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Dame Jane Roberts | |
Birth Name: | Priscilla Jane Stephanie Low |
Birth Date: | 4 September 1949 |
Alma Mater: | Westfield College Courtauld Institute of Art |
Occupation: | Librarian |
Known For: | Curator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle |
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Dame Priscilla Jane Stephanie, Lady Roberts, (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]
Priscilla Jane Stephanie Low was the eldest daughter of Brigadier Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington and his wife Araminta MacMichael. She was educated at Cranborne Chase School, Westfield College (now part of Queen Mary, University of London), and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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]
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 House in Home Park, Windsor. 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]