Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill

Who was Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill?

Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill,GCVO, CI, GBE, DStJ was the daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp.

Born as Margaret Lygon, she married the 2nd Baron Ampthill, in Madresfield, Worcestershire on 6 October 1894. She was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary, and in 1918 was made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire and a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1946. She was also a Dame of Grace of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.