11 Facts About Angela Sykes

Angela Christina MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim, known as Angela Antrim, was Countess of Antrim, a sculptor, a cartoonist, and an illustrator.

Angela Christina Sykes was born 6 September 1911 at Eddlethorpe, near Malton in Yorkshire, as the fifth child and youngest daughter of a total of three sons and three daughters to Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet of Sledmere, and Lady Edith Violet Sykes.

Angela Sykes was educated privately before going to Brussels to train under Marnix d'Haveloose.

From 11 May 1934, Angela Sykes married name became McDonnell and she was styled Countess of Antrim.

Angela Sykes organised canteens and hostels as well as led a mobile hospital unit for rescued people from concentration camps through the Catholic Women's League in Ulster.

Angela Sykes created the bronze sculpture of St Patrick in his youth for St Mary's Church, Feystown, County Antrim.

Angela Sykes created the paint of the apocalypse on the chancel ceiling of Holy Trinity Church, Edenbridge, Kent.

Angela Sykes became an academician of the Royal Ulster Academy of the Arts in 1950, and was on their Art Advisory Committee.

Angela Sykes was a trustee of the Ulster Museum, Belfast, and was the chair of the museum's arts committee.

Angela Sykes was President of the Institute of the Sculptors of Ireland in 1956.

Angela Sykes served on the Northern Ireland Arts Council, and was a founder and first president of the Association of Ulster Drama Festivals.