Louisa Jane McDonnell, née Grey VA

Royal Order of Victoria and Albert

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 (15 February 1855, St. James's Palace

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–2 April 1949), was the daughter of Hon. Charles Grey (a son of the 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

 and Private Secretary to Prince Albert) and his wife, Caroline Eliza née Farquhar.

On 1 June 1875, Louisa married the 6th Earl of Antrim (thus becoming the Countess of Antrim) in the Chapel Royal

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 at St. James's and they later had three children:

• Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell (26 March 1876–16 April 1959), married Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
  Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester
  Vivian Hugh Smith, 1st Baron Bicester was a British merchant banker.Smith was the son of Hugh Colin Smith and Constance Maria Josepha , and grandson of John Abel Smith. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
  
• Randal Mark Kerr McDonnell, Viscount Dunluce (10 December 1878–15 June 1932)
• Hon. Angus McDonnell
  Angus McDonnell
  The Honourable Angus McDonnell CB CMG was a British engineer, diplomat and Conservative Party politician.He was the second son of William Randal McDonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim and Louisa McDonnell, Countess of Antrim. Following education at Eton College, he briefly entered business as a merchant...
  
   (7 June 1881–22 April 1966)

In 1890, the countess became a Lady of the Bedchamber

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 to Queen Victoria

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 until the latter's death in 1901 and was continued as such under Queen Alexandra

Alexandra of Denmark

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 until Edward VII's

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death in 1910. The Countess of Antrim died in 1949, aged 94.