DW
became Duchess of Wellington when her estranged husband
inherited the dukedom.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Dorothy Wellesley
Lady Dorothy Ashton
married Gerald Wellesley
, who in 1943 succeeded to a title as seventh Duke of Wellington.
Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Editor Gibbs, Vicary, St Catherine Press, 1910–1959, 14 vols.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
326
Family and Intimate relationships
Violet Trefusis
Violet Keppel (later VT
) became engaged for the first time—to Gerald Wellesley
, heir to the title of Duke of Wellington (who was later married to the poet Dorothy Wellesley
).
Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo, 1997.
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Intertextuality and Influence
Fanny Kingsley
FK
composed this biography at Byfleet in Surrey during her temporary residence there in the year following her husband's death and her enforced removal from the rectory at Eversley. She consulted extensively with several...
