Alice Christabel was born in Montagu House, Whitehall, London, on Christmas Day 1901 as the third daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Bridgeman, daughter of the 4th Earl of Bradford [REF].
As she was born on Christmas Day, she was given the name 'Christabel' in addition to Alice.