Lady Juliet Townsend

Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, DCVO ( née Smith ; 9 ga Satumba 1941 - 29 ga Nuwamba 2014) marubuciya ce 'yar Birtaniya wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin Lord Lieutenant na Northamptonshire daga 1998 zuwa 2014, mace ta farko da ta riƙe wannan muƙamin.

 Rayuwar farko da iyali 
An haifi Townsend a shekarar 1941 a Five Trees Cottage da ke Ascot, Berkshire, 'yar Frederick Smith tilo, Earl na 2 na Birkenhead, masanin tarihi kuma mai rubuta tarihin rayuwa. Mahaifiyarta ita ce Hon. Sheila Berry, 'yar William Berry, Viscount Camrose na 1. Ta girma a The Cottage, Charlton, Northamptonshire, gidan da kakanta ya saya.  Ta auri John Townsend a shekarar 1970, kuma tana da 'ya'ya mata uku.  Tun daga shekarar 1977, ma'auratan suna da shagon sayar da littattafai.

 Sana'a 
Ta halarci Kwalejin Somerville, Oxford, inda ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1960 da digiri a fannin Turanci. Daga 1965 zuwa 2002, Townsend ta yi aiki a matsayin mace mai jiran Gimbiya Margaret, Countess ta Snowdon .   Margaret ta nemi a ba ta wanda aka naɗa kayan aiki don taimakawa wajen ƙara mata ilimi da take ganin ba ta da shi. 

Townsend ta rubuta wani littafi mai rikodin "kowace ƙauye, coci, gida mai kyau da kuma sha'awar gine-gine" a cikin Northamptonshire, inda ta buga shi a shekarar 1968. Aikin adabinta na gaba, labarin yara da aka saita a lokacin Mummunan Tawayen Indiya, an fitar da shi a shekarar 1971.  Tana yawan duba littattafan yara don The Spectator, tana samar da jagorar shekara-shekara kan mafi kyawun fina-finai na shekara.

Ta shafe kusan shekaru arba'in tana zama memba a reshen Northamptonshire na Campaign to Protect Rural England, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ta daga 1988 zuwa 1998.  Ta bar mukamin bayan nadinta a matsayin Lord Lieutenant na Northamptonshire, mace ta farko da ta riƙe wannan mukamin. Ta yi ritaya a watan Yunin 2014, saboda matsalolin motsi.   

 Daraja 

 An sanya ta cikin Memba na Aji na 4 na Royal Victorian Order (MVO) a cikin Jerin Girmamawar Sarauniya ta Shekarar 1981 .
 An ɗaukaka ta zuwa Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) a cikin Jerin Girmamawar Ranar Haihuwar Sarauniya ta 2014 .

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2014
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1941