Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough


Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE was a British peer who worked in politics for the Conservative Party.

Early life

Marcia was born on 18 October 1863. She was the eldest daughter of Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers and his wife, Mary Curteis. Her brother Sackville FitzRoy Henry Lane-Fox died unmarried in 1879 and her sister, Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis, later suo jure Baroness Darcy de Knayth.
Her maternal grandparents were Capt. Reginald Curteis and Frances Mary Reynolds.

Titles

In 1888, the countess's father died and his title fell into abeyance, but the abeyance was terminated in her favour four years later. Eleven years later, in 1903, the barony of Fauconberg was also granted to Marcia. The House of Lords also agreed that her father held the barony of Darcy de Knayth, which was granted to Marcia's sister, the Countess of Powis, at the same time. Due to the titles granted to her, Marcia brought 153 armorial quarterings to her husband's family.
In 1920, the countess was appointed an OBE in recognition of her role as Commandant of Brocklesby Park, which had been turned over as an auxiliary hospital during World War I.

Personal life

On 5 August 1886, she married Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough. He was a son of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hare, the fourth daughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel. After the 3rd Earls death in 1875, she married John Maunsell Richardson, a Cambridge cricketer and Member of Parliament for Brigg. Together, Charles and Marcia were the parents of four sons:
She died of sleeping sickness at Brocklesby on 17 November 1926. Her titles were inherited by the eldest of her two surviving children, Sackville.