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Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Grant (''née'' Primrose; 1879–1955) was a British writer and artist.〔The National Register of Archives.〕 She was the eldest child of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and his wife Hannah de Rothschild. Apart from her artistic work, in later life she became notable as an eccentric. ==Early years== Lady Sybil was the eldest child of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who served as prime minister to Queen Victoria from 1894 to 1895, by his marriage to Hannah de Rothschild, only child of Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874) and a granddaughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836). Through Hannah, as her father's sole heiress, the Mentmore Towers estate passed into the Rosebery family. Her father, Lord Rosebery, in addition to a life in Liberal politics and serving briefly as prime minister, collected Napoleonic memorabilia and wrote biographies, including one of Napoleon〔Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, ''Napoleon: The Last Phase'' (London: Humphreys, 1900)〕 and another of Lady Sybil's ancestor William Pitt the Younger.〔Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, ''Life of Pitt'' (London: Macmillan & Co., 1891)〕 Her mother, the Countess Hannah, was at one time reputed to be the richest woman in England. In her childhood Sybil was taught by governesses and divided her time between the family's Lansdowne House in London and their many country houses, which included Dalmeny House and Mentmore Towers. From the time she was a baby, Lady Sybil was often left by her parents in the care of servants, supervised by her father's sister Lady Leconfield at the Leconfields' Petworth House.〔Lady Constance Primrose married the second Baron Leconfield (The peerage.com )〕 This was particularly evident shortly after Sybil's birth in June 1880, when Lord Rosebery wished to visit Germany for three months to take a cure at a German spa for what is now thought to have been a nervous breakdown.〔McKinstry p90〕 He had no great feeling for proximity to small babies.〔McKinstry, p. 195〕 His wife dutifully accompanied him, but Rosebery reported that she savoured every detail of daily letters from London concerning Sybil.〔McKinstry p. 78〕 Despite the lack of parental attention, Lady Sybil remained close to her father. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady Sybil Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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