Ada Maria Katherine Hanbury-Tracy, Baroness Sudeley (''née'' Tollemache; 21 June 1848 – 6 January 1928) was a British author.

Life

She was born in 1848 at

Ham House Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, London, Ham, south of Richmond, London, Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas ...

, the only daughter of Isabella Anne Forbes and Hon.

Frederick Tollemache Frederick James Tollemache (16 April 1804 – 2 July 1888, Ham House) was a British gentleman and politician. He was the fifth son of William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (1766–1833), William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray. ...

. Her uncle was

Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (18 November 1794 – 23 September 1878), known as Lionel Manners until 1821, as Lionel Tollemache between 1821 and 1833, and styled Lord Huntingtower between 1833 and 1840, was a British peer ...

. In 1868, she married

Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley PC FRS (3 July 1840 – 9 December 1922), styled The Honourable Charles Hanbury-Tracy from 1858 to 1877, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps o ...

in the Chapel at Ham House. He served in the House of Lords and was a fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

. In 1890, she published her book ''Ham House, Belonging to the Earl of Dysart''. Her husband was bankrupt by 1893 and they had to sell

Toddington Manor Toddington Manor is a 19th-century country house in the English county of Gloucestershire, near the village of Toddington. It is in the gothic style and was designed by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley for himself and built between 18 ...

.Biography of Lord Sudeley by his great-grandson Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley
Her husband died in 1922 and their eldest son William inherited the title. She died in 1928.

References

1848 births 1928 deaths British women non-fiction writers British baronesses by marriage

Ada Ada may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle'', a novel by Vladimir Nabokov Film and television * Ada, a character in 1991 movie '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor'' * '' Ada... A Way of Life'', a 2008 Bollywo ...

19th-century British non-fiction writers 19th-century British women writers {{UK-writer-stub