MMD
was related to several notable literary and cultural figures, including her cousin Elizabeth (Liza) Lehmann
, a distinguished vocalist and composer best known for her song cycle In a Persian Garden. The song...
Family and Intimate relationships
Ménie Muriel Dowie
Another cousin, Rudolph Chambers Lehmann
(whose mother, also MMD
's aunt, was born Nina Chambers
), was a journalist and oarsman. He was on the editorial board of—and published in—Punch.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
under Rudolph Chambers Lehmann
Family and Intimate relationships
Rosamond Lehmann
RL
's father, Rudolph Chambers Lehmann
, came from a family of cosmopolitan musicians and painters; his paternal grandfather was an accomplished German violinist and miniaturist in the Free City of Hamburg. Rudolph's father became...
Family and Intimate relationships
Rosamond Lehmann
A frequent visitor to the household was RL
's father's cousin Amelia Lehmann Pain
. She was married to writer Barry Pain
, her sister was composer Liza Lehmann
; they were the daughters of...