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George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey; Patricia Kenneth Child-Villiers (née Richards), Countess of Jersey (later Filmer-Wilson, later Laycock)

1 of 5 portraits of Patricia Kenneth Child-Villiers (née Richards), Countess of Jersey (later Filmer-Wilson, later Laycock)

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George Francis Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey; Patricia Kenneth Child-Villiers (née Richards), Countess of Jersey (later Filmer-Wilson, later Laycock)

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 19 October 1931
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x34479

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Kate Richards

09 January 2019, 21:17

Patricia was from an old Australian family of convict origin. She is descended from first fleeter Robert Williams amongst others. The Richards families married with other convict families (emancipists) and were based predominantly in Western Sydney, the towns of Richmond and Windsor being home base from which numerous pastoral properties and leases were run as far away as the famous Victoria River Downs Station in NT. Patricia's great grandfather Ben Richards founded a key abattoir in western Sydney called Riverstone Meat Works, an innovator in the export of frozen meat from Sydney's Darling Harbour. Thus the family rose to middle class status. The family were great horse people - ancestor ames Richards was transported for stealing a horse. A blacksmith, he did well in the colony. His descendants continued their interests through polo and racing, including Patricia's father Kenneth who was an excellent horseman and polo player; interestingly Patricia's last husband was an Irish horse trainer, Mr More O'Farrell.