Anne, Baroness Monteagle of Brandon (née Brownlow), who died 30 January, 2026, aged 97, was the widow of the 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon.
She was born 21 December, 1928, daughter of Colonel Guy James Brownlow (1883-1960), and his wife the former Elinor Hope Georgina Scott, and was descended from the Earls of Meath and the Earls (later Dukes) of Abercorn.
She married 28 May, 1949, Capt Gerald Spring Rice, the 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (born 5 July, 1926), of the Irish Guards, son of the 5th Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1887-1946), and his wife the former Emilie Frances de Kosenko (who died in 1981); by whom she had issue, a son, Charles (born 24 Feb, 1953), and three daughters, Elinor (born 23 Apr, 1950), Angela (twin with Angela, who died 11 Dec, 2015), and Fiona (born 10 Apr, 1957).
Her husband, who was part of the guard of honour at the Coronation, 1953, and who took 45 years to make is maiden speech in the House of Lords, died 17 November, 2013, aged 87, and was succeeded by his son in the peerage (cr UK, 1839).
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