Princess Margaret Rose, The Countess of Snowdon. Margaret Rose is the daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain.
Lady Iris Mountbatten. Lady Iris is the daughter of Alexander, Marquess of Carisbrooke and Lady Irene Denison.
Lady Violet Bowes Lyon was an older sister of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Violet died at eleven years old. There was also another sister, Rose, who married the 4th Earl Granville. Floral names were so popular in late Victorian England. The Queen Mother herself had Marguerite (French for Daisy) as one of her middle names.
^^^Lovely names and Margaret/Margrethe/ Margarita/ Margriet has been a very popular name for royal ladies in the twentieth century with one Queen, one Crown Princess and more than a few princesses with that as a first or middle name.
Flora Alexandra Ogilvy is the daughter of James Ogilvy, the son of Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Yeah? Flower and jewel names were very popular with the upper classes in late Vic and Edwardian England and began to filter down to the working class.. names like Lily and Violet and Rose (all names of servants in Upstairs Downstairs TV series for example). the QM's mother was very keen on them and had at least 3 daughters who had flower names. Jewel names were also popular, Diamond was used for some upper class babies born in te Diamond Jubilee Year.. other jewel names were Ruby, Pearl, Opal, etc
Flower Backhouse Hyde, Countess of Clarendon, was the spouse of Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709).
Diane Marie VIOLETTE Françoise, Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge was born July 16, 1922.
Frances Evelyn Maynard, later Lady Brooke (known as 'Babbling Brooke) and later still, Countess of Warwick, was a prominent late Victorian socialite and mistress of King Edward VII. She was always known as 'Daisy'.
Princess Daisy of Pless was also well known in Germany before WWI. She wrote a book of memoirs of the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Marion Margaret VIOLET Manners was the Duchess of Rutland. She lived 1856 to 1937.
Lady VIOLET Diana Louise Manners is the daughter of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland.
Princess Diana Marie ROSE Kira Thérèse Radziwell married Nobile Ferdinando Carabba Tettamanti.
Celia ROSE McCorquodale is the daughter of Lady Sarah McCorquodale.
Lady VIOLET Lowry-Corry (1883-1975) was the daughter of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmare.
Lady VIOLET Lambton married John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere.
The Honourable Evelyn VIOLET Elizabeth Rodd was Baroness Emmet of Amberley.
Hon. VIOLET Florence Skeffington (1879-1947) was the daughter of Clotworthy Skeffington, 11th Viscount Massereene.
Princess LILIAN of Sweden is the wife of Prince Bertil of Sweden.
The Honourable Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne Armstrong-Jones is the daughter of David, Viscount Linley.
The Honourable VIOLET Fraser is the daughter of Simon Augustine Fraser, Master of Lovat and the granddaughter of 15th Lord Lovat.
VIOLET Helen Duncombe was the daughter of Honourable Cecil Duncombe and Eleanor Jane Mills. She died in 1943.
Marjory VIOLET St. Quintin was the daughter of Violet Duncombe St. Quintin and William Herbert St. Quintin.
Rose Jane Fellowes was born August 10, 2016. She is the granddaughter of Baron Robert and Baroness Jane Fellowes.
Anne HYACINTHE (died 1700) was the daughter of François, Count d'Ursel (1626-1696) and Honorine, Countess d'Ursel.
Camilla ROSEMary, Duchess of Cornwall is the wife of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
Lady Natasha ROSE Howard, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk
Isabel ROSE Douglas-Hamilton is the daughter of Lord Patrick Douglas-Hamilton.
VIOLET Evelyn Harford Dalrymple was the wife of John Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (1879-1961).
Lady Marion VIOLET Dalrymple (1908-1995) was the daughter of the 12th Earl of Stair, John Dalrymple.
ROSE Hanbwy was the Marchioness of Cholmondeley.
^Whoa! Whatta name and title! :lol:
Countess Violet Egerton (1880-1976) was the wife of John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere.
Baroness Iris von Dornberg is the wife of Prince Hubertus of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
Helena VIOLET Alice Fraser Rous, Countess of Stradbroke (died 1949) was the wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke.
Anne HYACINTHE Cavendish-Bentinck (1816-1888) was the daughter of Lord William Charles Cavendish-Bentinck.
Lady Violet Charlotte Dalzell Henderson was the wife of Lt. Col. Honourable Harold Greenwood Anderson.
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Lady Sarah Rose Winnington Noel, as Viscountess Campden and daughter-in-law of the 5th Earl of Gainsborough, served as a Lady-in-waiting to Princess Diana.
