Maud Messel
Maud Messel | |
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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
Maud Frances Sambourne was born on 5 August 1875 in Kensington, the daughter of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and Marion Herapath Sambourne. She grew up in Sambourne House.
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.
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.
Messel died on 8 March 1960.
Marriage and issue
She married German stockbroker Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel (1872–1953) on 20 April 1898.
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
Following their marriage, Leonard and Maud Messell purchased No. 27 Gloucester Terrace as their London home, and Balcombe House in Sussex. As their family grew, they later took a larger town residence at No. 104 Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, where Maud hosted the wedding reception of her daughter Anne Messel to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925, and later the wedding reception of her granddaughter Susan Armstrong-Jones to John Vesey (later 6th Viscount de Vesci) in 1950.
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.
References
- 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.