British countesses by marriage

Diana, Princess of Wales was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her enduring popularity.

English mathematician (1815–1852)

member of the British Royal Family and princess of Wales since 2022

member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

British princess (1930–2002)

British Royal, wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

Member of the House of Windsor

Member of the House of Windsor

Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862-1938); mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; maternal grandmother of Elizabeth II

British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)

British aristocrat (1901-1960)

British writer, feminist and socialist campaigner (1894-1986)

British countess (1897-1972); paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales

British noblewoman (1736–1807)

British countess (1861–1938)

Ballerina, dancer, actress (1903-1975)

wife of Charles Edward Stuart (1752-1824)

British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945)

British noblewoman

Austrian-born British concert pianist

English courtier

British socialite and local politician (1929-2016)

British countess and memoirist (1920–2021)

wife of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon

Countess Granville (1890-1967)

wife of Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma

English heiress, wife of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1876–1969)

British peeress and novelist

wife of Edward Bulwer Lytton, later court-attendant

Australian musician and model (1926–2018)

British artist and the first vicereine of India (1817–1861)

British countess (1755-1824)

British actor and singer (1879–1952)

British peeress and letter writer (1723-1797)

English philanthropist and mother of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1737-1814)

British countess (1787-1869)

British noblewoman

British illustrator (1762–1831)

British countess (1760-1816)

British Roman Catholic politician and life peer (born 1935)

British actress and novelist (1911–1993)

traveller and scientific collector (1758-1830)

Scottish actress (1932-2011)

(died 1762)

British actor and opera singer (1891-1977)

Canadian social entrepreneur (born 1972)

British socialite

English actress and peeress in the nineteenth century

British botanist and artist (1762-1838)

British politician (1881-1966)