Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness Of Lansdowne

Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (née Hamilton), was born on 17 December 1850 and died on 21 October 1932. She was a member of the British aristocracy and held roles at the royal court.

Her parents were James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Louisa Jane Russell. On 8 November 1869, she married Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, who later became the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. The marriage took place at Westminster Abbey.

The couple had four children:

- Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Fitzmaurice, born 27 August 1870 and died 2 April 1960

- Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry, born 14 January 1872 and died 5 March 1936

- Lord Charles George Francis Fitzmaurice, born 12 February 1874 and died 30 October 1914

- Lady Beatrix Frances Fitzmaurice, born 25 March 1877 and died 5 August 1953

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice served as Governor General of Canada from 1883 to 1888, during which time she was the vice-regal consort. Subsequently, from 1888 to 1894, she was the Vicereine of India while her husband was Viceroy.

From 1905 to 1909, she was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra, and from 1910 to 1925, she served as an Extra Lady to the Queen.

During the First World War, she founded the Officers' Families Fund and served as its president. She and her husband provided Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, as the headquarters for this organization. She had previously organized similar efforts during the Second Boer War. Additionally, she established an auxiliary Red Cross hospital in the Orangery at Bowood House, located on their estate in Wiltshire.

In recognition of her charitable work, she was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.

She died in 1932 at the age of 81. Her remains were buried at Derry Hill church, near their estate at Bowood, alongside her husband, who predeceased her by five years.