1901 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
Agnes Violet Averil Douglas |
Birth |
1901 |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I71154 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
5 Jan 2016 |
Family |
Capt John Christie Stewart, MC, CBE, b. Abt 1901 d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
18 Feb 1928 |
Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, London |
- Captain Stewart married Agnes Violet Averil (Ava) Douglas (b. 1901), daughter of Brigadier General Douglas Campbell and Violet Averil Margaret Vivian and grand-daughter of the first Baron Swansea, in Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, London on Saturday afternoon, February 18, 1928. Boy Scouts from the bridegroom's company in Lanarkshire and Girl Guides from the bride's company in Dumbartonshire came to London for the wedding and formed a guard of honour. Mr Stewart had Mr Jack Lockhart as best man. Canon F. Stewart of Sketry, Glamorgan; Rev. Doctor Archibald Fleming of St Columba's Church of Scotland; and Prebendary Gough of Holy Trinity were officiating clergy. A reception was held the previous day in the home of the Hon. Mrs. Merry at 18 Hill Street, Berkeley Square.
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Family ID |
F25975 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
5 Jan 2016 |
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Notes |
- Possibly known as Ava
Lady Stewart and her sister, Miss Ella Christie, published a reminiscence of their lives entitled A Long Look at Life, by Two Victorians in 1940.
Mrs Averil Stewart published a book of poetry, Mercury in the Garden, in 1946. Mrs. Stewart also wrote a memoir of her mother-in-law, Lady Alice Christie King Stewart, and the sister of the mother-in-law, Miss Ella Christie, entitled Alicella, which was published in 1955 by John Murray of London.
Captain and Mrs. Stewart had no children. After their deaths, the Murdostoun estate passed to a great nephew and the property was sold in 1979.
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