Sybil Sassoon
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Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, CBE (b. 20 January 1894, London - d. 26 December 1989) was Chief Staff Officer to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty (HMS Pembroke III) from 12 November 1939 until 1946. On 9 February 1945 she was appointed as Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the following year was made CBE.
[edit] Family
- Daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon (1856-1912), 2nd Bt., and Baroness Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909)
- Sister of Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, PC, 3rd Bt.
Married on 6 August 1913 to George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (b. 19 May 1883 - d. 16 September 1968); they had two sons and one daughter.
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[edit] References
- Stansky, Peter. Sassoon: the worlds of Philip and Sybil, 2003
