Clare Husted Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (née Steel; born 2 September 1960), is a British aristocrat, journalist, polo player and brand ambassador. In 2018 the Marchioness co-founded the charity James' Place.

Biography

Lady Milford Haven is the daughter of Anthony Nigel Steel of Rock House Farm, Lower Froyle, Hampshire, and his wife, Anne Husted. She has one brother and one sister. Her sister, Louise Helen Steel (born 1956), married Count Don Ludovico del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano, son of Count Don Giulio del Balzo, dei Duchi di Presenzano and Donna Maria Elisabetta, dei Marchese Cavalletti dell'Oliveto Sabino, on 30 April 1983; they have three children. The Marchioness enjoys playing polo. Until 2020, she was an ambassador of the watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre for over 15, and she was made a brand ambassador for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in 2019. She has also worked as a journalist and was a special editor for the Tatler magazine between October 1998 – 2006, and has also written for magazines such as GQ, The Times, Homes & Gardens.

James' place

After the family tragedy of losing her son James to suicide in 2006, she later co-founded the charity in England during 2018. The original location in Liverpool operated as the first non-clinic suicide crisis centre in the UK, several locations were added to the Marchioness' charity in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, and through fundraising, the charity plans to raise £10 million more to open new locations in Birmingham and Bristol in the future (c. 2023). She was also made a co-chair for the British Alliance of Suicide Prevention Charities (TASC) in 2010.

Marriages and children

She married Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (born 1954), a Lloyd's List's underwriter, in 1985; they later divorced in 1997. With her first husband, she had three children: She married George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1997, without issue.