Claire Windsor, Countess of Ulster

Countess of Ulster
Born	Claire Alexandra Booth 29 December 1977 (1977-12-29) (age 33) Sheffield
Other names	Claire Alexandra Windsor Dr Claire Booth
Occupation	Physician
Spouse	Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
Children	Xan Windsor, Lord Culloden Lady Cosima Windsor
Parents	Robert Booth Barbara Patricia Hitchin

Claire Alexandra Windsor, Countess of Ulster (née Booth; born 29 December 1977) is the wife of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster, the son and heir of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. She was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and went up to King's College London to read Medicine, graduating in 2001 with the degree of BSc.

Claire is the elder child of Robert Booth, FCMI, of Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire (originally from Rotherham and a scion of the ancient Cheshire Booth family) by his wife Barbara Patricia (daughter of Wilfred Robert Hitchin). Her younger sister, Joanne, was born in 1979.

Lord Ulster married her on 22 June 2002 at The Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace, when she became formally entitled Countess of Ulster, or Lady Ulster. However, being a physician by profession, she prefers to remain known as Dr Claire Booth. Lady Ulster was a Paediatric Specialist Registrar, and now is qualified as a Consultant Paediatrician with the General Medical Council.^[1]

Children

Lord and Lady Ulster had their first child, a son, Xan Richard Anders, Lord Culloden, on 12 March 2007, and their second child, a daughter, Cosima Rose Alexandra, on 20 May 2010.^[2] Their children hold the courtesy styles of "Lord" and "Lady" although those styles will not become titles until the current Duke of Gloucester is deceased.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles

• 28 December 1977 – September 2001: Miss Claire Booth
• September 2001 – 22 June 2002: Dr Claire Booth
• 22 June 2002 – present: Countess of Ulster

Arms

Notes

• Court Circular

References

1. ^ "Molecular Immunology at the UCL Institute of Child Health: Staff List" (in en). Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. 9 June 2009. http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/academicunits/Molecular_immunology/StaffList/. 
2. ^ Telegraph Announcements

External links

• www.thePeerage.com
• Cracroft's Peerage

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Duchess of Westminster	Ladies Countess of Ulster	Succeeded by Countess of St Andrews

Persondata
Name	Claire, Countess of Ulster
Alternative names	Booth, Claire Alexandra (birthname)
Short description	Doctor
Date of birth	28 December 1977
Place of birth	Sheffield, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death