Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey
(1849-1945), Political hostess, philanthropist and children's writer; wife of 7th Earl of Jersey; daughter of 2nd Baron LeighSitter in 8 portraits
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
The children of the 2nd Baron Leigh
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax50425
Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey as Anne of Austria
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1897
NPG x31256
Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey as Anne of Austria
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1897
NPG x31255
Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey as Anne of Austria
by Alexander Bassano, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41064
Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1930
NPG x168617
Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1930
NPG x168618
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
Related People
- Margaret Child (née Child-Villiers), Lady Dynevor (daughter)
- Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey (husband)
- William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh (father)
- Caroline Amelia (née Grosvenor), Lady Leigh (mother)
- Hon. Agnes Eleanor Leigh (sister)
- Hon. Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (brother)
- Hon. Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh (brother)
- Hon. Rupert Leigh (brother)
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Virginia Dodier
06 December 2021, 05:01
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36658