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He was created Earl of Snowdon and Viscount Linley, of Nymans in the County of Sussex, on 6 October 1961. [36] The couple had two children: David, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, born 3 November 1961, and Lady Sarah, born 1 May 1964. [60] The marriage began to collapse early and publicly; various causes may have been behind the failure.
Earl of Snowdon is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961, together with the subsidiary title of Viscount Linley , of Nymans in the County of Sussex , by Queen Elizabeth II for her then-brother-in-law, Antony Armstrong-Jones , [ 2 ] who married Princess Margaret in 1960.
Lord Snowdon, the photographer former husband of Queen Elizabeth's late younger sister Princess Margaret has died aged 86.
Snowdon went unrecognized at the funeral of Officer Edward Pakula, a Detroit cop shot and killed in the line of duty. He got a compelling shot of a grim-faced Young, in office for only three weeks ...
Accordingly, the first Earl Snowdon was also created Baron Armstrong-Jones, and retained his seat in the Lords until his death in 2017, whereupon his son inherited the earldom but not the life peerage or the seat. In 2018, Linley became a candidate in a by-election to fill a vacancy among the ranks of the crossbench peers. [16]
Princess Margaret's husband, Lord Snowdon (also known as Antony Armstrong-Jones) was the first member of the Royal family to arrive at Aberfan after the mining disaster in 1966, which it took ...
Upon the death of Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1966, the Plas Dinas estate was bequeathed to Snowdon's much younger half-brother Peregrine Armstrong-Jones. [10] [11] At the entrance to the drive is Plas Dinas lodge. During the Second World War, there was prisoner of war camp in the field across the drive from the lodge. [5]
Meet David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, former Viscount Linley. This posh fellow is 60 years old, was a former chairman of Christie's auction house, and is a furniture maker. Here he is ...