Joan Yarde-Buller

The Hon. Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller (22 April 1908 – 25 April 1997), also known in her three marriages as Joan Guinness, Princess Taj-ud-dawlah Aga Khan, and Viscountess Camrose, was an English socialite, one of the Bright Young Things. Early life Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller was born on 22 April 1908. She was the eldest of six children born to John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, the aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India, and Denise Orme, a former music hall singer. Among her siblings were brother, Richard Yarde-Buller, who became the 4th Baron Churston; sister Lydia Yarde-Buller, who became the Duchess of Bedford (wife of Ian Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford); and Primrose Yarde-Buller, who became the Countess Cadogan (wife of William Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan). After her parents divorce in 1928, her mother married Danish diplomat Tito Wessel. They too divorced and Denise married Edward FitzGerald, 7th Duke of Leinster. Her father was the only son of John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston and Barbara Yelverton (herself the only child of Sir Hastings Yelverton and the 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn). Personal life On 4 July 1927, Joan married Loel Guinness, at St Margaret's, Westminster in London. Guinness, a British Conservative Member of Parliament, was the only son of Irish lawyer Benjamin Seymour Guinness (of the Guinness brewing family), and his first wife, Bridget Henrietta Frances Williams-Bulkeley. They had one son: