remarked: "You can say that if you like – but it simply wouldn't be true". She was also said to have counselled her granddaughter against the marriage, saying: "Darling, you must understand that their sense of humour and their lifestyle are different, and I don't think it will suit you." Lady Fermoy died at her home at 36 Eaton Square, London, on 6 July 1993, aged 84. It was reported that she was not on speaking terms with Diana when she died. Ancestry Lady Fermoy's great-grandmother, Kitty Forbes, was the daughter of Eliza Kewark. Eliza's father, Hakob Kevork or Kevorkian, was Armenian; her Indian mother was probably Muslim. She is variously described in contemporary documents as "a dark-skinned native woman" and "an Armenian woman from Bombay". Popular culture Lady Fermoy is portrayed by Georgie Glen in The Crown. References 1908 births 1993 deaths British ladies-in-waiting People from Aberdeenshire British people of Armenian descent British people of Indian descent Officers of the Order of the British Empire Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Irish baronesses 20th-century British women 20th-century British people Ruth