Henriette, Lady Abel Smith

Who is Henriette, Lady Abel Smith?

Dame Henriette, Lady Abel Smith DCVO JP, was Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987.

Born Henriette Alice Cadogan, the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, RN, and Ruth Evelyn Howard, she held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II from 1949 to 1987. In 1987, she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting.

She held the office of Justice of the Peace for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971.

She was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order, in 1964, and elevated to Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order, in 1977.