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English socialite (1906-1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lady Lettice Lygon (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was an English socialite and aristocrat who was one of the Bright Young Things.
Lettice Lygon | |
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Lady Cotterell | |
Born | 16 June 1906 |
Died | 18 July 1973 67) | (aged
Noble family | Lygon |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | Rose Evelyn Cotterell Anne Lettice Cotterell Sir John Henry Cotterell, 6th Baronet |
Father | William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp |
Mother | Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor |
Occupation | Socialite |
Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, a daughter of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor.[1]
Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set".[2] She was "the tallest débutante of her year".[3] She was a friend of Daphne Fielding.[4]
In 1931, Lady Lettice's portrait was painted by Philip de László. In the portrait, she is seated "Seated half-length slightly to the right, head turned in three-quarter profile to the left, wearing a pale off the shoulder evening gown, with a chiffon stole round her shoulders, her left elbow resting on the arm of the sofa with her hand raised to her neck, holding a string of pearls in her right hand resting on a blue stole in her lap".[5]
On 16 June 1930 she married Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet (1907–1978), the only son of Sir John Cotterell, 4th Baronet and his wife, Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox (the eldest daughter of the former Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March and Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond).[6] Before their divorce in 1958, they had four children:
They divorced in 1958.[1] Later that same year, Richard married Hon. Molly Patricia Berry, daughter of William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose.[1]
She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.[1]
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