Diana Holman-Hunt (25 October 1913 – 10 August 1993) was an

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writer and art critic. Holman-Hunt was the granddaughter of painter

William Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolis ...

, a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. Her first marriage was to Villiers A'Court (Bill) Bergne, and her second to David Cuthbert. Her son

Paul Bergne Alexander Paul A'Court Bergne CBE (9 January 1937 – 5 April 2007) was a British diplomat and noted historian of Central Asia., ''The Independent'',16 April 2007 Life Bergne's mother was Diana Holman-Hunt, a noted English memoir writer and ar ...

was a leading British expert on

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Published books

* ''My Grandmothers and I'' (1960) – her unusual childhood with two eccentric grandmothers, both highly stationed in British society. * ''My Grandfather, His Wives and Loves'' (1969) – her grandfather

. * ''Latin Among Lions'' (1974) – the

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an painter Álvaro Guevara.

References

External links

''New York Times'' obituary

''Telegraph'' obituary (Paul Bergne)
1913 births 1993 deaths 20th-century English memoirists 20th-century English women writers British women memoirists English art critics British women art critics English women non-fiction writers {{England-writer-stub