57:
210:
in August 1914 the earl and countess lived a full social life and were often written about and pictured in the press. At the outbreak of the war the countess left her two children at home volunteered to work at a hospital in France run by her sister-in-law
219:, she continued to work at her sister-in-law's hospital until 1917 resigning before the birth of her third child in November 1917. In June 1918 her services to Belgian wounded and refugees were rewarded with the award of the Belgian
249:
but the trip did not happen. By 1942 she was in charge of the Red Cross unit packing food parcels for prisoners of war, one of whom was her eldest son, James St Clair-Erskine. At the end of the war she was awarded the
237:
Lockhart divorced his first wife in 1937 and for a period he and Vera lived together. Despite the affairs and living arrangements the countess and her husband remained married until his death in August 1939.
230:
After the war, the countess' marriage started to fail due to the earl's gambling addiction and infidelity and in 1923 the countess started an affair of her own with diplomat and spy
572:
212:
200:
123:
203:, and despite him being 19 years older than her she became the earl's third wife on 8 October 1908 in a service at St George's register office in London.
577:
431:
406:
290:
261:
Her affair with
Lockhart had ended and after Lockhart remarried the countess lived in a Catholic convent near Heselmere in Surrey.
245:
the now
Dowager Countess rejoined the Red Cross and did volunteer to go to Finland as a nurse to tend Finnish wounded during the
582:
469:
567:
474:
383:
342:
316:
463:
372:
331:
307:
255:
220:
562:
557:
251:
231:
177:
41:
493:
488:
56:
427:
402:
286:
216:
242:
189:; 24 February 1887 – 24 February 1975) was a British aristocrat, socialite and war-worker.
207:
17:
337:
110:
551:
543:
524:
England & Wales, National
Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations)
539:
424:
A Very
Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy
399:
A Very
Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy
378:
246:
194:
308:"Love at first sight. Lord Rosslyn marries and Irish lady for his third wife"
192:
Vera Bayley was born in 1887, the daughter of Eric Bayley and Mary Bayley (
315:. Vol. 36, no. 1, 685. 17 October 1908. p. 1 – via
382:. Vol. 103, no. 1329. 17 July 1918. p. 76 – via
341:. No. 21, 042. 28 November 1914. p. 6 – via
473:. No. 24, 326. 31 October 1942. p. 1 – via
199:). An actress known to her friends as "Tommy", Bayley met
158:
James
Alexander Wedderburn St Clair-Erskine (1909–1973)
464:"From Mrs. Roosevelt parcels for two British prisoners"
264:
Rosslyn died on her 88th birthday, 24 February 1975.
153:
117:
105:
93:
74:
66:
34:
462:
422:McDonald, Deborah & Dronfield, Jeremy (2015).
397:McDonald, Deborah & Dronfield, Jeremy (2015).
371:
330:
306:
174:Vera Mary St Clair-Erskine, Countess of Rosslyn
8:
497:(Supplement). 28 December 1956. p. 333.
201:James St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn
124:James St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn
55:
31:
373:"Society war workers - and an engagement"
283:Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women
164:David Simon St Clair-Erskine (1917–1985)
273:
161:Mary Sybil St Clair-Erskine (1912–1993)
27:British aristocrat and Red Cross worker
573:Recipients of the British Empire Medal
143:
139:
206:Between 1908 and the outbreak of the
193:
7:
447:Lockhart, Sir Robert Bruce (1947).
25:
187:Vera, Dowager Countess of Rosslyn
213:Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland
508:"The countess in the convent".
426:. Oneworld. pp. 469, 513.
135:
70:8 October 1908 – 10 August 1939
578:British nursing administrators
401:. Oneworld. pp. 347–348.
285:. History Press. p. 150.
225:Médaille de la reine Élisabeth
1:
215:. Formally enlisted into the
356:The Earl of Rosslyn (1928).
599:
540:Vera Mary St Clair-Erskine
281:Trethewey, Rachel (2018).
36:Vera Mary St Clair-Erskine
18:Vera Mary St Clair-Erskine
475:British Newspaper Archive
384:British Newspaper Archive
360:. J H Sears. p. 320.
343:British Newspaper Archive
317:British Newspaper Archive
54:
49:
61:Countess Rosslyn in 1913
241:On the outbreak of the
451:. Puttnam. p. 75.
