Jane Georgiana Rosetta (née Smyth), Lady Flower
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jane Georgiana Rosetta (née Smyth), Lady Flower
by Francis Smyth Baden-Powell
silhouette, 1898
Purchased, 1962
Reference Collection
NPG D424
Sitterback to top
- Jane Georgiana Rosetta (née Smyth), Lady Flower (1835-1923), Wife of Sir William Henry Flower. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Francis Smyth Baden-Powell (1850-1933), Silhouettist. Artist or producer of 21 portraits.
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Current affairs
The UK Parliament passes the Irish Local Government Act, which establishes a mixed system of local government in Ireland similar to that in Great Britain, notably creating new, directly elected county councils, and extending the electoral franchise to include all male householders and occupiers.Charles Pelham Villiers, Britain's longest-serving Member of Parliament, dies. Villiers entered Parliament in 1835 as Liberal MP for Wolverhampton.
Art and science
The French physicists Pierre and Marie Curie discover the strongly radioactive elements polonium and radium, paving the way for cancer therapy and nuclear physics.H.G. Wells's highly influential science fiction novellaThe War of the World is published, describing an invasion of England by aliens from Mars.
International
The Spanish-American war takes place after Spain fails to meet America's demands to peacefully resolve the Cuban fight for independence. America secures victory after a series of quick naval and military victories in the Philippines and Cuba. Later this year, the Treaty of Paris gives the US ownership of the former Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam, the US also taking control of Cuba, ending the uprising and granting independence.Comments back to top
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Christine Davis
11 June 2021, 18:29
Name: Georgiana Rosetta Smyth
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 21 Apr 1835
Baptism Place: Saint Paul,Bedford,Bedford,England
Father:
William Henry Smyth
Mother:
Annarella
FHL Film Number: 952396, 952397
This is the bapt. record for Georgiana, she was known in the family as Rosetta and when she was born her parents already had a daughter called Jane. She later became Lady Flower of course. She is my husband's great great grandmother. I have a photograph of her taken by C E Fry in 1895 if you are interested in that.