Beatrice (O'Brien) Marignoli (1882 - 1976)

Born 23 Dec 1882 in Dromoland Castle, County Clare, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi — married 16 Mar 1905 in St Georges, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1976 at age 93 in Roma, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Beatrice (O'Brien) Marignoli was born in Ireland.

Hon. Beatrice O'Brien was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Hon. Beatrice O'Brien was born on 23 December 1882. She was the daughter of Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron of Inchiquin and his second wife Hon. Ellen Harriet White.

Her father Edward died on 9 April 1900 at age 60.

In the 1901 England Census, Honble Beatrice Obrien (aged 18) was recorded living at 4 Marble Arch, St. Marylebone, London in the household of her mother Eleanor Lady Inchiquin (45 and a widow) . Also in the household were her siblings Honble Clara Obrien (26), Honble Moira Obrien (24), Honble Eileen Obrien (23), Honble Maud Obrien (22), Honble Lilah Obrien (15), Honble Doreen Obrien (12), Honble Donough Obrien (20) and Honble Desmond Obrien (5), along with 10 servants.

She married, firstly, Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, the son of Signor Guiseppe Marconi and Annie Jameson, on 16 March 1905.^[1].

They had three children, before she and Senatore Guglielmo Marconi were divorced in 1924.

She married, secondly, Liborio Marignoli, Marquis di Montecorona on 3 March 1924. From 3 March 1924, her married name became Marignoli.

Beatrice died on 10 October 1976 and was buried at Campo Cestio, Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy^[2]. PLOT: 543 - Area 2, Row 4, Number 29

Sources

1. ↑ From 16 March 1905, her married name became Marconi. Miss Doreen O'Brien, the youngest daughter of Lord Inchiquin, whose recent marriage to Captain Richard Coke attracted a good deal of attention in smart society at home, is possessed of a small but interesting relative in this State. The young Victorian whose birthplace is Kew, is the first-born of Mr. Edward Donough O'Brien, who is at present leading a mining expedition in the Congo. His wife, the daughter of Mr. T. Deravin, of "Chateau Dore," near Bendigo, is at present on a visit to her relatives, in Victoria. Her little son can claim many interesting relatives and connections, among them being Chevalier Marconi, of wireless telegraphy fame, who is married to another Miss O'Brien, an elder sister of Miss Doreen. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145916472 Personal. (1908, March 12). Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 188.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161160926/beatrice-marignoli: accessed 05 April 2023), memorial page for Beatrice O'Brien Marignoli (23 Dec 1882–10 Oct 1976), Find A Grave: Memorial #161160926, citing Campo Cestio, Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy; Maintained by Elisa Rolle (contributor 48982101)

• Free BMD database online. Marriages Mar 1905. O'Brien Beatrice St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 632. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=yjNar2KbDyftxalHSM2Osg&scan=1. Accessed 12 Nov 2022.

See Also

• Genealogy.com. Family tree of Louise Johnson. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Louise-Johnstone/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0586.html. Accessed 12 Nov 2022.
• The Peerage.com; a genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe. "Hon Beatrice O'Brien"; http://www.thepeerage.com/p48399.htm#i483985. Accessed 12 Nov 2022
• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Z6-6FW : 20 May 2019), Beatrice O Brien in household of Clara O Brien, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Mary subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.