Henrietta Worth Bingham
Henrietta Bingham (January 3, 1901 – June 17, 1968) was a wealthy American journalist, newspaper executive and horse breeder. When she was twelve, she was present when her mother was killed in a road accident which traumatized the whole family. She subsequently developed a very close relationship with her father who took a long time to recognize her lesbianism although eventually he became reconciled to her sexuality. In the 1920s she became an anglophile flapper and she associated with the Bloomsbury Group. In 1935 she purchased and ran a Kentucky estate for breeding thoroughbred racehorses. Her 1954 marriage, after a succession of partners, men and women, was unsuccessful. Early life Henrietta Worth Bingham was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 3, 1901 to Robert Worth Bingham (1871–1937), a lawyer who was an aspiring politician, and Eleanor "Babes" Miller (1870–1913) who had married in 1896. Her father's family had become prosperous in textiles and her mother came ...
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Stephen Tomlin
Stephen Tomlin (2 March 1901 – 5 January 1937) was a British artist associated with the Bloomsbury Group, Bloomsbury Set. He was the youngest son of the judge and law lord Thomas, Thomas Tomlin, Baron Tomlin, Lord Tomlin of Ash. Life Tomlin studied classics at New College, Oxford from January 1919. However, he suffered a nervous breakdown following the death of a fellow student and left after two terms. He then became a pupil of Frank Dobson (sculptor), Frank Dobson and later established a career as a portrait sculptor. Tomlin's circle of friends, and sitters for portraits, included many members of the Bloomsbury Group, particularly second generation members like Francis Birrell and David Garnett. Tomlin was bisexual and had affairs with a number of members of the Bloomsbury set including Henrietta Bingham and Dora Carrington. In 1927 he married Julia Strachey, niece of Lytton Strachey. His relationships with men are less well attested, probably due to the necessity of c ...
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