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| birth_name = Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry |
| birth_name = Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry |
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| birth_date = 27 May 1947 |
| birth_date = 27 May 1947 |
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| birth_place = [[Wokingham]], |
| birth_place = [[Wokingham]], Berkshire, England |
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| death_date = 18 March 2020 |
| death_date = 18 March 2020 |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Born in 1947, in [[Wokingham]], |
Born in 1947, in [[Wokingham]], Berkshire, Miranda Quarry's parents were Richard Bridges St John Quarry, a British Army officer in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]], and his wife Diana Elizabeth Lloyd, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Lloyd. She had an older sister, Venitia, born in 1942. The family lived in Berkshire, but the Quarrys divorced while Miranda was still a small child.Rebecca Cope, [https://www.tatler.com/article/miranda-quarry-countess-of-stockton A look back at the life of Seventies 'It' girl Miranda, Countess of Stockton] (obituary), ''[[The Tatler]]'', 28 April 2020, accessed 6 November 2022 |
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In 1951, Diana Quarry married secondly [[Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft|Stormont Mancroft]], a Conservative politician. She had three more children, two daughters and a son, [[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft|Benjamin Mancroft]].''[[Burke's Peerage]]'', vol. 2 (2003), p. 2588 |
In 1951, Diana Quarry married secondly [[Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft|Stormont Mancroft]], a Conservative politician. She had three more children, two daughters and a son, [[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft|Benjamin Mancroft]].''[[Burke's Peerage]]'', vol. 2 (2003), p. 2588 |
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When in 1962 her older sister Venitia married Frederick Barker, a future master of the [[Quorn Hunt|Quorn]], their father was living at Gaddeshill House, [[Eversley]], |
When in 1962 her older sister Venitia married Frederick Barker, a future master of the [[Quorn Hunt|Quorn]], their father was living at Gaddeshill House, [[Eversley]], Hampshire, and their mother at 48 [[Montagu Square]], Marylebone.''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]'', Vol. 132 (1962), p. 1137 Venitia was reported to be a good [[side-saddle]] rider.Michael Clayton, ''Foxhunting in Paradise'' (2012), [https://books.google.com/books?id=6YF5snlnrfoC&pg=PT128 p. 128] |
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Quarry was educated at Crofton Grange School in Hertfordshire and a finishing school in Paris. After leaving school, she travelled through Spain and Italy and lived in [[New York City]], then returned to England and was given a job by [[Michael Fish (fashion designer)|Michael Fish]], fashion designer and outfitter. She became a fashion model and an [[It girl]], before working as a flower seller at the [[Dorchester Hotel]]. |
Quarry was educated at Crofton Grange School in Hertfordshire and a finishing school in Paris. After leaving school, she travelled through Spain and Italy and lived in [[New York City]], then returned to England and was given a job by [[Michael Fish (fashion designer)|Michael Fish]], fashion designer and outfitter. She became a fashion model and an [[It girl]], before working as a flower seller at the [[Dorchester Hotel]]. |
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==Marriages and children== |
==Marriages and children== |
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Miranda met the actor [[Peter Sellers]], a customer of Michael Fish, but Sellers did not take an interest in her until seeing her at the Dorchester. In 1970, she married him at the [[Caxton Hall]], |
Miranda met the actor [[Peter Sellers]], a customer of Michael Fish, but Sellers did not take an interest in her until seeing her at the Dorchester. In 1970, she married him at the [[Caxton Hall]], Westminster, wearing a gypsy dress and accompanied by her two [[Pekingese|Pekinese dogs]]. They set up home on an estate in [[County Kildare]], [[Ireland]], but within three years the marriage broke down, with Sellers accusing Miranda of infidelities. They were divorced in 1974 but remained friends until Sellers died in 1980.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CH8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=naQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810,1246317&dq=miranda-quarry&hl=en Peter Sellers comic genius is dead at 54], [[Montreal Gazette]], 24 July 1980, accessed 17 February 2010 |
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Her third husband was [[Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton]], whom she married in 1995. They divorced in 2011. She died at home of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 18 March 2020 after a short illness.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240259/stockton|access-date=2020-11-14 |
Her third husband was [[Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton]], whom she married in 1995. They divorced in 2011. She died at home of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 18 March 2020 after a short illness.[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240259/stockton|access-date=2020-11-14 "Miranda, Countess of Stockton, née Quarry"], announcements.telegraph.co.uk, 22 March 2020, accessed 6 November 2022 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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