Caroline Grosvenor
Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor CBE (née Stuart-Wortley; 15 June 1858 – 7 August 1940) was a British novelist, administrator and artist. She founded the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women and led the Women's Farm and Garden Union. The daughter of the philanthropist Jane Stuart-Wortley and the politician James Stuart-Wortley, she was born in Westminster, London, and married Norman Grosvenor (died 1898), son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, in 1881.
Also recorded as Miss Caroline Stewart-Wortley · Caroline Stuart-Wortley · Caroline H. Norman · Hon. Mrs. Norman G. Grosvenor
Caroline Grosvenor

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- Name
- Caroline Grosvenor
- Birth Name
- Caroline Susan Theodora Stuart-Wortley
- Born
- 15 June 1858
- Birthplace
- Westminster, London, England
- Died
- 7 August 1940 (aged 82)
- Spouse
- Norman Grosvenor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · novelist
- Fields
- portrait
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages
- English
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Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor CBE (née Stuart-Wortley; 15 June 1858 – 7 August 1940) was a British novelist, administrator and artist. She founded the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women and led the Women's Farm and Garden Union. The daughter of the philanthropist Jane Stuart-Wortley and the politician James Stuart-Wortley, she was born in Westminster, London, and married Norman Grosvenor (died 1898), son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, in 1881.
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Caroline Grosvenor was a British and British novelist and painter. The novelist was born in Westminster.
Genres include portrait. Awards and honours include Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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One of their daughters, Susan, married John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. • Illustration — Portrait of Miss Risa Stillman from 1893 or 1894 by Caroline Grosvenor Grosvenor wrote three novels: The Bands of Orion, The Thornton Device, and Laura (with her older brother, Charles Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley). Also with her brother Charles, in 1926 she wrote a two-volume family history: The first Lady Wharncliffe and her family (1779–1856). She was a well known miniature and watercolour painter. She founded the Colonial Intelligence League for Educated Women, which later amalgamated with the Society for Oversea Settlement of British Women, a subsidiary of the Colonial Office. One idea was to ready women for emigration but the chair "Mrs Norman Grosvenor" minuted that they would embark on a scheme of establishing small holdings for women. Grosvenor was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1920 New Year Honours for her services to emigrant British women.
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Key facts
• Name — Caroline Grosvenor • Birth Name — Caroline Susan Theodora Stuart-Wortley • Born — 15 June 1858 • Birthplace — Westminster, London, England • Died — 7 August 1940 (aged 82) • Spouse — Norman Grosvenor
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Miss Caroline Stewart-Wortley, Caroline Stuart-Wortley, Caroline H. Grosvenor and Caroline Stuart-Wortley Grosvenor. Her recorded language was English. She was the child of James Stuart-Wortley and Jane Stuart-Wortley. She married Norman Grosvenor. 2 children are recorded: Susan Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir and Margaret Sophie Katherine Grosvenor.
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Caroline Grosvenor is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation novelist. Classed in the genre portrait.
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1858
Caroline Grosvenor was born on 15 June 1858.
1940
Caroline Grosvenor died on 7 August 1940.
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Caroline Grosvenor was born at Westminster.
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- 1.Jane Stuart Wortley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; retrieved 31 January 2016.
- 2.Obituary, The Times, 9 August 1940
- 3.Meredith, Anne. From ideals to reality: The women's smallholding colony at Lingfield, 1920–39. Agricultural History Review. 54. 105–121.
- 4.31712. 30 December 1919.
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