Ann Parker Bowles

Dame Ann Parker Bowles (née de Trafford; 14 July 1918 – 22 January 1987) was a British aristocrat and Girl Guides leader.

Background Ann de Trafford was born in 1918 at 29, Portland Place, London, the eldest daughter of millionaire racehorse owner Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet, and, five years later, as a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in 1977.

Marriage and children On 14 February 1939 in Kensington, London, she married Derek Henry Parker Bowles (born Derek Henry Parker; 18 December 1915 – 4 February 1977) , son of Eustace Parker Bowles (born Eustace Parker) and Wilma Mary Garnault Bowles, only daughter of Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet. They had four children:

Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (b. 27 December 1939) Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b. 6 November 1941) Mary Ann Parker Bowles (b. 9 June 1945) Richard Eustace Parker Bowles (b. 7 November 1947 – d. 29 November 2010)

Her eldest son Andrew was the first husband of Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom.