Ann Parker Bowles
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Dame Ann Parker Bowles DCVO CBE |
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| Born |
Ann de Trafford July 17, 1918 |
| Died | January 22, 1987 (aged 68) |
| Occupation | Girl Guides leader, socialite |
| Spouse(s) | Derek Henry Parker Bowles |
| Children | 4; including Andrew |
| Parent(s) |
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet Lady Cynthia Cadogan |
| Relatives |
Tom Parker Bowles (grandson) Derek Paravicini (grandson) Laura Lopes (granddaughter) Emma Parker Bowles (granddaughter) |
Dame Ann Parker Bowles DCVO CBE (née de Trafford; 14 July 1918 – 22 January 1987) was a British aristocrat and Girl Guides leader. Through her eldest son Andrew, she was the former mother-in-law of Camilla Rosemary Shand who later became The Duchess of Cornwall.
Ann was born in 1918 in London the eldest daughter of millionaire racehorse owner Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Bt. and Lady Cynthia Hilda Evelyn Cadogan, daughter of Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea. The de Trafford Baronets descended from a pre-Conquest-founded line of lords of the manor who were wealthy in the Middle Ages and whose titles were reinstated in the mid-19th century due to recusancy — a term coined to describe the minority of English who remained Roman Catholic during and after the Reformation in a time of significant religious persecution. Ann (later Dame Ann) continued to adhere to the religion of her family, Roman Catholicism.
Ann de Trafford was a Commissioner of the Commonwealth Girl Guides Association. For these and other services to the Commonwealth she was invested as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1972, and, five years later, as a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in 1977.
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