Sally, Duchess of Richmond

### Relatives

Prince Octavius, Duke of Wimbourne (Father) Baroness Isla Adairia von Klein (Duchess of Wimbourne) (Mother)

Edgar Mahmud-Cromwell (Husband)

Eliza Mahmud-Cromwell, Countess of March and Kinrara (Daughter)

Lady Carson Mahmud-Cromwell (Daughter)

Margaret Mahmud-Cromwell (Sister-In-Law)

Esra Mahmud (Mother-In-Law)

### Affiliation

Style: Her GraceDuchy of Richmond, Beauxbatons, The House of Cromwell

### Occupation

Head of Wizengamot Administration Services (Usual job of the Duke or Duchess of Richmond)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

St. Mungo's Hospital For Magical Maladies and Injuries, England

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

Sally Elizabeth Ruth Courser was born on 18 February 1955 to a rather low ranking member of the royal family, Prince Octavius, who was not born a prince but was given the title as the Duke of Wimbourne, and his wife, Isla, a German Baroness of Klein, Germany. Klein is a uniquely magical area of German and it is popular with magical tourists. Sally's parents suffered great fertility troubles, and her mother was already in her late thirties, her father in his early forties, when Sally was born. She was Christened as a Catholic and was very true to her faith. She attended a muggle private school as a child, and got a real glimpse of the truths of the real world. She saw poverty on the streets near her school and from a young age had a passion for caring for the poor. Sally got her Hogwarts letter, but instead she went to Beauxbatons where she was sorted into Bellefeuille. She attended the French division, and there she was able to improve her skills in French. She also grew up speaking German at home, and in her fifth year she transferred to the Portuguese division to learn Portuguese. She took ballet as an elective from her third year on, and felt very comfortable at school, as though she fit in very well, and indeed she is. Upon her graduation, she was made the Duchess of Richmond, and after some additional schooling she took the traditional job of Dukes and Duchesses of Richmond, becoming the Head of Wizengamot Administration Services, where she kept track of documents and held a seat in the front row of the Wizengamot. Sally could've chosen to stay on her family's estate, Windham House, with her parents, but instead she bought her own home, which she named the Maria, after Queen Marlaina, whose full name is Maria Marlaina Ann, as it was near the Queen's favorite castle, Edward's Wiltshire Palace, At nineteen, Sally was a bridesmaid to her paternal cousin, Lady Pippa-Margaret Lathe, to Lionel St. Gregg. She was chosen to hold the train of her dress, which Sally did and took the task as an honour. Though never a quidditch player, Sally was an avid quidditch fan and when she wasn't devoting her time to work and ballet, she was attending quidditch matches. Sally had been caught up in her career and her life and hadn't had marriage on the mind, but when she was at a Quidditch match and locked eyes with Welsh National Player, Edgar Mahmud-Cromwell, her heart, well, it stopped. The two met after the match, and it was one of those classic movie moments that's unbelievable as you read about it and very hard to believe. The truth is, it was really love at first sight. The two got along very well. They were both passionate about their careers and hard workers, they could speak English and French together and Sally was also interested in learning Turkish from him, and they really just clicked. To add to the perfection, Sally was sitting in the same seat that Edgar's mother, Esra, was in when she met Edgar's father thirty-one years earlier. Though Sally was a couple years older than Edgar, that meant nothing to the couple. Despite both of their noble and well off backgrounds, they broke tradition and were very carefree and fun, and had spent time together at Sally's home for multiple months at a time, living together in stints before deciding to marry. They were wed in 1988 St. Dwynwen Chapel, followed by a two month honeymoon to Italy. Sally also made the decision to sell her house and move into the Cromwell Estate, via the Realtor company that Edgar's father, Letholdus, had owned before his death in 1975. Sally returned from her honeymoon pregnant, and in 1989 she gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, who was called Eliza. The little girl was followed by a younger sister, Carson, in 1992. Sally had an entire floor of the large and expensive Cromwell Estate for her and her family, so she didn't mind having to share with her husband's family, as she got along well with them anyway and viewed her sister in law, Margaret, as the sister she never had, and the same vice versa. Margaret was also a saving grace for Sally and Edgar, as she didn't work for a while and therefore was able to watch Eliza and Carson whilst Sally and Edgar worked, with assistance from a housemaid or two. As Sally continued to work in the Wizengamot, most of Edgar's duties including the managing of estates, renovations, and banking, as well as ministry and royalty correspondence. In 2002, Sally's daughters were bridesmaids to their cousin, Edgar's nephew, Edward, in his wedding to Tracey Davis. This started off a trend for the girls to be bridesmaids, at least for Eliza, who, prior to her own marriage to Maximus von Habsburg in 2013 was a bridesmaid for many societal high ups including the Duke and Duchess of Wessex (Albert and Mary), Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini, Christian Ringon and Lady Petra of Greece, and her third cousin, Constantine Horkos Basha to Alberta Dushku. In 2010, Sally's younger daughter, nineteen year old Carson, and her boyfriend, Andrew Wells, became parents to a baby boy named Zane, making Sally and Edgar grandparents for the first time. In 2013, Eliza turned twenty-four and married thirty year old half-blood, Maximus von Habsburg, who was a half blood, though it's unknown exactly which muggle Habsburg is his father and it is still debated to this day. The couple then welcomed twins, Tatiana and Trevor. Sally and Edgar became grandparents twice more in twenty seventeen when Eliza gave birth to a son, Oswald, and Carson too had a son, Jacob. In the couple's own lives, back in 2013 Edgar had founded a magazine called The Quidditch Inquiry, which Sally wrote in from time to time whilst also continuing to work at her own job. As of now, Sally is still busy with work but looking forward to retirement. She keeps up with her job and The Quidditch Inquiry, is a doting grandmother of five, and is a merry 66 years old.