Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

Clare Husted Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Steel; born 2 September 1960), is a British aristocrat, journalist and polo player. She held the position of Social Editor for Tatler magazine from 1995 to 2005. She is the co-founder and trustee of James' Place, a charity dedicated to prevent male suicide. She founded the organisation with Nick Wentworth-Stanley, following the tragic loss by suicide of their son, James.

The Most Honourable

The Marchioness of Milford Haven
Born
Clare Husted Steel

(1960-09-02) 2 September 1960
NationalityBritish
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)
Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley
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(m. 1985; div. 1997)​

Biography

Lady Milford Haven is the daughter of Anthony Nigel Steel of Rock House Farm, Lower Froyle, Hampshire (1925–1983), and his wife, Anne Husted.

She has one brother and one sister. Her brother, Timothy Michael Steel (born 1952), married The Hon. Sophia-Rose Maude (daughter of Robert Maude, 8th Viscount Hawarden) on 26 June 1982; they have four children. Her sister, Louise Helen Steel (born 1956), married Count[1] Don Ludovico del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano, son of Count Don Giulio del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano and Donna Maria Elisabetta, dei Marchese Cavalletti dell'Oliveto Sabino, on 30 April 1983; they have three children.

Marriages and children

She married Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (born 1954), a Lloyd's List's underwriter, in 1985; they later divorced in 1997. With her first husband, she had three children:

  • James Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley (1985 – 15 December 2006), a former pupil at Harrow School and a student at Newcastle University and, like his mother, an accomplished polo player[2]
  • Harry David Wentworth-Stanley (born 1989), husband of Cressida Bonas[3]
  • Louisa Clare Wentworth-Stanley (born 1993)

She married The 4th Marquess of Milford Haven in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997, thereby becoming step-mother to his two children:

References
  1. Del Balzo: Duchi di Presenzano Libro d'Oro della Nobiltà Mediterranea, www.genmarenostrum.com
  2. Son of marchioness found shot dead Daily Telegraph 18 December 2006
  3. Tom Sykes (18 March 2015). "Post-Prince Harry, Cressida Bonas' Career Takes Off". The Daily Beast.
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