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Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (15 August 1876 – 8 May 1969), was an English lady, wife of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and châtelaine of Highclere Castle in Hampshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lafayette.org.uk/car2396.html )〕 After her second marriage she was known as Almina Dennistoun. ==Life== She was born Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell,〔Barnard Burke, 1914, p. 387〕 the only child of Marie Wombwell, née Boyer, the French wife of Captain Frederick Charles Wombwell, a British Army officer. However, her biological father was the banker Alfred de Rothschild, who left her considerable wealth.〔()〕 On 26 June 1895, at St Margaret's, Westminster, she married George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. The couple had two children:〔Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' (Wilmington, Delaware, US: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 107th edition in 3 volumes, 2003)〕 * Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898–1987), who married Anne Catherine Tredick Wendell and had children. Prince Victor Duleep Singh, the eldest son of Maharani Bamba Müller and Maharaja Duleep Singh was later claimed to be his biological father. * Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Herbert (15 August 1901 – 1980), who married Sir Brograve Campbell Beauchamp, 2nd Bt. and had a child. The Earl of Carnarvon developed an interest in Egyptology and became the financial backer of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, assisted by Almina's wealth. In November 1922 her husband and daughter were present with the archaeologist Howard Carter at the opening of the tomb. In March 1923 Lady Carnarvon travelled to Egypt to join her husband, who had developed pneumonia. He died on 5 April 1923, and Almina returned to Britain with his body later that month.〔(Howard Carter's diaries ), Griffith Institute, Oxford〕 The Carnarvons' only son, Henry Herbert (1898–1987), succeeded his father as sixth earl. Later in 1923 Almina married secondly Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Onslow Dennistoun. She continued to finance Howard Carter's work in the Valley of the Kings. Almina Dennistoun died in diminished circumstances in 1969 in Bristol, at the age of 92. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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