Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Princess Diana and Maurice Baring

From the latest issue of Gilbert (July/Aug 2017), this interesting fact concerning one of Chesterton's best friends (featured with him and Belloc in the painting The Conversation Piece), Maruice Baring
[...] Baring's sister, the Honorable Margaret Baring, was married to Charles Spencer, the 6th Earl Spencer, and their great-granddaughter was none other than Diana, Princess of Wales which makes Maurice Baring her great-great uncle.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 27, 2019 at 3:33 PM

    Just read a passage from The Curse of The Golden Cross describing a lady Diana Wales which reminded me of the Princess. What an odd coincidence :)

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  2. MikeApril 27, 2019 at 5:15 PM

    Wow...that *is* an odd coincidence! I haven't read that story in many years, and when I did, I never made that connection.

    Thanks for pointing it out!

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