Political
[COWLEY
(Olivia Cecilia FitzGerald, née de Ros, 1807-1885, daughter of Charlotte, Baroness de Ros in her own right, and wife, 1833, of Sir Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, K.G., 1804-1884, 1st Earl Cowley, nephew of the 1st Duke of Wellington, Ambassador to Napoleon III 1852-1867)]
Engraved at home card, in French,
saying that she restera chez elle for the birthday of Queen Victoria, 1 side 3¾ x 5¼, [Paris], Wednesday 24th May n.y. but
Item Date: 1854
Background
Lord Malmesbury wrote that Earl Cowley was not a little assisted by the remarkable intelligence of his wife, and by her knowledge of the world, of society, and of courts. William IV insisted she be married at Windsor, and gave her away.
Stock No. 53295