Elizabeth Charlotte Knollys was an English courtier and member of the Knollys family.
11 Facts About Charlotte Knollys
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Charlotte Knollys was Lady of the Bedchamber, and the first woman private secretary, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, consort of Edward VII.
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The daughter of Sir William Thomas Knollys, a successful military figure and Comptroller of the Household to Edward VII, when he was the Prince of Wales, and his wife, Elizabeth St Aubyn, Charlotte Knollys was born in London on 5 January 1835.
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Charlotte Knollys's parents lived at 13 Portman St in Marylebone.
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Charlotte Knollys performed all duties as private secretary and was in Alexandra's complete confidence.
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Charlotte Knollys wrote in a letter dated a year before Alexandra's death in 1925:.
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Charlotte Knollys's leave of service came upon Alexandra's death in 1925.
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Charlotte Knollys was presented with a gold medal after saving Alexandra from a fire.
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Charlotte Knollys was a diplomatic pillar of strength in a Royal Household that was not without its jealousies and intrigues.
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Miss Charlotte Knollys was in continuous attendance, had never taken a holiday, and dealt in longhand with all my grandmother's personal correspondance.
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Charlotte Knollys died, aged 95, unmarried, at her flat in South Audley Street, London in 1930.