Notes about Iris Victoria Beatrice Grace MOUNTBATTEN
Lady Iris Mountbatten (13 January 1920 - 1 September 1982) was an English actress and model, and a member of the Battenberg/Mountbatten family. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Lady Iris Mountbatten was born in Kensington Palace, London on 13 January 1920, the only child of Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, eldest of three sons and one daughter of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg. Her mother, the Marchioness of Carisbrooke GBE (1938), DJStJ, Order of Queen Maria Luisa, was born Lady Irene Frances Adza Denison (4 July 1890 - 16 July 1956) the only daughter of William Francis Henry Denison, 2nd Earl of Londesborough and Lady Grace Adelaide Fane (3 October 1860 - 13 June 1933), a daughter of Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland.
Lord Carisbrooke's only sister Ena was Queen consort to King Alfonso XIII of Spain, thus making Lady Iris a first cousin of the Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, grandfather of the present King, Felipe VI of Spain. Lady Carisbrooke had two brothers of whom only one, Hugo William Cecil Denison, 4th and last Earl of Londesborough, was married. He and his wife had one child, Iris's only maternal first cousin, Lady Zinnia Rosemary Denison (25 November 1937 - 13 July 1997) a keen equestrian and Master of the Whaddon Chase Hunt 1982-84. 'The Lady Zinnia Judd Challenge Trophy' named in memory of her, is presented in the Hunter Championship for the 'Best Hunter in Show' at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
On 29 November 1934, Iris was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousins, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent. On 4 September 1935, at St. Oswald's Church, Blankney, Lincolnshire, she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her uncle Lord Londesborough to Marigold Rosemary Joyce Lubbock (15 May 1903 - 15 May 1976). On 12 May 1937 at their coronation, Iris was one of the six train bearers to Queen Elizabeth, wife and consort of her cousin King George VI.
She attended a variety of royal and aristocratic events in her youth, being a well known and much photographed débutante. During World War II she worked as a nurse's aide, later moving to the United States, where she taught dance. She became an actress and model, appearing as a hostess for a live TV children's programme Versatile Varieties (CBS Television, 1951), which featured actresses Eva Marie Saint and Edie Adams She also appeared endorsing Pond's Creams and Warrens Mint Cocktail Gum.
Marriages Lady Iris was married three times. On 29 January 1941 Lady Iris received Royal License by King George VI to marry Captain (later Major) Hamilton Joseph Keyes O'Malley (after an engagement formally announced in The Times 18 January 1941). They married on 15 February 1941 (privately to satisfy the groom's faith) at St Paul's RC Church, Haywards Heath, West Sussex but then were married in the rites of the Church of England at St. Mary's CE Parish in Balcombe, West Sussex. They divorced on 24 September 1946. Lady Iris formerly reverted to her maiden name of Mountbatten by Deed poll dated 7 January 1949. They had no children.
On 5 May 1957, at Pound Ridge, New York, she married Michael Neely Bryan (9 August 1916, Byhalia, Mississippi - 20 August 1972, Glendale, California), son of James R. Bryan and Laura A. Neely, an American jazz musician. They divorced months later in 1957. Lady Iris had one child by her second marriage: Robin Alexander Bryan born 20 December 1957.
On 11 December 1965, she married William Alexander Kemp (10 July 1921 - 12 December 1991), son of Clarence Arthur Kemp and Helen Janet Ballantyne, a Canadian actor and announcer.
Lady Iris died on 1 September 1982 at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The cause of death was a brain tumour. Her ashes were brought to the Isle of Wight for interment in the Battenberg Chapel at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham. SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Iris_Mountbatten
The temperature on January 13, 1920 was between 6.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
February 20 » An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
Day of marriage December 11, 1965
The temperature on December 11, 1965 was between 2.8 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
December 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
Day of death September 1, 1982
The temperature on September 1, 1982 was between 7.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
January 28 » US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
May 1 » Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
October 1 » Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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