Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Bradley-Birt (née Spencer-Churchill; 1 September 1875 – 28 April 1946) was an English aristocrat and educationalist.
Biography Bradley-Birt was born in 1875 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. She was the youngestdaughter of George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough and Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999) Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. 106th edn., Vol 2. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. p. 1870. Her parents wedding was attended by the Edward VII, then Prince of Wales and Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales."The Sun, London, Tuesday Evening November 9 1869." Sun (London). 9 November 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
She married Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, diplomat of the Indian Civil Service and Bengal Commission, on 1 December 1920 at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London. She continued to use her maiden name after her marriage to avoid confusion with another family member. Bradley-Birt and her husband were known for their writings and social work for British India."In the Public Eye" Munsey's Weekly 14(November 1895): 231.
Bradley-Birt's brother Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, succeeded their father as Duke of Marlborough."Churchill (Spencer-Churchill), Charles Richard John, Marquess of Blandford (CHRL890CR)". Cambridge Alumni Database, University of Cambridge.
She died in 1946 in Hove, Sussex, aged 70.
Siblings Lady Frances Spencer-Churchill (1870–1954). Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871–1934). Lady Lilian Spencer-Churchill (1873–1951).
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