Jean Margaret Wallop was born on 29 April 1935 in Big Horn, Wyoming, to The Hon.
They had three children: Jean and her husband, Lord Porchester, who succeeded to the earldom of Carnarvon in 1987, lived at Milford Lake House on the Highclere Castle estate.
Lord Porchester (known as "Porchy") was one of Queen Elizabeth II's closest friends and served as her racing manager from 1969 until his death in 2001.
[1] For her services to Newbury, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours.
[1][2] Her funeral, held on 25 April 2019 at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Highclere, was attended by Queen Elizabeth II.