Henriette, Lady Abel Smith, DCVO, JP (6 June 1914 – 3 May 2005) was Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth II from 1949-1987.
Born Henriette Alice Cadogan, the daughter of Commander Francis Charles Cadogan, RN and Ruth Evelyn Howard, she held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth II from 1949-1987. In 1987, she became an Extra Lady-in-Waiting.
She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Tunbridge Wells in 1955, and for Gloucestershire in 1971.
She was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1964, and elevated to Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in 1977.
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She married, firstly, Major Sir Anthony Frederick Mark Palmer, 4th Bt., on 4 September 1939. She married, secondly, Brigadier Sir Alexander Abel Smith on 17 February 1953.
Children with first husband:
Children with second husband:
She died at The Garden House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, aged 90.