Marjorie Pratt, Marchioness Camden

Marjorie Minna Jenkins Pratt, Marchioness Camden, DBE was the daughter of Colonel Atherton Edward Jenkins and Anna Isabella Cassel.

She married John Charles Henry Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden, son of Sir John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden and Lady Joan Marion Nevill, on 19 October 1920 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England. They divorced in 1941.

Marjorie Pratt was Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. She gained the rank of Senior Commander in the service of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1967. She was invested as a Companion, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.). She was Superintendent-in-Charge, St John Ambulance Brigade.

Husband

John Charles Henry Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden (b. 12 April 1899 - d. 22 March 1983)

Children

* Lady Mary Clementine Pratt (b. 5 August 1921 - d. 9 December 2002
* David George Edward Henry Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden (b. 13 August 1930)

Death

She died on 24 August 1989.

References

* Charles Mosley, editor, "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition", 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 653.
* Peter W. Hammond, editor, "The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda" (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 137.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p19946.htm Peerage]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/index_award_jeru.htm Peerage]