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(Redirected from Jane, Lady Roberts)

The Honourable
Dame Jane Roberts
Born

Priscilla Jane Stephanie Low


(1949-09-04)4 September 1949
Died29 June 2021(2021-06-29) (aged 71)
Alma materWestfield College
Courtauld Institute of Art
OccupationLibrarian
Known forCurator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle
Spouse

(m. 1975)

Dame Priscilla Jane Stephanie Roberts, DCVO, FSA (née Low; 4 September 1949 – 29 June 2021), known as simply Jane Roberts, was the Curator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle from 1975 and the Royal Librarian from 2002 until her retirement in July 2013.[1]

Background and education

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Priscilla Jane Stephanie Low was the eldest daughter of Brigadier Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington and his wife Araminta née MacMichael. She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, Westfield College (now part of Queen Mary, University of London), and the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Honours

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Roberts was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1984.[2] She was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant (LVO) in 1995,[3] Commander (CVO) in 2004,[4] and to Dame Commander (DCVO) of the same Order in 2013.[5]

Personal life

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On 13 December 1975, Jane Low married Sir Hugh Roberts, who was the Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art until April 2010.[6]

She and her husband lived at Adelaide Cottage, a grace and favour home near Frogmore HouseinHome Park, Windsor.[citation needed] The couple had two daughters: Sophie Jane Cecilia Roberts (born 28 March 1978) and Amelia Frances Albinia Roberts (born 1982).[6]

She died on 29 June 2021, at the age of 71.[7]

Works

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References

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  • ^ "Page 4 | Supplement 54066, 16 June 1995 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  • ^ "Page 3 | Supplement 57155, 31 December 2003 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  • ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  • ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Aldington". Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Limited. pp. 56–57. ISBN 2-940085-02-1.
  • ^ Roberts, Hugh (1 July 2021). "Roberts". The Telegraph Announcements. The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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