List of entertainers who married titled Britons

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This is a list of notable singers, dancers and actors who married titled Britons (nobility and royalty). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

This list includes only those who contracted marriages.

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References

  1. "Actresses Raised to the Peerage". The Australian Star . No. 1241. New South Wales, Australia. 21 November 1891. p. 9. Retrieved 29 June 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Peers who have Married Actresses". The Maitland Weekly Mercury . Vol. 7128, no. 391. New South Wales, Australia. 29 June 1901. p. 11. Retrieved 26 June 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Actresses and Singers Who Have Married Noblemen". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . Vol. L, no. 7077. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Literature". The Leader (Melbourne) . No. 3000. Victoria, Australia. 5 July 1913. p. 25. Retrieved 29 June 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Bulloch, J. M. (10 August 1935). "Peers who have married players". Notes and Queries. CLXIX: 92–94. doi:10.1093/nq/CLXIX.aug10.92.
  6. "Nisbett, Louisa Cranstoun"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Notes

  1. Farren became mother to Lady Wilton
  2. He became first of the Wrixon-Becher baronets
  3. She had wealth in addition to her other endowments, being the widow of Thomas Coutts
  4. In contravention of the Royal Marriages Act
  5. In 1925 granted the rank of the widow of a viscount by a Royal warrant of precedence