Violet Smith-Dodsworth (1889-1964) was the daughter of Sir Matthew Smith-Dodsworth, 6th Bt.
Lady Sophia ROSE Seymour, born in 1987, is the daughter of John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset.
Antoinette Rose-Marie Spencer is the wife of Richard Spencer, 6th Baron Churchill of Whichwood.
Lady
Rosaline Cecilia Caroline Bingham (1869-1958) was the daughter of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan. She married James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
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Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Princess Margriet of the Netherlands - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margriet_of_the_Netherlands)
QuotePrincess Margriet was named after the marguerite, the flower worn during the war as a symbol of the resistance to Nazi Germany.
Violet von Westenholz is the daughter of Baron Piers von Westenholz, the former Olympic skier who became a close friend of Charles, Prince of Wales.
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Duchess Eleonore Fleur of Wurttemberg married Count Moritz von Goess in 2003.
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The Honourable William Gary Vestey, son of 3rd Baron Vestey, married
Violet Henderson on February 6, 2013.
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Hugo William Cecil Denison, 4th Earl of Londesborough (1894-1937) married Marigold Rosemary Joyce Lubbock.
Marigold seems to have been a rather popular name, among aristos anyway, early in the twentieth century. Winston Churchill and his wife Clemmie had a daughter they named Marigold who died in childhood.
Lady Flora Abney-Hastings (1854-1887) was the daughter of Charles Frederick Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington.
The Honourable Rose Marie Louise Skinner Galbraith (born in 1999) is the daughter of Thomas Galloway Dunop du Royal de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde.
Lady Marcia Rose Aileen Levenson-Gower, born 1961, is the daughter of Granville James Levenson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville.
Lady Zinnia Rosemary Denison (1937-1997) was the daughter of Hugo Denison, 4th Earl of Londesborough.
Quote from: Curryong on April 03, 2018, 11:19:19 PM
Marigold seems to have been a rather popular name, among aristos anyway, early in the twentieth century. Winston Churchill and his wife Clemmie had a daughter they named Marigold who died in childhood.
Yes I remember coming across the little girl''s grave, in a cemetery, and it was so poignant... Its a pretty name, one of the more popular floral names for upper class girls in the 20th C. I think that Violet nad Rose and Daisy were more "all classes"... There was also a Lady Pansy Lamb.. Violet Bonham Carter (Asquith's Daughter),
My grandmother's name was Violet. She was a schoolteacher. She had a sister called Lily. I'm of an age where I can remember innumerable old ladies called Rose, Daisy, Rhoda and Ivy etc. Marigolds not so much. I can remember a Lady Primrose somebody or other. David Niven's first wife was upperclass and also a Primrose. She died young in a ghastly accident.
Quote from: Curryong on October 25, 2018, 08:43:24 AM
My grandmother's name was Violet. She was a schoolteacher. She had a sister called Lily. I'm of an age where I can remember innumerable old ladies called Rose, Daisy, Rhoda and Ivy etc. Marigolds not so much. I can remember a Lady Primrose somebody or other. David Niven's first wife was upperclass and also a Primrose. She died young in a ghastly accident.
David Niven's wife was upper class but her name was Primula (another unusual flower name).. I think that Primrose and Rosemary and Marigold and Viola for some reason were more upper class flower names, while there were some that were classless. Rose and Daisy and Lily still seem to be around....
Primula, so she was! Thanks, amabel. I think the fashion for flower names came back about ten years ago in a big way. It certainly wasn't there in my generation. I had a Hazel and a Holly in my class at school and that was about it.
Quote from: Curryong on October 25, 2018, 11:01:47 AM
Primula, so she was! Thanks, amabel. I think the fashion for flower names came back about ten years ago in a big way. It certainly wasn't there in my generation. I had a Hazel and a Holly in my class at school and that was about it.
I think the flower names began to fizzle out by the 1960s.. Now there are Daisies, Ivies and Roses and Lilies again. .and a few new names have come along like Bryony.
Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings was Lady in Waiting to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent.
Poppy Angela Delevigne is a model and socialite, who has aristocratic connections on both sides of her family. She is also the granddaughter of English Heritage chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens.
Helen Azalea (Poppy) Baring was the daughter of Sir Godfrey Baring (Baronet.) She was a 'Bright Young Thing' in the 1920s, the girlfriend of the Duke of York and then, years later, his brother the Duke of Kent. King George V and Queen Mary deemed her unsuitable as a wife on both occasions.
