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Biography of Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton 1894-1968

On 2nd January 1894 Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton was born.

On 8th July 1913 Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 29) and Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 19) were married.

On 15th April 1914 [her father-in-law] Delves Louis Broughton 10th Baronet (age 56) died. His son [her husband] John (age 30) succeeded 11th Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire. Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 20) by marriage Lady Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.

On 2nd October 1915 [her son] Major Evelyn Delves Broughton 12th Baronet was born to [her husband] Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 32) and Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 21).

On 20th May 1917 [her daughter] Rosamund Boughton was born to [her husband] Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 33) and Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 23).

1922. Philip de László (age 52). Portrait of Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 27).

On 10th October 1938 [her son-in-law] Christopher Fraser 15th Lord Lovat (age 27) and [her daughter] Rosamund Boughton (age 21) were married.

In 1940 Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 56) and Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 45) were divorced.

On 5th November 1940 [her former husband] Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 57) and Diana Caldwell Baroness Delamere (age 27) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years.

On 5th December 1942 [her former husband] Major John Delves Broughton 11th Baronet (age 59) committed suicide. His son [her son] Evelyn (age 27) succeeded 12th Baronet Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire.

On 28th January 1947 [her son] Major Evelyn Delves Broughton 12th Baronet (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Florence Marion Cholmondeley (age 21) were married. They divorced in 1953.

In 1955 [her son] Major Evelyn Delves Broughton 12th Baronet (age 39) and [her daughter-in-law] Helen Mary Shore were married.

On 21st August 1968 Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen Lady Boughton (age 74) died.