183:Edith Vera Mary Bayley
79:Edith Vera Mary Bayley
526:. 1975. p. 2713.
256:1946 New Year Honours
221:Queen Elisabeth Medal
332:"Court and Personal"
252:British Empire Medal
142:; died
583:Red Cross personnel
358:My Gamble with Life
50:Countess of Rosslyn
568:British countesses
494:The London Gazette
449:Come the reckoning
313:Weekly Irish Times
171:
170:
16:(Redirected from
590:
528:
527:
520:
514:
513:
512:. 5 August 1962.
505:
499:
498:
485:
479:
478:
470:Evening Sentinel
466:
459:
453:
452:
444:
438:
437:
419:
413:
412:
394:
388:
387:
375:
368:
362:
361:
353:
347:
346:
334:
327:
321:
320:
310:
303:
297:
296:
278:
243:Second World War
198:
180:
147:
145:
141:
137:
113:
100:
97:24 February 1975
89:24 February 1887
88:
86:
80:
59:
44:
32:
21:
598:
597:
593:
592:
591:
589:
588:
587:
548:
547:
537:
532:
531:
522:
521:
517:
507:
506:
502:
487:
486:
482:
461:
460:
456:
446:
445:
441:
434:
421:
420:
416:
409:
396:
395:
391:
370:
369:
365:
355:
354:
350:
329:
328:
324:
305:
304:
300:
293:
280:
279:
275:
270:
208:First World War
176:
167:
149:
133:
129:
126:
109:
98:
84:
82:
81:
78:
62:
45:
40:
38:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
596:
594:
586:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
560:
550:
549:
536:
535:External links
533:
530:
529:
515:
510:Sunday Express
500:
480:
454:
439:
433:978-1780747088
432:
414:
408:978-1780747088
407:
389:
363:
348:
338:Yorkshire Post
322:
298:
292:978-0750985604
291:
272:
271:
269:
266:
232:Bruce Lockhart
169:
168:
166:
165:
162:
157:
155:
151:
150:
131:
127:
122:
121:
119:
115:
114:
111:Rosslyn Chapel
107:
103:
102:
101:(aged 88)
95:
91:
90:
76:
72:
71:
68:
64:
63:
60:
52:
51:
47:
46:
39:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
595:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
564:
561:
559:
556:
555:
553:
546:
545:
541:
534:
525:
519:
516:
511:
504:
501:
496:
495:
490:
484:
481:
476:
472:
471:
465:
458:
455:
450:
443:
440:
435:
429:
425:
418:
415:
410:
404:
400:
393:
390:
385:
381:
380:
374:
367:
364:
359:
352:
349:
344:
340:
339:
333:
326:
323:
318:
314:
309:
302:
299:
294:
288:
284:
277:
274:
267:
265:
262:
259:
257:
253:
248:
244:
239:
235:
233:
228:
226:
222:
218:
214:
209:
204:
202:
196:
190:
188:
185:and latterly
184:
179:
175:
163:
160:
159:
156:
152:
125:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
96:
92:
77:
73:
69:
65:
58:
53:
48:
43:
33:
30:
19:
544:Find a Grave
538:
523:
518:
509:
503:
492:
483:
468:
457:
448:
442:
423:
417:
398:
392:
377:
366:
357:
351:
336:
325:
312:
301:
282:
276:
263:
260:
240:
236:
229:
224:
205:
191:
186:
182:
173:
172:
99:(1975-02-24)
29:
563:1975 deaths
558:1887 births
489:"No. 37412"
197: Smith
552:Categories
379:The Sketch
268:References
247:Winter War
85:1887-02-24
217:Red Cross
118:Spouse(s)
254:in the
148:
132:
128:
430:
405:
289:
181:(born
138:
106:Buried
67:Tenure
154:Issue
146:)
134:(
130:
428:ISBN
403:ISBN
287:ISBN
144:1939
140:1908
94:Died
75:Born
542:at
258:.
227:).
195:née
178:BEM
42:BEM
554::
491:.
467:.
376:.
335:.
311:.
234:.
136:m.
477:.
436:.
411:.
386:.
345:.
319:.
295:.
223:(
87:)
83:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
