Mary Wilde, Baroness Penzance

Female, Deceased Person

1825 – 1900

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Who was Mary Wilde, Baroness Penzance?

Mary Wilde, Baroness Penzance, born Lady Mary Pleydell-Bouverie, was an English gardener. She was the daughter of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St. John-Mildmay. She married Sir James Wilde in 1860, becoming Baroness Penzance on her husband's elevation to the peerage in 1869. The couple resided at Eashing Park, Godalming. She shared her husband's passion for roses and helped him in his rose breeding. One of his rose cultivars is named "Lady Penzance" in her honour. Lady Penzance died on October 24, 1900

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Born
Dec 22, 1825
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Died
1900

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on July 23, 2013

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