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Iris Peake
Lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret (1923-2021)
Also known as Hon. Iris Irene Adele Peake · Iris Dawnay · Hon. Iris Irene Adele Dawnay, MVO · Iris Irene Adele Peake · Iris Irene Adele Dawnay · Hon. Iris Dawnay
- Born
- July 25, 1923
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- , July 23, 1923
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- July 25, 1923
- Died
- November 2021
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- November 2021
- Birthplace
- London
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- London
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- secretary
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- , lady-in-waiting
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- , aristocrat
- secretary
- Positions held
- lady-in-waiting(1952–1963)
- Employer
- Secret Intelligence Service
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- , Conservative Research Department
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- , Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- Secret Intelligence Service
- Spouse
- Oliver Dawnay(since 1963)
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- Father
- Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Peerage
- 2.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby
- Mother
- Lady Joan Capell
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Peerage
- 2.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- Lady Joan Capell
- Sibling
- Sonia Peake
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- Sonia Peake
- Unmarried partner
- George Blake
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- George Blake
- Awards
- Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order(1957)
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Daily Telegraph“Iris Dawnay, MI6 secretary turned lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret whom she helped through the Peter Townsend crisis – obituary”telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/10/iris-dawnay-mi6-secretary-turned-lady-in-waiting-princess-margaret/
- Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order(1957)
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