Angela Estree Lyssod D'Arcy Dowding
| Angela Dowding | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 April 1919 Hanwell, London, England, UK |
| Died | 28 February 2007 (aged 87) Virginia Water, Surrey, England, UK |
| Spouse(s) |
Gerald Lascelles (m. 1952, div. 1978) |
| Children | Henry Lascelles |
| Parent(s) | Charles Dowding Lilian Lawler |
Angela Estree Lyssod D'Arcy Lascelles (née Dowding; 20 April 1919 – 28 February 2007) was a British actress and a relative of the British Royal Family. She was the first wife of The Honourable Gerald Lascelles, the second son of Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood.
Dowding was born on 20 April 1919 in Hanwell, London to Charles Stanley Dowding (1887–1969), a second lieutenant of the Somerset Light Infantry from Dulwich, and his wife Lilian Emma Lawler, later Lady Fox (1887–1959) originally from St Marylebone. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama before starring in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit in the West End, and the film Miss London Ltd.
On 15 July 1952, she married Gerald Lascelles, the second son of Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood. Lascelles was a grandson of George V and a cousin of Elizabeth II. At the time of their marriage, Lascelles was twelfth in the line of succession to the British throne. As the son of an earl, he was styled The Honourable, and Mrs Lascelles's style (formerly Miss Angela Dowding) became The Honourable Mrs Gerald Lascelles.
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