Alford, Marianne Margaret (1817–1888)
Alford, Marianne Margaret (1817–1888)
English artist. Name variations: Lady Marian Alford, Viscountess Alford. Born in 1817; died in 1888; daughter of Spencer Compton, 2nd marquis of Northampton; married John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford (son of Earl Brownlow), in 1841.
Friend to leading artists of her day, Lady Alford helped found the Royal School of Art Needlework in Kensington and published Needlework as Art in 1886.
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