Dorothy Maud (née Vivian), Countess Haig
(1879-1939), Writer; wife of 1st Earl Haig; daughter of 3rd Lord VivianSitter in 14 portraits
The Hon. Dorothy Maud Vivian was the daughter of 3rd Baron Vivian and his wife Louisa Alice Duff, and a maid of honour to Queen Alexandra. She met Douglas Haig while he was a guest of King Edward VII at Windsor Castle. They married in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace in July 1905. During the First World War Countess Haig worked with the Red Cross, and was appointed a Lady of Grace of St John of Jerusalem. Her biography of her husband, The Man I Knew, was published in 1936.
Related People
- Lady Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Astor of Hever (née Haig) (daughter)
- Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre) (daughter)
- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (husband)
- George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (son)
- Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig (daughter)
- Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian (father)
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