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词条 Lady Margaret Fortescue
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Later life

  5. References

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| name = Lady Margaret Fortescue
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 13 December 1923
| birth_place = Ebrington Manor, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
| death_date = 25 May 2013
| death_place = Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon, England
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| nationality = British
| residence = Castle Hill
| education =
| occupation = huntswoman and landowner
| known for = one of the UK's largest private landowners
| spouse = Bernard van Cutsem (m. 1948-68, divorced)
| children = 2 daughters
| parents = Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue
Hon. Margaret Helen Beaumont
| relations = Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale (grandfather)
Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (son-in-law)
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Lady Margaret Fortescue {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL}} (13 December 1923 – 25 May 2013) was a British huntswoman, and one of the country's largest private landowners, including the Castle Hill estate and 20,000 acres of Exmoor.

Early life

Lady Margaret Fortescue was born on 13 December 1923 at Ebrington Manor, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, the elder daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue (1888–1958), and his wife, the Hon. Margaret Helen Fortescue, née Beaumont (1892–1958), the daughter of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale.[1] She was educated at home by governesses in Castle Hill, followed by a Swiss finishing school.[2]

Career

During the Second World War, Fortescue worked in London's War Office as a secretary, and living in a Belgravia flat in known as "The Hovel", as well as in Cairo.[2]

Fortescue was well known for riding side saddle.[2][3] Fortescue was a fearless rider, and had several falls, and "after consulting her doctor and swallowing a few painkillers with wine, she almost invariably carried on".[3]

In the 1950, she travelled by private train, "with horses, grooms and a retinue of staff on board."[3]

On her father's death in 1958, she inherited the Castle Hill estate, and became one of the country's largest private landowners.[1][2][3]

Fortescue served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.[3]

Personal life

On 31 July 1948, Fortescue married Bernard Henry Richard Harcourt van Cutsem (1916–1975), the racehorse trainer and breeder.[1]

They had two daughters, and the elder one Eleanor (b. 1949), married Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran.[1] She had two stepsons from van Cutsem's first marriage.[1] In 1966, she left van Cutsem, resumed her maiden name, and they divorced in 1968.[1]

Later life

She died at the Garden House, Castle Hill, Filleigh, on 25 May 2013, and was survived by her two daughters.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Pimlott Baker |first1=Anne |title=Fortescue, Lady Margaret (1923–2013) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/106917 |website=ONDB|publisher=OUP|accessdate=22 November 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/side-saddle-rider-lady-margaret-fortescue-dies-396826|title=Hunting world says farewell to side saddle rider Lady Margaret Fortescue - Horse & Hound|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Horse & Hound |accessdate=22 November 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10135755/Lady-Margaret-Fortescue.html|title=Lady Margaret Fortescue|date=21 June 2013|publisher=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=22 November 2017 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
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7 : 1923 births|2013 deaths|Van Cutsem family|People from Chipping Campden|Deputy Lieutenants of Devon|Daughters of British earls|People from North Devon (district)

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