1950 BUCKINGHAM PALACE Letter on behalf of Princess Margaret signed by Lady Jennifer Bevan (Lady in waiting) and later becoming Lady Lowther, with envelope LONDON OFFICIAL PAID datestamp and double ring CROWN/GVIR Cypher Royal Monogram Postal authority handstamp

Lady Lowther ( nee Jennifer Jane Bevan) 1927-2021 Lady Lowther, who died 19 January, 2022, aged 94, was the widow of Sir John Lowther, KCVO, CBE, sometime Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Jennifer Bevan was a great friend of the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and member of the 'Clarence House set' in the 1950s. She was Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret 1948-52, and thereafter an extra Lady-in-Waiting. She was born Jennifer Jane Bevan, 11 November, 1927, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Colonel John Henry Bevan, CB, MC [1894-1978], and his wife the Lady Barbara Violet Bingham [1902-63], daughter of the 5th Earl of Lucan [1860-1949]. She married 21 February, 1952, John Luke Lowther [born 17 Nov, 1923], scion of the Lowther baronets, son of Colonel John George Lowther [1885-1977], and his wife the former Hon Lilah Charlotte Sarah White [1889-1976], daughter of the 3rd Baron Annaly [1857-1922]. Her husband, appointed CBE in 1983, and KCVO in 1997, served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, 1984-98. He died 11 April, 2011, aged 87. Lady Lowther leaves issue, a son, Hugh [born 12 Jan, 1956], and two daughters, Sarah Charlotte Margaret [born 4 Jan, 1954, and for whom HRH The Princess Margaret stood sponsor], and Lavinia Mary [born 11 Nov, 1958].