LADY JELLICOE

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26967, 17 February 1953, Page 2

LADY JELLICOE

ARRIVAL TODAY IN CHRISTCHURCH

The Dowager Countess Jellicoe will arrive in Christchurch today from Wellington and will be the guest of Mrs Gilbert Grigg, “Haldon Pastures,” Hororata. She plans to visit South Canterbury before returning to the North Island and will leave on her return journey to England by the Dominion Monarch on March 19. Thirty-two years ago Lady Jellicoe, who is the widow of the first Earl Jellicoe, arrived in New Zealand to spend four years at Government House to which her husband came as Gov-ernor-General. Lady Jellicoe, who has been stayihg at Government- House, Wellington, now has 14 grandchildren, ranging in age from one to 19 years. She says regretfully that only one was born before her husband’s death. Her only son, Earl Jellicoe, is in the diplomatic service. He is head of chancery at the British Embassy in Brussels. When his parents left New Zealand Earl Jellicoe was six years old. One of her four daughters, Lady Myrtle Balfour, died six years ago leaving two children. Lady Prudence Loudon lives in London and is a justice of the peace for Hampstead’. Lady Gwendoline Latham lives near her mother, whose home at Sunningdale in Berkshire overlooks the beautiful golf links. Lady Gwendoline’s husband is a Queen’s Messenger. Lady Norah Wingfield, who lives in County Waterford, Ireland, revisited New Zealand some years ago. She was staying near Napier at the time of the disastrous earthquake in 1931. Lady Jellicoe is actively interested in the women’s branch of the British Legion, an organisation helping disabled former servicemen, their wives and families. Lady Jellicoe is national vice-president for the legion in southern England and a committee member of its chilren’s home.