Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu

Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu

Lord and Lady Montagu in 1972, by Allan Warren
Born Elizabeth Belinda Crossley
(1932-01-11) 11 January 1932
Spouse(s) Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu
(m. 1958; div. 1974)
Children Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu
Mary Scott
Parent(s) Hon. John Crossley
Sybelle Drummond
Relatives Baron Savile Crossley (grandfather)

Elizabeth Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu, née Crossley (born 11 January 1932), is a British embroiderer and the former wife of Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu from 1958 until their divorce in 1974.

Early life

Belinda Crossley was born to Captain Hon. John Crossley and his second wife, the former Sybelle Drummond. Her father was a younger son of Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton.[1] In 1935, her father's older brother, Francis Savile Crossley, succeeded her grandfather as the Baron Somerleyton. Her first cousin, Savile William Francis Crossley, was the 3rd Baron Somerlyton from 1959 until his death in 2012.[2]

Personal life

She married Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, in 1958. The couple's children:

Lord and Lady Montagu of Beaulieu divorced in 1974.[1]

Beaulieu Abbey houses the former Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu's wall hangings which depict the abbey's history.[3] She is the patron of the New Forest Association and was commissioned in 1979 to work on The New Forest Embroidery, in commemoration of the 900th anniversary of the creation of the New Forest.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Leaving Behind An Old Scandal, Lord Montagu Makes His Ancestral Home One of Britain's Top Tourist Draws". People. 20 January 1986.
  2. ↑ The Peerage
  3. ↑ Palace House - Beaulieu
  4. ↑ Belinda Lady Montagu Exhibition opens in Lymington Archived October 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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