The Duchess of Bedford

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.