The Countess of Rosse and her Daughter

Anne Messel, the Countess of Rosse and her eldest daughter from her first marriage are shown in this photography. Anne Messel (later Parsons) was previously married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, with whom she had a daughter and a son, before she married Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse on 19 September 1935. The couple had two sons. Her eldest son Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowden (from her previous marriage with Ronald Armstrong-Jones) married Princess Margaret. Madame Yevonde creates a picture-in-a-picture-like scenery for this portrait with the Countess of Rosse sitting in a frame while her daughter Susan stands in front of her with a little flower bouquet in her hands

Aristocrat Aristocratic Aristocrats Bystander Messel Middleton Nov17 Parsons Rosse Snowden

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