Jan here....Thanks for all your help. Just recently I received this wonderful email with some great information on Lady Julia Clements... You may find it interesting... here it is in full. Yes she was a Lady, in fact the widow of Sir Alexander Hay Seton, the 10th Baronet of Abercorn, Armour Bearer to the Queen. Lady Julia just celebrated her 101st birthday this May/07! Have a great day, Jan (See below...)
"Good morning, Mrs Howlett,
I shall repeat from a publishers list given by Julia Clements, which may help to fill in any gaps in the information you have on this lady already:
‘Julia Clements is a judge, teacher and speaker on Floral Art. She is the Author of 20 best selling books on Flower Arrangement which have sold more than one million copies. She is an International Judge of Floral Art having judged at the Paris and Ghent Floralies and in Italy, Monte Carlo, New York, Chicago, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Central America.
She is a Judge and Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society.
She has appeared frequently on Radio and TV loving the latter for its spontaneity.
She wrote a weekly page on the subject for Popular Gardening for twelve years followed by a similar page in Garden News until today.
She is President of the London and Overseas Association of Flower Arrangement Societies and Life Vice-President of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies.
She has the unique distinction of having three roses named after her, i.e. Julia Clements, Lady Seton and Julia’s Rose, the latter winning the gold medal at the 1983 World Congress of Roses.
She was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society, it being their highest award for her pioneer work with Flower Clubs.
She was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List of 1989.
It is her abounding enthusiasm and lucid style which attracts her audiences, in fact, John Hall of the Daily Mail, when writing of her as the Arch Priestess of Flower Arranging said ‘she has led more than 3,000,000 women in various parts of the world into the grip of Flower Arranging.’
Miss Clements is the widow of Sir Alexander Hay Seton, the 10th Baronet of Abercorn.' (I also found he was Armour Bearer to the Queen)
Obviously this was written some years ago, but the information is still relevant.
I hope this helps.
Regards
Drusilla Attwood
PA to Chief Executive"