Lady Mary Russell

Lady Mary Russell (née Baillie-Hamilton; 13 January 1934 – 18 September 2022) was a Scottish socialite who was a maid of honour at the coronation of Elizabeth II.

[1][2][4][5] Her brother was a British peer, John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington.

[4] For a brief period, she worked at the Turner Archive, part of the Tate Gallery.

[1] In 1953, she became a maid of honour at the coronation of Elizabeth II along with Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill, Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner, and Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

[1] In the 1980s, she founded a business called Combe Manor Fabrics and later directed Whitchurch Silk Mill as a businesswoman.