Lady Sarah Chatto

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Sarah Chatto
Born
Sarah Frances Elizabeth Armstrong-Jones

(1964-05-01) 1 May 1964 (age 57)
Kensington Palace, London, England
Education
OccupationPainter
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1994)​
Children2 sons
Parents
FamilyArmstrong-Jones family
House of Windsor

Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is the only daughter of Princess Margaret and the only niece of Queen Elizabeth II. She is the youngest grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is 27th in line of succession to the British throne, as of August 2021.

Early life and education[]

Sarah Armstrong-Jones was born on 1 May 1964[1] at Kensington Palace in London. She was the second child and first daughter to the marriage of her parents, Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones. She was christened in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace[2] on 13 July 1964.[3] Her godmothers were Prudence, Lady Penn (née Stewart-Wilson), stepsister of Jocelyn Stevens; Jane Stevens, the wife of Jocelyn Stevens and one of Princess Margaret's ladies-in-waiting; and Marigold Bridgeman.[4] Her godfathers were David Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland, and her father's friend Antony Barton.[4]

Lady Sarah is herself a godmother to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex,[5] Lady Rose Gilman,[6] and Lady Louise Windsor.[7] She also has half-siblings on her father's side: Polly Fry (born 1960),[8], Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones (born 1979), and Jasper Cable-Alexander (born 1998).[9][10]

Lady Sarah and her brother, David, then Viscount Linley, grew up in the nursery of Kensington Palace, Apartment 10.[11][12] They were raised with a nanny called Verona Sumner, although their parents, especially their father, were comparatively hands-on (for the time), with their father teaching them to build things and be creative.[11]

Their parents' marriage was fractious; the couple formally separated when Sarah was 12 and divorced when she was 14. She and her brother spent weekends, depending on with which parent, at either Nymans or Royal Lodge.[11] Holidays were given to the royal estates at Sandringham and Balmoral, where Lady Sarah did a lot of landscape painting.[11]

Lady Sarah was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer. She accompanied her mother and brother on an official visit to China and Hong Kong in May 1987.[11]

She attended Bedales School, which she left with a single A level in Art.[11] She enrolled at the Camberwell School of Art.[13] She also studied art at the Royal Academy Schools.[13] After her studies there, she took a two-year sabbatical to travel with her father to India, where he was employed to photograph the production of A Passage to India.[11] The film's producer, John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne, gave her a job as an intern, assisting the wardrobe department (without credit)[4] and studying wood gilding under her father's cousin Thomas Messel.[11] Returning to England, she enrolled at Middlesex Polytechnic (renamed as Middlesex University since 1992).

Professional life[]

She has been exhibiting her work, always under the name Sarah Armstrong-Jones, at The Redfern Gallery since 1995.[14] Her work has won awards: The Winsor & Newton Prize in 1988 and The Creswick Landscape Prize in 1990.[14]

She is vice-president of The Royal Ballet,[4] an appointment she accepted in 2004, following the example of her mother.[11]

Marriage and issue[]

The arms of Lady Sarah, being her father's borne on a lozenge.

Lady Sarah met Daniel Chatto during her sabbatical in India with her father in the 1980s. Chatto was also working on a film, albeit a different one—Heat and Dust.[15] He is from a theatrical family, the son of actor Tom Chatto (1920–1982) and the theatrical agent Ros Chatto (born Rosalind Joan Thompson; died 2012).[16] He proposed to her with a "vintage cluster ring."[17] The couple married on 14 July 1994,[1] the marriage being officiated by the Reverend Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, at St Stephen's, Walbrook, in the City of London. The bride's wedding gown was designed by Jasper Conran.[15] The Snowdon Floral Tiara, which is made out of three brooches, secured her veil.[18] Her bridesmaids were all young teenagers: her half-sister Lady Frances von Hofmannsthal, Zara Phillips (daughter of her cousin Anne, Princess Royal), and Tara Noble-Singh, a family friend.[15] The couple have two sons:

  • Samuel David Benedict Chatto (born 28 July 1996), 28th in the line of succession as of June 2021.
  • Arthur Robert Nathaniel Chatto (born 5 February 1999), 29th in the line of succession, and a former page of honour to the Queen, his grand-aunt, from 2009[19] to 2015.[20]

Both children attended Eton College and then the University of Edinburgh.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Wayne C. Thompson (20 July 2016). Western Europe 2016–2017. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-4758-2905-1.
  2. ^ "The Royal Christening (Part 2)". Days of Majesty. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Princess Margaret with her baby daughter". Getty Images. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Knightley, Emma; Michaels, Ashley (2017). Coco, Tatiana (ed.). The Queen's Niece and Nephew (3 ed.). Archived from the original (Kindle) on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.[self-published source?]
  5. ^ Smith, Terry; Thorpe-Tracey, Rosemary. "A Windsor War". People. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ^ Koenig, Marlene. "Windsor-Gilman Nuptials". Royal Musings. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Royal Godparents". Yvonne's Royalty Page. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. ^ Bloxham, Andy (31 May 2008). "Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before marrying Princess Margaret". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  9. ^ Bearn, Emily (16 April 2003). "Still playing Peter Pan". The Daily Telegraph.
  10. ^ Owens, Mitchell (27 July 1999). "Noticed: Blood Tells. So Does Burke's". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Aronson, Theo (2013). Princess Margaret: A Biography. Thistle Publishing.
  12. ^ Their mother moved to 1A, currently occupied by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, after divorcing Snowdon, while Prince and Princess Michael of Kent took Apartment 10. This information is clearly stated in Theo Aronson's biography of Princess Margaret.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Archived entry for "Lady Sarah Chatto" at Debrett's: https://web.archive.org/web/20100809210733/http://www.debretts.com/people/royal-family/biographies/lady-sarah-chatto.aspx
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sarah Armstrong-Jones". The Redfern Gallery. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c Green, Michelle. "An Artful Match". People. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  16. ^ Walker, Tim (15 June 2012). "The Queen's niece Lady Sarah Chatto mourns the death of agent to the stars". The Telegraph.
  17. ^ Chang, Mahalia (27 November 2017). "A Thorough History Of British Royal Engagement Rings". Harper's Bazaar Australia. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  18. ^ "The Top Ten: Princess Margaret's Jewels". The Court Jeweller. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  19. ^ Koenig, Marlene Eilers. "Four Pages at the State Opening of Parliament". Royal Musings. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Queen Appoints Pages of Honour". Royal News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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Lady Sarah Chatto
Born: 1 May 1964
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones 		Line of succession to the British throne
27th in line 		Succeeded by
Samuel Chatto
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Countess of Snowdon 		Ladies
Lady Sarah Chatto 		Succeeded by
The Duchess of Gloucester
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