Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Lady Winifred Anna Cavendish - Bentinck, Duchess of Portland GBE ( born July 5, 1863 Murthly Castle in Perthshire, † 30 July 1954 Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire ) was a British nobleman and chatelaine ( Mistress of the Robes ) at Queen Alexandra.
Life
Winifred Anna was the daughter of the wealthy Scottish landowner Thomas Yorke Dallas - Yorke and his wife Elizabeth Thynne. Her childhood revolved around perfect behavior and the social representation, which they refined in Fontainebleau of Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre in French Girls boarding school Les Ruches. After the early death of her parents to one of the wealthiest heiresses in Britain was.
On June 11, 1889 married Winifred Anna Dallas - Yorke at St. George's Church ( Hanover Square ) in the City of Westminster ( London) to peer William Cavendish Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland ( 1857-1943 ), son of Lt.. gene. Arthur Cavendish Bentinck - and his first wife Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins - Whitshed. From the marriage, which by all accounts was happy, had three children:
- Victoria Alexandrina Violet (1890-1994) ∞ 1918 Captain Michael John Erskine - Wemyss ( 1888-1982 )
- William Arthur Henry (1893-1977), 7th Duke of Portland ∞ 1915 Lady Ivy Gordon - Lennox ( 1887-1982 )
- Francis Morven Dallas (1900-1950), Lord Cavendish - Bentinck
Following her marriage to the 6th Duke of Portland, Lady Winifred was soon regarded as an outstanding high society lady in London society. In addition to the social obligations Lady Cavendish Bentinck belonged to the circle of friends of the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VII and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Her daughter, who bore the name Victoria Alexandrina Violet in honor of Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales, was even their godchild.
During her marriage to Lady Cavendish Bentinck engaged in several charitable organizations; a major concern was to improve the living conditions of workers in the mining industry and their families to her. They also actively supported the animal welfare and in particular the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Vice - President, she was.
In its various stages of life was her name
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Lady Ottoline Morrell was the half-sister of her husband. For notoriety they brought it primarily by their social role as hostess for a circle of writers and artists to the Bloomsbury circle, as well as through their affairs with several prominent contemporaries, including Bertrand Russell, Augustus John, Roger Fry, and Dora Carrington.