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 Daisy Greville, 1899 | |
| Born | Frances Evelyn Maynard 10 December 1861 27 Berkeley Square, London, England |
| Died | 26 July 1938 (aged 76) |
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| Children | 5, including
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Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Greville, Countess of Warwick (née Maynard; 10 December 1861 – 26 July 1938[1]) was a British socialite and philanthropist. Although embedded in late-Victorian British high society, she was also a campaigning socialist, supporting many schemes to aid the less well-off in education, housing, employment, and pay, and was often known as the "Red Countess".[2][3][4] She established colleges for the education of women in agriculture and market gardening, first in Reading, then in Studley. She established a needlework school and employment scheme in Essex as well as using her ancestral homes to host events and schemes for the benefit of her tenants and workers. Greville was a long-term confidant or mistress to the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
She was said to be referenced in the popular music hall song "Daisy, Daisy",[5] owing to her rather unorthodox conduct.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 4083–4084. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "May Open Day: the Red Countess", Easton Lodge
- ^ "The 4:50 from Liverpool Street, a Red Countess and Labour’s country retreat", Society for the Study of Labour History
- ^ Obituary, New York Times
- ^ Carroll, Leslie (3 June 2008). Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy. Edward VII and Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick 1861–1938: NAL Trade. ISBN 978-0-451-22398-2.
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