Joan Yarde-Buller

The Hon. Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller (22 April 1908 – 25 April 1997) was an English socialite, one of the Bright Young Things.[1]

Joan Yarde-Buller
Viscountess Camrose
Princess Tajuddawlah Aga Khan
The Hon. Mrs. Guinness
Full name
Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller
Born(1908-04-22)22 April 1908
Died25 April 1997(1997-04-25) (aged 89)
Spouse(s)
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        Issue
        Patrick Benjamin Guinness
        Aga Khan IV
        Prince Amyn Aga Khan
        FatherJohn Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston
        MotherDenise Orme

        Biography

        Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller was born on 22 April 1908, the daughter of John Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, and Denise Orme.

        She married Loel Guinness.[2][3][4] They had one son, Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965),[5] who married Dolores Guinness, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936–2012) on 22 October 1955 in Paris.[6] In 1935, Loel Guinness sued for divorce.

        A few days after the divorce from Guinness was effective, on 18 May 1936, in Paris, Joan Yarde-Buller married Prince Aly Khan. Before the wedding, Yarde-Buller converted to Islam and took the name "Tajuddawlah".[7][8][9] Yarde-Buller and Khan had two sons, the present Aga Khan IV and Prince Amyn Aga Khan. They divorced in 1949 and the Prince later married Rita Hayworth.[10]

        Joan Yarde-Buller married lastly Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, a newspaper magnate, and died as the Dowager Viscountess Camrose, also known as Joan Berry, Viscountess Camrose.

        References
        1. "Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society - 10 Jan 1937, Sun • Page 95". The Philadelphia Inquirer: 95. 1937. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
        2. "Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party - 16 Jul 1927, Sat • Page 33". The Winnipeg Tribune: 33. 1927. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
        3. "Joan Yarde-Buller to Wed Loel Guinness". The New York Times. 28 February 1927. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        4. "Royalty Attends Guinness Wedding". The New York Times. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        5. "Son to Mrs. Loel Guinness". The New York Times. 11 March 1931. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        6. Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1695.
        7. "London Divorce Suit Names Indian Prince". The New York Times. 20 June 1935. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        8. "Guinnesses are divorced". The New York Times. 5 November 1935. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        9. "Guinness Divorce Is Absolute". The New York Times. 12 May 1936. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
        10. "Thomas L.E.B. Guinness Weds". The New York Times. 8 April 1951. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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