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          Lady Ottoline Morrell

          English aristocrat (1873–1938)

          Lady Ottoline Morrell

          Morrell in 1902

          Born

          Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck


          (1873-06-16)16 June 1873

          Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

          Died21 April 1938(1938-04-21) (aged 64)

          London, England

          NationalityBritish
          EducationSomerville College, Oxford
          Occupation(s)Aristocrat, society hostess and patron
          Spouse
          Children2

          Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (néeCavendish-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.

          Early life

          Born Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, she was the daughter of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (son of Lord and Lady Charles Bentinck) and hi