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| Born | Maud Frances Sambourne August 5, 1875 |
| Died | March 8, 1960 (aged 84) |
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Leonard Messel (m. 1898) |
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Maud Frances Messel MBE (née Sambourne; 5 August 1875 – 8 March 1960) was a British artist and horticulturalist. She was awarded an MBE for her work with the Red Cross in World War I.
Biography
[edit]Maud Frances Sambourne was born on 5 August 1875 in Kensington, the daughter of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and Marion Herapath Sambourne.[1] She grew up in Sambourne House.[2]
Samboure had lessons from artist Blanche Vicat-Cole and published her first drawing in Punch in 1892, followed by drawings in Pall Mall Magazine in 1894. She also provided illustrations for a pair of books of fantastic stories: Fantasies (1896) by Mabel Nembhard and Cherriwink: a fairy story (1897) by Rachel Penn.[1]
During World War I, Maud Messel was commandant of the Knowle Auxiliary Hospital, a 20-bed military hospital, in Balcombe, West Sussex near the Mussel's country home Balcombe House. Hundreds of wounded soldiers were treated at the Knowle hospital.[3]
Messel died on 8 March 1960.[4]
Marriage and issue
[edit]She married German stockbroker Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel (1872–1953) on 20 April 1898.[1][4]
Maud and Leonard Messel had three children:
- Linley Francis Messel (1899–1971), British Army officer
- Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse (1902–1992), mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse.
- Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904–1974), artist and stage designer
Residences
[edit]Following their marriage, Leonard and Maud Messell purchased No. 27 Gloucester Terrace as their London home, and Balcombe House in Sussex.[5][6] As their family grew, they later took a larger town residence at No. 104 Lancaster Gate, Bayswater,[6] where Maud hosted the wedding reception of her daughter Anne Messel to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925,[7] and later the wedding reception of her granddaughter Susan Armstrong-Jones to John Vesey (later 6th Viscount de Vesci) in 1950.[8]
Following the death of Maud's father-in-law Ludwig Messell in 1915, Leonard inherited the family's Sussex estate Nymans, where Maud built a widely praised garden featuring old garden roses.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Sambourne Family Archive". www.rbkc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ↑ Forster, Katie (2016-03-13). "Creating an impression: inside a Victorian home". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ↑ "Maud Frances Messel (MES8367)". www.jewsfww.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- 1 2 3 Perks, Liz (2021-03-19). "Maud Messel (1875 - 1960) - a collector of the beautiful old roses". The Rosarian Library. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ↑ "Births". Evening Standard. 16 January 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 24 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Perks, Liz (19 March 2021). "Maud Messel (1875–1960) – a collector of the beautiful old roses". The Rosarian Library. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Wedding: Mr. R. O. L. Armstrong-Jones and Miss Messel". The Daily Telegraph. 23 July 1925. p. 13. Retrieved 24 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ de Courcy, Anne (2008). Snowdon: The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 25. ISBN 9780297852759 – via Internet Archive.