Who is Rose Hanbury and who is she married to?

MARCHIONESS Rose Hanbury is used to the life of luxury, and lives in a HUGE stately home with her family.

Starting life out as a model, she is now is in charge of running a huge estate that was inherited by her husband.

Rose Hanbury is a former model who married into aristocracy and now lives in a huge estateCredit: Rex Features

Who is Rose Hanbury?

Born on March 15, 1984, Rose Hanbury is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, a title she inherited through marraige as her husband is a Marquess.

She is the daughter of Timothy Hanbury, a website designer, and Emma Hanbury, a fashion designer.

Moving anywhere feels awkward at first, and it took me a while to adjust and feel at home.
Rose Hanbury on moving to Hanbury Hall

Rose was a boarder at the prestigious Stowe School, before completing an Open University degree.

Her grandmother and namesake Lady Rose Lambert was a bridesmaid in Queen Elizabeth's wedding to Prince Philip, cementing her connection to the Royal Family.

A source told the Daily Mail that Longman was a "lifelong friend" of the Queen and one of "two non-royal attendants" at the nuptials.

Is Rose Hanbury married?

Rose is married to David Rocksavage, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.

He inherited the title in 1990, when his father passed away and he was the heir in waiting.

Rose and David - who have an age gap of 23 years - first met on holiday in Italy in 2003 and were wed in 2009 after a brief engagement.

Over the course of three days in June that year, they announced their engagement, revealed her pregnancy with twins, and quietly tied the knot at Chelsea Town Hall

Rose's husband David is a descendent of Sir Robert Walpole and is also related to the Rothschild and Sassoon families.

The couple have an estimated net worth of £112million, which he inherited when his father died.

But despite this reported wealth, David has revealed he isn't necessary "cash rich".

”It's not what people think. A lot of the money people say I have is tied up in trusts or in artwork or in land," he told The New York Times in 1997. "I'm a curator as much as anything, which is a side of things I do enjoy. Going to the country and looking after things. But there is a lot about it that I don't like.”

Does Rose Hanbury have any children?

Together with her husband David, Rose has twin boys, Alexander and Oliver, and a daughter called Lady Iris.

The elder son, Alexander, who is heir apparent to the Marquessate, bears the courtesy title of Earl of Rocksavage and his brother is known as Lord Oliver Cholmondeley.

The twins were born on October 12, 2009, while their sister arrived on March 1, 2016.

The family reside in Houghton Hall in Norfolk, which her husband David, inherited when he was 30.

The stately home has over a hundred rooms and is surrounded by 4,000 acres of deer-filled grounds.

The property was built in the 1700s for Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole

Rose revealed to The English Home, at first she struggled to feel at home in the gigantic Palladian home, and how it was daunting being in charge of running the household.

She shared: “Moving anywhere feels awkward at first, and it took me a while to adjust and feel at home.

“We use the ground floor, and the second and third floors, where the bedrooms are.

"The first floor is mainly occupied by the State Rooms. I don’t know how many rooms we have in total." - reportedly there are a 106.

They also own Cholmondeley Castle, which is surrounded by a 7,500-acre estate near Malpas, Cheshire.

What does Rose Hanbury do for a living?

In her 20s, Rose started her working life as a fashion model, when she reportedly had a contract with Storm - the agency which discovered Kate Moss.

However, she first came to national attention in 2005 when she and her elder sister Marina - both wearing pink bikinis - posed alongside a grinning Tony Blair whilst on holiday in Tuscany.

The snap went viral, and saw the picture published in newspapers across the country - Rose has never commented on the picture.

Rose also worked as a political researcher for Tory MP Michael Gove.

However, since her marriage to David and becoming a mother, Rose has dedicated her life to her family and running their estate.

But she also continues to work actively for charitable organisations, with the most well-known one being East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).

How does Rose Hanbury know Prince William and Kate Middleton?

Rose's family home, Houghton Hall, and is located just a few miles away from the Prince and Princess of Wales' country home, Anmer Hall.

The pair's warm greetings to each other at a gala in 2016 confirmed their tight-knit relationship, as Rose later attended the banquet in honour of President Trump's state visit to the UK and was seated near William and Kate.