Edith E. H. Massey, Cornelyn, Beaumaris, c. 1880s

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During the late-nineteenth century Edith E. H. Massey (1863-1946) and her sister Gwendolen (1864-1960) were prominent members of the Anglesey Hunt. Edith served as Lady Patroness of the Anglesey Hunt in 1882. Apart from hunting, the Massey sisters also had a great love of drawing and produced numerous botanical illustrations of the wild flowers and plants of Anglesey.

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1880-1889

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