The Duchess of Bedford(1917-2006)
- Actress
Hon. Lydia Yarde-Buller was the fifth of six children born to John
Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller and Jesse Smithers also known as Denise
Osme, a music hall singer. Her first marriage was to Captain Ian
Archiblad de Hoghton Lyle. With her second marriage to John Ian Robert
Russell, the 13th Duke of Bedford in 1947, she became the Duchess of
Bedford on October 9, 1953. The Duchess has two children named Lorna
Lyle and Sir Gavin Lyle, 3rd Bt. with her first husband, Captain Ian
Archiblad de Hoghton Lyle. She had one child with the Duke of Bedford,
Lord Frances Hastings born February 27, 1950. The Duchess of Bedford
passed away at St. Peter's Hospital Chertey, Surrey, England at the age
of 88.