Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, CBE (30 January 1894, London – 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.

Contents 1 Family 2 Titles 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[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 Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (19 May 1883 – 16 September 1968);^[1] they had two sons and one daughter:

• Lady Aline Caroline Cholmondeley (5 October 1916 – )
• George Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (24 April 1919 – 13 March 1990)^[1]
• Lord John George Cholmondeley (15 November 1920 – October 1986)^[1]

[edit] Titles

She was identified by a number of changing titles during the several phases of her life:

• 1894–1913 Lady Sybil Sassoon
• 1913–1923 Sybil Cholmondeley, Countess of Rocksavage
• 1923–1968 Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley
• 1968–1989 Sybil Cholmondeley, Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley

[edit] See also

• Cholmondeley Award (poetry), established 1966
• Rothschild family

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Mosley, Charles Mosley. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Stokesley : Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 2003. 10-ISBN 0-971-19662-1/13-ISBN 978-0-971-19662-9; OCLC 52621466
• Stansky, Peter. (2003). Sassoon: the Worlds of Philip and Sybil. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0-300-09547-3; 13-ISBN 978-0-300-09547-0

[edit] External links

• WRNS Website
• Biodata