{{Short description|English peeress and model (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox noble | name = The Marchioness of Cholmondeley | image = | caption = | honorific_prefix = The Most Honourable | birth_name = Sarah Rose Hanbury | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|03|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | spouse = {{marriage|The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley|2009}} | issue = {{ubl|Alexander Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage|Lord Oliver Cholmondeley|Lady Iris Cholmondeley}} | module = {{infobox person | embed=yes | education = Stowe School | alma_mater = Open University }} }} '''Sarah Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ʌ|m|l|i}} {{Respell|CHUM|lee}}; ''née'' '''Hanbury'''; born 15 March 1984) is a British peeress, former model, and former political staffer. She is married to the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
== Early life == Sarah Rose Hanbury is the daughter of Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury (née Longman), a fashion designer. Her elder sister Marina<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akkam |first=Alia |date=8 December 2022 |title=Inside the Eclectic British Homes of 6 Notable Creatives |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-the-eclectic-british-homes-of-6-notable-creatives |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}</ref> is the third wife of the 7th Earl of Durham.<ref>{{Cite web |url-status=dead |last=Ford |first=Coreena |date=29 January 2011 |title=Low-key wedding as earl ties the knot for third time |url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/01/29/low-key-wedding-as-earl-ties-the-knot-for-third-time-61634-28075265/ |work=The Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205004739/http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/01/29/low-key-wedding-as-earl-ties-the-knot-for-third-time-61634-28075265/ |archive-date=5 December 2012 |access-date=16 December 2022}}</ref> The Hanbury family lived at Holfield Grange, Coggeshall, Essex.<ref>Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, ed. Peter Townend, 1965, vol. 1, p. 381.</ref><ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 1, pp. 380, 716, vol. 3, p. 3075.</ref> Her maternal grandmother was Lady Elizabeth Lambart (1924–2016), daughter of Field Marshal The 10th Earl of Cavan; Lady Elizabeth was one of the bridesmaids at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten;<ref name=People161212>{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=S. |date=12 December 2016 |title=Queen Elizabeth Mourns the Death of Former Bridesmaid Lady Elizabeth Longman |url=https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-mourns-the-death-of-former-bridesmaid-lady-elizabeth-longman/ |url-status=live |website=People |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322232208/https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-mourns-the-death-of-former-bridesmaid-lady-elizabeth-longman/ |archive-date=22 March 2019 |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> her paternal grandmother, Sara, was the daughter of racing driver Sir Henry Birkin, 3rd Baronet.<ref>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3075.</ref>
Hanbury was educated at Stowe School and earned a degree from the Open University.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? Prince William and Kate's Norfolk neighbour who encouraged the princess's festival visit |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-rose-hanbury-the-marchioness-of-cholmondeley |website=Tatler |access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Hanbury worked as a fashion model, signing with agency Storm at the age of 23, and was briefly a researcher for Conservative politician Michael Gove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Rose Hanbury: Who is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/sarah-rose-hanbury-duchess-cholmondeley-william-kate-b2510472.html |website=The Independent |access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 January 2020 |title=Who is Kate Middleton's friend Rose Hanbury, Marchioness of Cholmondeley? Everything you need to know |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2020010782785/who-is-rose-hanbury-marchioness-cholmondeley/ |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == [[File:Houghton Hall 20080720-2.jpg|thumb|262px|Houghton Hall]] On 24 June 2009, Hanbury married the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley at Chelsea Town Hall, their engagement having been announced two days earlier; the day before the wedding it was announced that she was expecting twins.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hallemann |first=Caroline |date=5 March 2022 |title=Who Is Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley? |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26930018/rose-hanbury-marchioness-cholmondeley-facts/ |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=Town & Country |language=en-us}}</ref>
They have three children: * Alexander Hugh George Cholmondeley, Earl of Rocksavage (born 12 October 2009)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bonner |first=Mehera |date=16 April 2019 |title=Meet the Woman at the Center of THOSE Prince William and Kate Middleton Rumors |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a27164598/who-is-kate-middleton-rural-rival-rose-hanbury/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US}}</ref> * Lord Oliver Timothy George Cholmondeley (born 12 October 2009)<ref name=":1" /> * Lady Iris Marina Aline Cholmondeley (born March 2016)<ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2016 |title=Daughter for the Marquess & Marchioness of Cholmondeley |url=http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/daughter-for-marquess-marchioness-of.html|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402010955/http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/daughter-for-marquess-marchioness-of.html |archive-date=2 April 2016 |access-date=2 April 2016 |publisher=Peerage News}}</ref>
The family lives at Houghton Hall, Norfolk. The Marchioness is a patron of the charity East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), along with the Princess of Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Rose, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, becomes EACH Patron |url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/lady-rose-marchioness-of-cholmondeley-each-patron/ |url-status=dead |website=Cambridge Network |date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082711/https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/lady-rose-marchioness-of-cholmondeley-each-patron/ |archive-date=28 January 2019}}</ref>
Her son, Lord Oliver, was a page of honour at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023 which was also attended by both the Marchioness and her husband.<ref>{{cite web |title=A new photograph of The King and The Queen Consort |url=https://www.royal.uk/new-photo-coronation-invite |work=The Royal Family |date= 4 April 2023 |access-date=5 April 2023}}</ref>
== Honours ==
* 60x60px 6 May 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal
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