:Rose Hanbury
{{Short description|English peeress and model (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox noble
| name = The Marchioness of Cholmondeley
| image =
| caption =
| honorific_prefix = The Most Honourable
| birth_name = Sarah Rose Hanbury
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|03|15|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley|2009}}
| issue = {{ubl|Alexander Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage|Lord Oliver Cholmondeley|Lady Iris Cholmondeley}}
| module = {{infobox person | embed=yes
| education = Stowe School
| alma_mater = Open University
}}
}}
Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ʌ|m|l|i}} {{Respell|CHUM|lee}}; née Hanbury; born 15 March 1984) is a British peeress, former model, and former political staffer. She is married to David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
Early life
Sarah Rose Hanbury is the daughter of Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury (née Longman), a fashion designer. Her elder sister Marina{{Cite web |last=Akkam |first=Alia |date=8 December 2022 |title=Inside the Eclectic British Homes of 6 Notable Creatives |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-the-eclectic-british-homes-of-6-notable-creatives |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}} is the third wife of Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham.{{Cite web |url-status=dead |last=Ford |first=Coreena |date=29 January 2011 |title=Low-key wedding as earl ties the knot for third time |url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/01/29/low-key-wedding-as-earl-ties-the-knot-for-third-time-61634-28075265/ |work=The Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205004739/http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/01/29/low-key-wedding-as-earl-ties-the-knot-for-third-time-61634-28075265/ |archive-date=5 December 2012 |access-date=16 December 2022}} The Hanbury family lived at Holfield Grange, Coggeshall, Essex.Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, vol. 1, p. 381.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 1, pp. 380, 716, vol. 3, p. 3075. Her maternal grandmother was Lady Elizabeth Lambart (1924–2016), daughter of Field Marshal Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan; Lady Elizabeth was one of the bridesmaids at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten;{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=S. |date=12 December 2016 |title=Queen Elizabeth Mourns the Death of Former Bridesmaid Lady Elizabeth Longman |url=https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-mourns-the-death-of-former-bridesmaid-lady-elizabeth-longman/ |url-status=live |website=People |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322232208/https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-mourns-the-death-of-former-bridesmaid-lady-elizabeth-longman/ |archive-date=22 March 2019 |access-date=5 January 2023}} her paternal grandmother, Sara, was the daughter of racing driver Sir Henry Birkin, 3rd Baronet.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3075.
Hanbury was educated at Stowe School and earned a degree from the Open University.{{cite web |title=Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? Prince William and Kate’s Norfolk neighbour who encouraged the princess’s festival visit |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-rose-hanbury-the-marchioness-of-cholmondeley |website=Tatler |access-date=15 March 2024}}
Career
Hanbury worked as a fashion model, signing with agency Storm at the age of 23, and was briefly a researcher for Conservative politician Michael Gove.{{cite web |title=Lady Rose Hanbury: Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/sarah-rose-hanbury-duchess-cholmondeley-william-kate-b2510472.html |website=The Independent |access-date=15 March 2024}}{{Cite web |date=7 January 2020 |title=Who is Kate Middleton's friend Rose Hanbury, Marchioness of Cholmondeley? Everything you need to know |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2020010782785/who-is-rose-hanbury-marchioness-cholmondeley/ |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}
Personal life
File:Houghton Hall 20080720-2.jpg]]
On 24 June 2009, Hanbury married David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, at Chelsea Town Hall, their engagement having been announced two days earlier; the day before the wedding it was announced that she was expecting twins.{{Cite web |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=5 March 2022 |title=Who Is Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26930018/rose-hanbury-marchioness-cholmondeley-facts/ |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=Town & Country |language=en-us}}
They have three children:
- Alexander Hugh George Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage (born 12 October 2009){{Cite web |last=Bonner |first=Mehera |date=16 April 2019 |title=Meet the Woman at the Center of THOSE Prince William and Kate Middleton Rumors |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27164598/who-is-kate-middleton-rural-rival-rose-hanbury/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}
- Lord Oliver Timothy George Cholmondeley (born 12 October 2009)
- Lady Iris Marina Aline Cholmondeley (born March 2016){{cite web |date=30 March 2016 |title=Daughter for the Marquess & Marchioness of Cholmondeley |url=http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/daughter-for-marquess-marchioness-of.html|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402010955/http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/daughter-for-marquess-marchioness-of.html |archive-date=2 April 2016 |access-date=2 April 2016 |publisher=Peerage News}}
The family lives at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. The Marchioness is a patron of the charity East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), along with the Princess of Wales.{{cite web |title=Lady Rose, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, becomes EACH Patron |url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/lady-rose-marchioness-of-cholmondeley-each-patron/ |url-status=dead |website=Cambridge Network |date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082711/https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/lady-rose-marchioness-of-cholmondeley-each-patron/ |archive-date=28 January 2019}} Her son Lord Oliver was a page of honour at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023 which was also attended by both the Marchioness and her husband.{{cite web |title=A new photograph of The King and The Queen Consort |url=https://www.royal.uk/new-photo-coronation-invite |work=The Royal Family |date= 4 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023}}
Honours
- 60x60px 6 May 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal
References
{{Portal bar|Biography|England}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanbury, Rose}}
Category:People educated at Stowe School
Category:Alumni of the Open University