Worldwide Guide to Women
in Leadership
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Kingdom of England
1196-1261 Countess and Sheriff of Salisbury Ela
d'Evereux Longspee
1226-28 and 1131-36 Countess of Wiltshire
1240-57 Abbess of Lacock
The daughter of
William d'Everux, Earl of Salisbury,
she was married to William
Longspee, Earl of Salisbury (d. 1226),
natural son of Henry II. She lived (1187-1261)
1216-18 Sheriff of Lincolnshire Lady Nicola de la Hay
Appointed Sheriff by Prince John and King Henry III together with Phillip Mar of
Nottingham. She was married to Gerad de Camville and succeeded her father as
Lady de la Hay. She lived (circa 1160-ca.1218)
1338-77 Lord Marshall of England, Margaret of Norflolk
Jointly with the
Lord High Constable she headed the
College of Arms, the body concerned with all
matters of
genealogy and
heraldry, although the Earl Marshall's
connection with heraldry came about almost accidentally. In conjunction with the
Lord High Constable he had held a court, known as the
Court of Chivalry, for the administration of
justice in accordance with the
law of arms, which was concerned with many
subjects relating to military matters, such as ransom, booty and soldiers'
wages, and including the misuse of armorial
bearings. The Marshall, as eighth
Officer of State, has to organise coronations
and the State Opening of
Parliament.
1643-76 Hereditary High Sheriff Lady Anne Clifford of Westmoreland
Counties in England
1361-69 Heiress to the Palatinate of Lancaster Blanche of Grosmont
At the time of the death of her father, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of
Lancaster, she received half of his lands, her husband and cousin, John of
Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby,
Earl of Lincoln and Earl of Leicester. The influence associated with the titles
would lead him to become Lord High Steward of England, and they became
distinction the greatest landowner in the north of England. Her her elder sister, Maud, Countess of
Leicester, inherited the other half of their father's land and after her death,
it was reunited with John, whose second wife was the titular Queen
Constanza of Castilla. Blanche died of Bubonic
plague and lived (.1345-69)
1399- 1438 Anne of Woodstock, Countess of
Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton,
Her father, Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Buckingham was murdered
in 1397 and his brother, Humphrey de Bohun, Duke of Glouceste, died in
1399, and she inherited the lands and titles of the family and became a Countess
in her owh right. She was first
married to Thomas, 3rd Earl of Stafford (d..1392), secondly to
Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford (d. 1403) and third to Sir William Bourchier,
Comte d'Eu (d. .1420). Succeeded by son, Humphrey Stafford, earl of
Stafford, who in 1444 was created duke of Buckingham. She lived (1383-1438)
Last update 22.10.06