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'' 16th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (1 June 1865 – 29 April 1929) was a British peeress in her own right.

Early life

Violet was born on 1 June 1865 in

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, England.College of Arms. ''Visitation of England and Wales,'' Volume 13, 1905. pg 110
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Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers Sackville George Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers and ''de jure'' 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth (14 September 1827 – 24 August 1888) was a British peer and soldier. Early life Lane-Fox was the eldest son of Lady Charlotte Osborne (d. 1836) and Sackv ...

, and his wife, Mary Curteis. Her sister, Hon. Marcia Lane-Fox, became the Countess of Yarborough, and her brother, Hon. Sackville Fitzroy Henry Lane-Fox, died at age 18 at

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. Her paternal grandparents were Sackville Walter Lane-Fox and Lady Charlotte Mary Anne Georgiana Osborne (daughter of

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Barony of Darcy de Knayth

In 1888, Lady Powis' father died and the baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers fell into abeyance between his two daughters. On 8 June 1892, the abeyance of the Barony of Conyers was terminated in favour of the Countess of Yarborough. Eleven years later, on 29 September 1903, the Barony of Fauconberg (a title which had been in abeyance since the death of the last holder, the 6th Baroness Fauconberg in 1490), was also granted to Lady Yarborough. On the same date, the House of Lords also agreed that their father had held the Barony of Darcy de Knayth, which was granted to Lady Powis.

Personal life

On 21 August 1890, she married

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(who succeeded his uncle as

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six months later) at

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, London, England. Lady Powis persuaded her husband to entrust the entire management of the deteriorating gardens at

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to her in 1911. Over the next 18 years, she effectively recreated the gardens of Powis into the internationally renowned form that they have today."The Art Fund" is the operating name of the National Art Collections Fund, a charity registered in England and Wales (209174) and Scotland (SC038331)
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/ref> The Earl and Countess of Powis had three children: * Percy Robert Herbert, Viscount Clive (1892–1916), died of wounds received at the Somme.Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage,'' 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1029. * Lady Hermione Gwladys (1900 – 1995), married Roberto Lucchesi-Palli, 11th Duke della Grazia and 13th Prince di Campofranco. They had one daughter. * Hon. Mervyn Horatio Herbert, Viscount Clive, 17th Baron Darcy de Knayth (1904–1943), father of

Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth Davina Marcia Herbert Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth (10 July 1938 – 24 February 2008) was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, continuing to sit after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 as an elected peer. Biography ...

. Lady Powis died in 1929, age 64, in a motorcar accident, and was buried in the churchyard of Christ Church in

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. Her eldest surviving son, Mervyn, succeeded to the title.

References

External links

* National Trust Collections, Portrait o
''Lady Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox, 16th Baroness Darcy of Nayth, Countess of Powis (1865-1929)''
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