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Name: FURNESS, Enid Maude, Countess of Kenmare, Lady
Nee: Lindeman, dau of Charles Lindeman of Sydney, NSW
Birth Date: 8 Jan 1892 Burwood, NSW
Death Date: 5 Jan 1973 South Africa
First Date: 1932
Profession: Enid's lovers were legion. She had a reputation for marrying for money.
Married: 1. In Burwood, NSW 19 Feb 1913 Roderick McLeod Cameron of NY (1868-1914); 2. 18 June 1917 Brig-Gen. Frederick William Lawrence Shepperd Hart Cavendish (1877-1931); 3. In London 3 Aug 1933 1st Viscount Marmaduke Furness (1883-1940); 4. In Kensington 26 Jan 1943 Valentine Edward Charles 6th Earl of Kenmare (1891-1943)
Children: 1. Roderick William (13 Nov 1913 New York-1985) 2. Frederick Caryll Philip Cavendish (7th Baron Waterpark 6 Oct 1926-2013); Patricia Enid (O'Neill) (1925)
Book Reference: Markham, Debrett
General Information:
Markham - Lord Furness (Duke) - an extremely wealthy man, accompanied by a widow, the great beauty Enid Cavendish whose looks were compared to those of Diana Cooper and Violet Trefusis. Enid was to become a great friend of Beryl Markham not long after making Furness her third husband. She was said to have 'fantastic posture' and wore cabochon emeralds or rubies, dressing for evening in diaphanous gowns. When presented to King George and Queen Mary, she was regarded as the most beautiful Australian ever seen at court. ........... was recognised as one of six of the world's most beautiful women - therefore she fought with Beryl Markham
Debrett - Married 1st - 1913 - Roderick Cameron of New York; 2ndly - 1917 - Brig.-Gen. Frederick William Lawrence Sheppard Hart Cavendish, CMG, DSO, who died 1931; 3rdly - 1933 as his 3rd wife, the 1st Viscount Furness who died 1940; 4thly - 1943, as his second wife, the 6th Earl of Kenmare who died Sept. 1943
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