Who Is Sarah Rose Handbury?
Lady Cholmondeley first met Lord Cholmondeley, 23 years her senior, while on holiday in Italy in 2003. They announced their engagement six years later, one day before a quiet ceremony at Chelsea Town Hall in 2009.
She was born to Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury, a fashion designer. Her links to the royal family go back generations: her maternal grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Lambert, was one of eight bridesmaids to the late Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, has been widely hailed for her style over the years, drawing praise for her ensembles at events including the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The former model, 39, was once a researcher for Conservative MP Michael Gove, but now spends her time managing the estate of her husband, David Rocksavage, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
The couple live with their three children – twins Alexander Hugh George Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage, and Lord Oliver Timothy George Cholmondeley, both 15, and daughter Lady Iris Marina Aline Cholmondeley, aged eight – at Houghton Hall, a Grade I-listed stately home in Norfolk.
Built for Britain’s first prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in the 1720s, Houghton Hall is set in extensive parkland that is known for its white fallow deer, and also boasts a walled garden and sumptuously decorated interiors by famed English architect William Kent. It is a stone’s throw from Anmer Hall, the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Lady Cholmondeley first met Lord Cholmondeley, 23 years her senior, while on holiday in Italy in 2003. They announced their engagement six years later, one day before a quiet ceremony at Chelsea Town Hall in 2009.
She was born to Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury, a fashion designer. Her links to the royal family go back generations: her maternal grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Lambert, was one of eight bridesmaids to the late Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Source: timesnownews