QuoteDavid Niven's first wife was upperclass and also a Primrose. She died young in a ghastly accident.
Just read about her tragic accident. How awful for the Nivens and the home owner Tyrone Power that this happened during a simple game of Hide and Seek. :no:
Was it Tyrone Power's house? I had a feeling it was someone else's. Anyway, if you have a house with steep steps leading down into a dark deep cellar, and you are going to hold a party, best to lock that door before the fun starts.
Lady Rachel Rose Fitzalan-Howard (born in 1989) is the daughter of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk.
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Rose Winnington Noel, Countess of Gainsborough is the wife of Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough.
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Marigold Forbes Sinclair, Viscountess Thurso (1897-1975) was the wife of Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso. :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: :daisy:
Elizabeth Rosa Beale Banbury (died 1930) was Baroness Banbury of Southam. She was the wife of Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam.
Lady Iris Cholmondeley is the daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, David and Rose.
Marigold Rosemary Joyce Lubbock (1903-1976) married Hugo William Cecil Denison, 4th Earl of Londesborough.
Lady Zinnia Rosemary Denison (1937-1997) was the daughter of Hugo Denison, 4th Earl of Londesborough and Marigold Denison, Countess of Londesborough.
Rosemary Bowes-Lyon (1915-1989) was the daughter of The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon and Lady Christina Bowes-Lyon.
Poppy Augusta Fraser (born 1979) is the daughter of The Honourable Hugh Fraser and Drusilla Montgomerie Fraser.
Clodagh Rose Kennedy Jocelyn, Countess of Roden was the spouse of Robert Jocelyn, 9th Earl of Roden (1909-1993).
The Honourable Violet Mary Barrington (1872-1938) was the daughter of Walter Bulkeley Barrington, 9th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass.
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (1887-1969) was a British diarist.
Marie Josephe Rose de Tascher de Pagerie (Empress Josephine of France) 1763-1814
Ivy Lascelles was born in October 2018. She is the daughter of Alexander Edgar Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles and Annika Reed.
Lily Spencer-Churchill (1854-1909) was the Duchess of Marlborough. Her husband was George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough.
Lady Chichester, originally Rosalie Chamberlayne (d. 1908) was the wife of Sir Alexander Chichester, 2nd Baronet.
I like the first name of Lady Violet Manners (born 1993). She is the daughter of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland. You see the name of Rose used quite often.
Quote from: LouisFerdinand on August 24, 2021, 10:59:50 PM
I like the first name of Lady Violet Manners (born 1993). She is the daughter of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland. You see the name of Rose used quite often.
The resurgence of names like Violet, and Rose has a lot to do, I believe, with the vogue for Victorian names of the last thirty years or so. It does go very prettily with the name of Manners, and may well be a name used for daughters before in the family.
Nevertheless, in general, names like these and Ivy, Lily, Marigold etc were extremely popular in Britain in the last decades of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries. It followed on from mid 19th century floral names like Rose, Daisy, Flora and Rhoda etc. Daisy was also used as a shortening for the name Marguerite.
interestingly, another name May, a shortening for Mary, has not been revived recently. It was quite popular as a name in the first quarter of the 20th century, perhaps because of Queen Mary. (The Victorians tended to class May as a floral name because it was linked to Mayblossom.)
I?m old enough to remember some of the original recipients of floral names like May, Lily, Daisy and Violet among old female relatives. Violet was always shortened to the very unpretty ?Vi?, however!
Violet Duchess of Rutland, (a talented amateur artist) who married the heir to the Dukedom of Rutland, John, later the Marquis of Granby, in 1882. Here in this photo from the National Portrait Gallery she?s all gazzied up in Regency costume as an earlier Duchess. Her first two names were Marion Margaret, but apparently she adopted the much more fashionable Violet (her third forename) as an adult.
NPG Ax41217; Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland as Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland after Cosway - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery (https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw123678/Violet-Manners-Duchess-of-Rutland-as-Mary-Isabella-Duchess-of-Rutland-after-Cosway?LinkID=mp03927&role=sit&rNo=5)
Would the name of Viola be considered a floral name? :daisy: :daisy: :daisy: :daisy:
From Nameberry site
The name Viola is a girl's name of Italian, Latin origin meaning "violet". Viola has several positive elements going for it: the rhythm of the musical instrument, the association with the flower, the trending 'Vi' beginning and its leading role in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Sarah Rose Hanbury (born March 15, 1984) is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. She married David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley. She usually went by her middle name of Rose.