LCA
's mother, Mary
, Lady Wemyss, was born a Wyndham, a descendent of the writer Félicité, Mme de Genlis
, and of her royal lover Philippe Egalité
, Duc d'Orléans (who was also father...
Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia's grandmother Madeline Wyndham
or Gan Gan was a painter herself and a devotee of the pre-Raphaelites—many of whom, Burne-Jones
in particular, were great personal friends. Gan Gan was reputed to be the first woman...
Leisure and Society
Lady Cynthia Asquith
LCA
, who was renowned for her beauty, was painted in her youth by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
. She wrote later of his Garden Studio at The Grange in North End Lane, Fulham that its...