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Aimée Josephine (née Barber-Starkey), Lady Coddington

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Aimée Josephine (née Barber-Starkey), Lady Coddington

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 28 November 1922
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x122083

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Ansie Hodge

26 August 2020, 17:23

Lady Aimée Josephine Coddington (née Barber-Starkey):
Lady Coddington was born in Meigel, Pertshire, Scotland, on 23rd October 1878, the third daughter of WJS Barber-Starkey and Margaret Aimée Kinloch. She lived with her parents at Aldenham Park near Bridgnorth, Shropshire until her marriage to Sir William Dudley Coddington (12 December 1830 – 15th February 1918). She was his second wife. They were married in the Chapel Royal, Savoy, London, on 30th January 1913. Lord and Lady Coddington lived at Wycollar, Blackburn. Lady Coddington passed away on 30th August 1930, in Middlesex.

Her brother was Captain WHJ Barber-Starkey of the Royal Field Artillery. He was wounded in the battle of Le Cateau and died on 2nd September 1914, in a German Field Hospital at Le Cateau, where he is buried.

Lady Coddington was related to the Starkey family through her paternal grandmother, Mary Starkey. They were successful woollen mill owners from Milnsbridge, Yorkshire who purchased Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire in 1881.