos 2, 3 and 9 are all descendants of William Powys.
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Last Modified 10 Oct 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220