were from Leeds, Yorkshire. Robert Lacey describes Michael Middleton's family as having aristocratic ancestry with Baroness Airedale (1868–1942) being his distant ancestor. Catherine's paternal great-grandmother Olive Middleton (née Lupton) and her cousin Baroness von Schunck (née Kate Lupton) were members of the Lupton family who are described as landed gentry and as such, were invited to the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. Four successive generations of Catherine's ancestors had lived at Potternewton Hall Estate, the family seat, including Catherine's great-grandmother Olive Middleton, her father, politician Francis Martineau Lupton, his mother, educator Frances Lupton and her father, epidemiologist and surgeon Thomas Michael Greenhow. Catherine's maternal ancestors, the Harrisons, were working-class labourers and miners from Sunderland and County Durham. Ancestors through her maternal line include Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet (1731–1810), who was a descendant of King Edward IV through his illegitimate daughter Elizabeth Plantagenet. Other paternal ancestors are Sir Thomas Fairfax (1475–1520) and his wife Anne Gascoigne, who was a descendant of King Edward III. Bibliography Books HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, "Foreword", in: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, "Foreword", in: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, "Foreword", in: Authored articles and letters Notes References Further reading External links The Princess of Wales at the official website of the British royal family The Princess of Wales at the website of the Government of Canada |- 1982 births Living people 20th-century British people 21st-century British people 20th-century British women 21st-century British women Alumni of the University of St Andrews Carrickfergus Cambridge Strathearn Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Duchesses of Cambridge Duchesses of Cornwall Duchesses of Rothesay English Anglicans Family of Charles III HuffPost bloggers House of Windsor Mental health activists Middleton family (British) Mountbatten-Windsor family People educated at Downe House School People educated at Marlborough College People educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne People from Bucklebury People from Reading, Berkshire Princesses of Wales Wives of British princes