Sixth Generation

	Anna, Lady Oxmantown 2005. ©Birr Castle Archives.

Anna, Lady Oxmantown (née Lin Xiaojing) was born in Tianjin, China. Anna is the English name she chose for herself at university. She met her husband Patrick Parsons, Lord Oxmantown whilst studying for her MBA in Beijing. They married in 2004.

Anna has a distinctive personal style. From childhood she designed her own clothing. Anna travelled extensively with her job as a television presenter and has now established a fashion design company. She regularly wears her own designs, which draw on Chinese and European fashions. Anna designed and wore the four outfits for her Chinese wedding and Irish blessing.

The outfits worn by Anna at her Chinese wedding and Irish blessing are the newest editions to the Messel Dress Collection.