Lady Lettice Lygon (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was an English socialite and aristocrat who was one of the

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Early life

Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, (20 February 1872 – 14 November 1938), styled Viscount Elmley until 1891, was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the Liberal administrations ...

and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, a daughter of

Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an ...

Bright Young Things

Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set". She was "the tallest débutante of her year". She was a friend of

Daphne Fielding The Hon. Daphne Winifred Louise Fielding (''née'' Vivian, formerly Thynne; 11 July 1904 – 5 December 1997) was a British author in the 20th century. Early life Daphne Vivian was born on 11 July 1904 in Westminster, London, the elder chil ...

. In 1931, Lady Lettice's portrait was painted by

Philip de László Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born Fülöp Laub; hu, Fülöp Elek László; 30 April 1869 – 22 November 1937), known professionally as Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal an ...

. 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".

Personal life

On 16 June 1930 she married Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet (1907–1978), the only son of

Sir John Cotterell, 4th Baronet Sir John Richard Geers Cotterell, 4th Baronet (13 July 1866 – 13 November 1937) was an English baronet. Early life Cotterell was born on 13 July 1866. He was the son of Sir Geers Cotterell, 3rd Baronet and Hon. Katherine Margaret Airey. His fat ...

and his wife, Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox (the eldest daughter of the former

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and

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon, (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), 7th Duke of Aubigny (French peerage in the French nobility), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between 18 ...

).. Before their divorce in 1958, they had four children: * Rose Evelyn Cotterell (1932–2006), who married

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, heir to the

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fortune. * Anne Lettice Cotterell (b. 1933) *

Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Baronet Sir John ''Henry'' Geers Cotterell, 6th Baronet (8 May 1935 – 4 December 2017) was a Hereford businessman and politician. Early life Cotterell, usually went by his middle name of Henry, was born on 8 May 1935 in Belgrave Square, London. He was t ...

(1935–2017), who married Alexandra Bridgewater in 1959. * Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell (b. 1939). They divorced in 1958. Later that same year, Richard married Hon. Molly Patricia Berry, daughter of

William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954) was a British peer and newspaper publisher. Life and career Berry was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, the second of three sons of Mary Ann (Rowe) and John Mathias Ber ...

.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 916. She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.

References

External links

Portrait of Lady Lettice Cotterell
1931, by

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Lettice Lettice is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Lettice Boyle, wife of George Goring, Lord Goring *Lettice Bryan (1805–1877), American author *Lettice Cooper (1897–1994), English writer *Lettice C ...