Sybil Sassoon

Sybil Sassoon

Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile Sassoon, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, CBE (b. 20 January 1894, London - d. 26 December 1989) was Chief Staff Officer to Director WRNS, WRNS HQ, Admiralty (HMS Pembroke III) from 12 November 1939 until 1946. On 9 February 1945 she was appointed as Supt. of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the following year was made CBE.

Family

*Daughter of Sir Edward Albert Sassoon (1856-1912), 2nd Bt., and Baroness Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1865-1909)
*Sister of Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Sassoon, PC, 3rd Bt.

Married on 6 August 1913 to George Horatio Charles Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley (b. 19 May 1883 - d. 16 September 1968); they had two sons and one daughter.

External links

* [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/WRNS_officersC.html WRNS Website]
* [http://jssgallery.org/Paintings/Lady_Sassoon.htm Biodata]

References

*Stansky, Peter. "Sassoon: the worlds of Philip and Sybil", 2003


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