Madeleine Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough

Madeleine Ponsonby,
Countess of Bessborough
CBE
Born
Madeleine Lola Margaret Grand

8 November 1935
Occupationart dealer
Years active1958-
Known forfounder of New Art Centre and Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gallery
Spouse
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(m. 1963; died 2002)​
Children2

Madeleine Lola Margaret Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, CBE[1] (née Grand; born 8 November 1935), is an English art dealer who married into the aristocratic Ponsonby family. She is the founder of New Art Centre, London, and Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gallery, Winterslow, Wiltshire.

  1. ^ The Roche Court Educational Trust website also mentions FRCA (Fellow of the Royal College of Art).