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Tatler cover, Countess of Rosse

The Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel. She was married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925, 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 Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowden (from her previous marriage with Ronald Armstrong-Jones) married Princess Margaret. Date: 1939

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Miss Sketch keeps a Diary - First Night of Le Bonheur

Page from The Sketch reporting on the first night of the Charles Boyer film, Le Bonheur at the Curzon cinema. Guests include Mr and Mrs Anthony Acton, Sir Michael and Lady Pamela Berry (nee Smith), Lady Mairi Stewart, Viscount Errington, Virginia Gilliat, Lady Elizabeth Paget and Herr von Hoffmanstahl. The final picture, bottom right, shows Noel Coward (far right) with MPs. Mr J. P. L. Thomas, Robert Boothby and Ronald Cartland. Bob Boothby would later become a prominent figure in trying to decriminalise homosexuality. Date: 1938

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Francess D of Richmond

FRANCES HOWARD, duchess of RICHMOND, 3rd wife of Ludovick Stuart, duke ; previously wife of Edward, earl of Hertford ; daughter of Thomas Howard of Bindon. Date: 1578 - 1639

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