Edith Starr Miller

Edith Starr Miller, Lady Queenborough (July 16, 1887 - January 16, 1933) was a New York socialite, author and anti-Mormon agitator.

Edith was born in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the only child of William Starr Miller II (1856-1935) and Edith Caroline Warren (1866-1944). William was a wealthy industrialist and real estate operator in New York City.

On July 19, 1921 Edith became the second wife of Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough. The marriage took place at the townhouse of Edith's parents, which was located at 1048 Fifth Avenue on the corner of 86th Street in Manhattan, New York. After their marriage the Pagets lived at Camfield Place, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The interiors of the house were designed by Edith herself.

The Pagets had three daughters:

The Pagets later separated, and Edith sued for legal separation on January 8, 1932 in New York City, citing cruelty.

Edith died in Paris a year later, on January 16, 1933.

The Pagets were allegedly pro-Fascist, and Edith in particular was friendly with Brigadier-General Robert Byron Drury Blakeney (1872-1952). Blakeney was second president of the British Fascisti from 1924-1926, and was later active in the Imperial Fascist League, The Britons, the British Union of Fascists, and the Nordic League.

Edith spent about 10 years (1921-1931) researching many of the most important secret societies existing at that time in Europe and in the Middle East. She detailed her findings in her posthumously published Occult Theocrasy (2 vols.) (Abbeville, France: F. Paillart, 1931-1933), which is now regarded as a classic. Although Occult Theocrasy is not an authoritative work in the strict sense, some sections of it are vastly more informative and revealing than others. Also, as a whole, Occult Theocrasy was more comprehensive and up-to-date in its subject-matter than any other similar work available in the English language at that time. Most of the source information for Occult Theocrasy is listed in the book's bibliography (pp. 667–676). The book also features a brief occult glossary (Appendix III: Masonic and Pagan Symbolism) (pp. 709–720), and a detailed index (pp. 721–741) which is very helpful.

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