Baroness Elizabeth Hoyningen-Huene

She was the elder daughter of Barthold Theodor Hermann Hoyningen-Huene, a Baltic nobleman, military officer in the Chevalier Guard and lord of Navesti manor (near Võhma), and his wife, Emily Anne "Nan" Lothrop, a daughter of George Van Ness Lothrop, an American Ambassador to Russia.

Elizabeth was raised in the court of Saint Petersburg and in February 1914 was named maid of honour (Freylina) to Dowager Empress Maria, and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse).

Elizabeth married first Baron Nikolai Alexandrovitch Von Wrangel of Terpelitzy and later Lieutenant Colonel Charles Norman Buzzard.

[3][4][5] [6] Just days prior to the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914, Betty took part in a 706 mile car race of six stages through what is now Estonia and Latvia.

By 1920 she was exhibiting her creations under the name of Yteb at Le Vieux Doelen Hotel in The Hague [9] By 1921 she had opened her shop at 14 Rue Royale, Paris, and was employing one hundred and fifty Russian exiles.

[12] Chapter VXII of Charles Buzzard's The Shining Hours describes a fascinating account of life experienced by himself, Betty and their children at Le Manoir during the build up to World War II and after occupation during the Vichy regime.

He describes the succession of shining hours before the war of family life, gardening, bee keeping, painting, cosmopolitain parties, guest visits and political intrigue.

Then with the deprivations that war brings, the food shortages and restrictions of travel Charles and their elder daughter Elisabeth left Le Manoir in 1942.

[13] British Army Major Preston John Hurman's 1946 wedding certificate lists him as the adopted son of "Mrs. E. Buzzard".

[14][15] Betty's first husband, Baron Nikolai Wrangel, died in 1927 and was laid to rest in the Cimitero degli Inglesi, Rome, Italy.