Lucy de László

Lucy de László
Portrait by Philip de László, 1916
Born
Lucy Madeleine Guinness

(1870-12-22)22 December 1870
Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland
Died27 December 1950(1950-12-27) (aged 80)
London, England
Resting placeAll Saints Churchyard, Tilford
Other names
  • Lucy de László de Lombos
  • Lucy Guinness
Occupation(s)Socialite, musician, diarist
Spouse
(m. 1900; died 1937)
Children6
FatherHenry Guinness
RelativesGuinness family

Lucy Madeleine de László de Lombos (née Guinness; 22 December 1870 – 27 December 1950) was an Anglo-Irish socialite, amateur musician, diarist, and the wife of the painter Philip de László. A member of the prominent Guinness family, she was the granddaughter of Robert Rundell Guinness, who founded the Guinness Mahon bank. She became part of the Hungarian nobility in 1912, when her husband was ennobled by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Guinness, who met de László in 1892 in Munich while studying music, was the subject of a series of his portraits.