From 1890 to about 1896, from a few years before her mother
's illness until a few years after her death, Ottoline was absorbed by Thomas à Kempis
's The Imitation of Christ, and...
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Ottoline Morrell
LOM
's mother, Augusta Mary Elizabeth (Browne) Bentinck
, was the daughter of the Very Reverend and Honourable H. M. Browne
, Dean of Lismore. Augusta had Anglo-Irish ancestry from her mother's side, and was...
Wealth and Poverty
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Despite her aristocratic background and her great generosity towards her friends, and despite the Morrell family brewing business (Philip belonged to a younger branch), LOM
was never hugely wealthy, but only solidly well off. Shortly...
