Dame Ann Parker Bowles DCVO CBE (14 July 1918 –22 January 1987)(née de Trafford) 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.
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, the Girl Guides leader who was nicknamed The Rhino because of her bravery and thick skin
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.
On 14 February 1939 she married Derek Henry Parker Bowles, b. December 18, 1915 d. February 4, 1977 son of Eustace Parker Bowles and Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles only daughter of Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet.
Husband of Dame Ann Parker Bowles They had four children:
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b.27 Dec 1939)
Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b.6 Nov 1941)
Mary Ann Parker Bowles (b.9 June 1945)
Richard Eustace Parker Bowles (b.7 Nov 1947 – d. 2010)
Her eldest son Andrew was the first husband of Camilla Rosemary Shand who later became The Duchess of Cornwall on her marriage to the Prince of Wales
Children of Ann de Trafford and Derek Henry Parker Bowles
°Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles b. 27 Dec 1939
°Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles b. 6 Nov 1941
°Mary Ann Parker Bowles b. 9 Jun 1945
°Richard Eustace Parker Bowles b. 7 Nov 1947 d. 29 Nov 2010
birth index record
Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1918
De Trafford, Female Cadogan Marylebone 1a 558
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, the Girl Guides leader who was nicknamed The Rhino because of her bravery and thick skin
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.
On 14 February 1939 she married Derek Henry Parker Bowles, b. December 18, 1915 d. February 4, 1977 son of Eustace Parker Bowles and Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles only daughter of Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet.
Husband of Dame Ann Parker Bowles They had four children:
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b.27 Dec 1939)
Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b.6 Nov 1941)
Mary Ann Parker Bowles (b.9 June 1945)
Richard Eustace Parker Bowles (b.7 Nov 1947 – d. 2010)
Her eldest son Andrew was the first husband of Camilla Rosemary Shand who later became The Duchess of Cornwall on her marriage to the Prince of Wales
Children of Ann de Trafford and Derek Henry Parker Bowles
°Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles b. 27 Dec 1939
°Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles b. 6 Nov 1941
°Mary Ann Parker Bowles b. 9 Jun 1945
°Richard Eustace Parker Bowles b. 7 Nov 1947 d. 29 Nov 2010
birth index record
Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1918
De Trafford, Female Cadogan Marylebone 1a 558
Dame Ann Parker Bowles DCVO CBE (14 July 1918 –22 January 1987)(née de Trafford) 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.
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, the Girl Guides leader who was nicknamed The Rhino because of her bravery and thick skin
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.
On 14 February 1939 she married Derek Henry Parker Bowles, b. December 18, 1915 d. February 4, 1977 son of Eustace Parker Bowles and Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles only daughter of Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet.
Husband of Dame Ann Parker Bowles They had four children:
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b.27 Dec 1939)
Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b.6 Nov 1941)
Mary Ann Parker Bowles (b.9 June 1945)
Richard Eustace Parker Bowles (b.7 Nov 1947 – d. 2010)
Her eldest son Andrew was the first husband of Camilla Rosemary Shand who later became The Duchess of Cornwall on her marriage to the Prince of Wales
Children of Ann de Trafford and Derek Henry Parker Bowles
°Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles b. 27 Dec 1939
°Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles b. 6 Nov 1941
°Mary Ann Parker Bowles b. 9 Jun 1945
°Richard Eustace Parker Bowles b. 7 Nov 1947 d. 29 Nov 2010
birth index record
Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1918
De Trafford, Female Cadogan Marylebone 1a 558
Dame Ann Parker Bowles, the Girl Guides leader who was nicknamed The Rhino because of her bravery and thick skin
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.
On 14 February 1939 she married Derek Henry Parker Bowles, b. December 18, 1915 d. February 4, 1977 son of Eustace Parker Bowles and Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles only daughter of Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet.
Husband of Dame Ann Parker Bowles They had four children:
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b.27 Dec 1939)
Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b.6 Nov 1941)
Mary Ann Parker Bowles (b.9 June 1945)
Richard Eustace Parker Bowles (b.7 Nov 1947 – d. 2010)
Her eldest son Andrew was the first husband of Camilla Rosemary Shand who later became The Duchess of Cornwall on her marriage to the Prince of Wales
Children of Ann de Trafford and Derek Henry Parker Bowles
°Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles b. 27 Dec 1939
°Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles b. 6 Nov 1941
°Mary Ann Parker Bowles b. 9 Jun 1945
°Richard Eustace Parker Bowles b. 7 Nov 1947 d. 29 Nov 2010
birth index record
Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1918
De Trafford, Female Cadogan Marylebone 1a 558
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