![]() Later, her niece Princess Alexandra would also be given the same second name for the same reason.Īlice spent much of her childhood in her family's country homes: Boughton House in Northamptonshire, Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, and Bowhill in the Scottish Borders. As she was born on Christmas Day, she was given the name 'Christabel' in addition to Alice. She was a descendant, in an unbroken male line, of King Charles II through his eldest but illegitimate son, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, himself a major political figure during the years leading up to the Glorious Revolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alice Christabel was born in Montagu House, Whitehall, London, on Christmas Day 1901 as the third daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Bridgeman, daughter of the 4th Earl of Bradford. ![]()
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