Daisy, Princess (1873–1943)

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Daisy, Princess (1873–1943)

Welsh-born princess and memoirest. Name variations: Princess of Pless; Princess Henry of Pless; Mary or Maria Cornwallis-West. Born Maria (also seen as Mary) Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West, 1873 in Wales; died 1943; dau. of Col. William and Patsy Cornwallis-West (favorite of the prince of Wales, later King Edward VII); sister of Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West (aka Shelagh who was duchess of Westminster, died 1970) and George Cornwallis-West who m. Jennie Jerome Churchill; m. Prince Hans Heinrich of Pless (German prince), 1891 (div.).

See also Daisy Princess of Pless, By Herself (1928) and The Private Diaries of Daisy, Princess of Pless, 1873–1914 (1950).