Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley Stewart of Darnley was a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch, which led to the ultimate union of the two main kingdoms of Great Britain: England and Scotland. In 1565 the House of Stewart of Darnley was re-united with the Royal House of Stewart when Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley married his first cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, both being grandchildren of Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, and hence
Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley man ... marrie[s] another, and in the end discovers that she is made for a third". During the First World War she and her husband set aside the state apartments of their home, Cobham Hall in Kent, to accommodate 50 Australian officers. Lady Florence was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. She died on 30 August 1944 and was buried in the collegiate church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham, Kent Her grave, and that of her husband, was rededicated in May 2011. Husband: Children: Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley Florence Rose Bligh (née