Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk

Princess Maud
Countess of Southesk
Lady Southesk in the 1920s
BornLady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha Duff
(1893-04-03)3 April 1893
East Sheen Lodge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
Died14 December 1945(1945-12-14) (aged 52)
London, England
Burial18 December 1945
Spouse
(m. 1923)
IssueJames Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
FatherAlexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
MotherLouise, Princess Royal

Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (born Lady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha Duff; 3 April 1893 – 14 December 1945), titled Princess Maud from 1905 to 1923, was a granddaughter of Edward VII. Maud and her elder sister, Alexandra, had the distinction of being the only female-line descendants of a British sovereign officially granted both the title of Princess and the style of Highness.

Although Princess Maud did not otherwise carry out royal engagements, because of her position in the Commonwealth's order of succession she served as a Counsellor of State between 1942 and 1945.