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She is the eldest child of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, and Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland. [1] Lady Violet studied at Queen Margaret's School, York. In May 2023 Lady Violet launched HeritageXplore, the first platform to unite Britain’s independently owned historic castles, palaces, and manors. HeritageXplore offers an immersive ...
Lady Violet Catherine Benson (née Manners; 24 April 1888 – 23 December 1971) was an English aristocrat, artist and socialite. Lady Violet was considered a beauty and was the subject of drawings by George Frederic Watts and John Singer Sargent , [ 1 ] the latter exhibited at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1916. [ 2 ]
NPG 5405; Diana, Viscountess Norwich (Lady Diana Cooper) by (Marion Margaret) Violet Manners (nÈe Lindsay), Duchess of Rutland: Online copyright statement: www.npg.org.uk: Usage terms: Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.For authorisation contact rightsandimages@npg.org.uk; Date and time of data generation: 2 May 2012: City shown
Lady Victoria was the eldest daughter of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland, a British peer, and the former Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, an artist. Her brother John was an art expert who became the 9th Duke of Rutland, and her sister Diana was an actor, author, and socialite. [1]
Lady Diana Cooper. Diana Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (née Lady Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Manners; 29 August 1892 – 16 June 1986) was an English silent film actress and aristocrat who was a well-known social figure in London and Paris. As a young woman, she moved in a celebrated group of intellectuals known as the Coterie, most of whom were ...
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland From an alternative name : This is a redirect from a title that is another name or identity such as an alter ego, a nickname, or a synonym of the target, or of a name associated with the target.
English: Self-portrait pencil drawing of Violet, Duchess of Rutland,1891. Gifted by the artist's grandson, John Julius Norwich to the Watts Gallery, Compton in 2016. Gifted by the artist's grandson, John Julius Norwich to the Watts Gallery, Compton in 2016.
British. Known for. Suffragette. Movement. Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) Violet Aitken (21 January 1886 – November 1987) was a British suffragette. She was born Marion Violet Aitken and raised in Bedfordshire, and she was the daughter of William Aitken, who became Canon of Norwich Cathedral. She had a sister, Rose, who took up ...