Joan Yarde-Buller

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Joan Yarde-Buller
Viscountess Camrose
Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan
The Hon. Mrs. Guinness
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Full name
Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller
Born(1908-04-22)22 April 1908
Died25 April 1997(1997-04-25) (aged 89)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1927; div. 1936)​
Prince Aly Khan
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(m. 1936; div. 1949)​
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(m. 1986; died 1995)​
IssuePatrick Benjamin Guinness
Aga Khan IV
Prince Amyn Aga Khan
FatherJohn Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston
MotherDenise Orme

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.[1]

Biography[]

Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller was born on 22 April 1908, the daughter of John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, and Denise Orme.

She married Loel Guinness.[2][3][4] They had one son, Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965),[5] who married Dolores Guinness, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936–2012) on 22 October 1955 in Paris.[6] In 1935, Loel Guinness sued for divorce.

A few days after the divorce from Guinness was effective, on 18 May 1936, in Paris, Joan Yarde-Buller married Prince Aly Khan. Before the wedding, Yarde-Buller converted to Islam and took the name "Taj-ud-dawlah", meaning "Crown of the Realm".[7][8][9] Yarde-Buller and Khan had two sons, the present Aga Khan IV and Prince Amyn Aga Khan. They divorced in 1949 and the Prince later married Rita Hayworth.[10]

Joan Yarde-Buller married lastly Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, a newspaper magnate, and died as the Dowager Viscountess Camrose, also known as Joan Berry, Viscountess Camrose.

References[]

  1. ^ "Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society - 10 Jan 1937, Sun • Page 95". The Philadelphia Inquirer: 95. 1937. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party - 16 Jul 1927, Sat • Page 33". The Winnipeg Tribune: 33. 1927. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Joan Yarde-Buller to Wed Loel Guinness". The New York Times. 28 February 1927. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Royalty Attends Guinness Wedding". The New York Times. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Son to Mrs. Loel Guinness". The New York Times. 11 March 1931. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. ^ Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1695.
  7. ^ "London Divorce Suit Names Indian Prince". The New York Times. 20 June 1935. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Guinnesses are divorced". The New York Times. 5 November 1935. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Guinness Divorce Is Absolute". The New York Times. 12 May 1936. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Thomas L.E.B. Guinness Weds". The New York Times. 8 April 1951. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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