Lady Ottoline Morrell
Lady Ottoline Morrell | |
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Morrell in 1902 | |
| Born | Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck 16 June 1873 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
| Died | 21 April 1938 (aged 64) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Aristocrat, society hostess and patron |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers including Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence, and artists including Mark Gertler, Dora Carrington and Gilbert Spencer.