harry kessler's parents were the hamburg banker adolf wilhelm graf von kessler (24 november 1838–22 january 1895) and alice harriet blosse-lynch (born 17 july 1844 in bombay; died 19 september 1919 in normandy), the daughter of anglo-irish henry blosse lynch, c.b., of partry house, county mayo. kessler's parents married in paris on 10 august 1867; kessler was born, also in paris, in 1868. kessler's younger sister was born in 1877, and was named wilhelmina after kaiser wilhelm i, who became the child's godfather. after marriage, her name would become wilma de brion.