Lettice Lygon

Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon), by Bassano Ltd, 1922

Lady Lettice Lygon (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was a member of the Bright Young Things.

Biography

Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor.[1]

Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set".[2] She was "the tallest débutante of her year".[3] She was a friend of Daphne Fielding.[4]

On 16 June 1930 she married Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt. (1907–1978). They had four children: Rose Evelyn Cotterell (1932-2006), Anne Lettice Cotterell (b. 1933), Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Bt. (1935-2017), Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell (b. 1939). They divorced in 1958.[1]

She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  2. ↑ The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, Volume 147. Ingram brothers. 1929. p. 56. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ↑ The Illustrated London News, Volume 172. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1928. p. 696. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Fielding, Daphne Vivian (1954). Mercury Presides. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 135. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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