Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle
(1845-1921), Promoter of women's political rights and of temperance reform; wife of 9th Earl of Carlisle; daughter of 2nd Baron Stanley of AlderleySitter in 5 portraits
Known as 'The Radical Countess', Rosalind Frances Howard (née Stanley) was a campaigner for women's suffrage and temperance reform. She married George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, a politician, long-serving Trustee of the National Gallery, and an accomplished artist in 1864.
Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle
by George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
pencil, 1868
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Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 20 June 1861
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'A Quaker wedding' (The marriage of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith)
after Richard Morris Smith
photograph of drawing, 13 December 1894
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Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle
by H. Walter Barnett
bromide print on card mount, 1900s
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Rosalind Frances (née Stanley), Countess of Carlisle with two children
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Related People
- Katherine Louisa (née Stanley), Viscountess Amberley (sister)
- George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle (husband)
- Charles James Stanley Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle (son)
- Dorothy Georgiana (née Howard), Lady Henley (daughter)
- Lady Mary Henrietta Howard (daughter)
- Geoffrey William Algernon Howard (son)
- Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (father)
- Henrietta Maria Stanley (née Dillon-Lee), Lady Stanley of Alderley (mother)
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