Dunmow, UK. 29th Aug, 2021. Dunmow Essex England UK Little Easton Countess of Warwick Country Fair 29 Aug 2021. The show continues through to Bank Holiday Monday. Credit: BRIAN HARRIS/Alamy Live News
Dunmow Essex England UK Little Easton Countess of Warwick Country Fair 29 Aug 2021. The show continues through to Bank Holiday Monday. Photo Brian Harris/Alamy News Prize winning vegetables on display in the Horticulture tent. Frances Evelyn "Daisy" Greville, Countess of Warwick (née Maynard; 10 December 1861 – 26 July 1938 was a campaigning socialist who supported many schemes to aid the less well off in education, housing, employment, and pay. She established colleges for the education of women in agriculture and market gardening, first in Reading, then in Studley. She established a needlework school and employment scheme in Essex as well as using her ancestral homes to host events and schemes for the benefit of her tenants and workers. She was a long-term confidant or mistress to the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII. She was said to be referenced in the popular music hall song "Daisy, Daisy", owing to her rather unorthodox Photograph Brian Harris/Alamy News
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