Rosalind Cubitt

Rosalind Maud Shand ( Cubitt; 11 August 1921 – 14 July 1994) was a British aristocrat, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. She was the wife of army officer Major Bruce Shand and the mother of Camilla Parker-Bowles Childhood Rosalind was born at 16 Grosvenor Street, London, on 11 August 1921, the eldest of the three children born to Roland Calvert Cubitt (1899–1962) and his wife Sonia Rosemary Cubitt (née Keppel; 1900–1986). Her father was the son of Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, and became 3rd Baron Ashcombe after his death. Rosalind's mother Sonia was the youngest daughter of George Keppel and his wife, Alice Frederica Keppel (née Edmonstone). Rosalind had two younger siblings: Henry Cubitt, who succeeded his father as the 4th Baron Ashcombe and Jeremy Cubitt, who died in 1958 at the age of 30. Her family was the aristocratic and wealthy Cubitt family, which founded the Cubitt construction company. She was a goddaughter of Dame Margaret Greville and inherited some of her fortune. Rosalind was named by the press as the 1939 'Debutante of the Year'. She had her debutante ball on 6 July 1939 at the Holland House in Kensington, London. It was attended by more than a thousand guests including famous playwright and composer Noël Coward and royals King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The ball was described as the last grand and great ball held at the house before it was destroyed during the Second World War.