List of entertainers who married titled Britons
wikimedia list article
This is a list of notable singers, dancers and actors who married titled Britons (nobility and royalty).
This list includes only those who contracted marriages.
Anastasia Robinson and the Earl of Peterborough (1724)
Lavinia Fenton and the Duke of Bolton (1751)
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland and the Earl of Mornington (1794)
Elizabeth Farren and the Earl of Derby (1797)
Louisa Brunton and Earl Craven (1807)
Mary "Polly" Bolton and Lord Thurlow (1813)
Elizabeth O'Neill and William Wrixon-Becher (1819)
Mary Anne Paton and Lord William Lennox (1824)
Harriet Mellon and the Duke of St Albans (1827)
Maria Foote and the Earl of Harrington (1831)
Catherine "Kitty" Stephens and the Earl of Essex (1838)
Frances Braham and Earl Waldegrave (1840)
Mrs Nisbett and Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet (1844)
Sarah Fairbrother and the Duke of Cambridge (1847)
Julia Fortescue and Baron Gardner (1848)
Emily Saunders and Sir William Don (1857)
Harriette Webster and Baron Burnham (1862)
Anne Sheppey and Viscount Hinton (1869)
Kate Cooke and the Earl of Euston (1871)
"Dolly Tester" and the Marquess of Ailesbury (1884)
Belle Bilton and William Trench, 5th Earl of Clancarty (1889)
Constance "Connie" Gilchrist and the 7th Earl of Orkney (1892)
May Yohé and Lord Francis Hope (1894)
Rosie Boote and the Marquis of Headfort (1901)
Anna Robinson and the Earl of Rosslyn (1905)
Denise Orme and Baron Churston (1907)
Sylvia Storey and the 7th Earl Poulett (1908)
Ethel Kendall and Hon. Maurice Henry Nelson Hood (1908)
May Etheridge and the 7th Duke of Leinster (1913)
José Collins and Lord Robert Edward Innes-Ker (1920)
Gertie Millar and the 2nd Earl of Dudley (1924)
Lydia Lopokova and John Maynard Keynes (1925) (later ennobled as Lord Keynes)
Sylvia Ashley and Lord Ashley (1927)
June Tripp and Baron Inverclyde (1929)
Adele Astaire and Lord Charles Cavendish (1932)
Irma de Malkhazouny and the Duke of Leeds (1933)
"Mimi" Forde Pigott and the Earl of Suffolk (1934)
Oriel Ross and the 8th Earl Poulett (1935)
Virginia Cherrill and Earl of Jersey (1937)
Sylvia Ashley and Baron Stanley of Alderley (1944)
Denise Orme and the 7th Duke of Leinster (1946)
Shirin Berry and Baron Moynihan (1958)
Maureen Swanson and the 4th Earl of Dudley (1961)
Jamie Lee Curtis and The Hon.
The public source identifies “List of entertainers who married titled Britons” as wikimedia list article. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around List, entertainers and married.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “List of entertainers who married titled Britons”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia list article” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q113039510. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1724, 1751, 1794 and 1797.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “List of entertainers who married titled Britons”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow List of entertainers who married titled Britons primary sources, List of entertainers who married titled Britons archive and List research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “List of entertainers who married titled Britons”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “List of entertainers who married titled Britons” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.