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9 de ago. de 2019 · Doris Castlerosse (4 November 1900 (baptised) – 12 December 1942) was an English socialite and the first wife of Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare. She was born Jessica Doris Delevingne in London, the eldest child of a French-born haberdasher named Edward Charles Delevingne. and his wife, the former Jessie Marion Homan.
From an ordinary suburban upbringing in Beckenham, South East London, Doris, Viscountess Castlerosse, became a notorious society figure, with a string of wealthy lovers. Tall, blonde and vivacious, she is said to have been the model for the fast young widow Iris Storm in Michael Arlen’s The Green Hat and, later, for the tempestuous temptress Amanda in Noel Coward’s Private Lives.
Doris Castlerosse, it has to be said, had no aspirations to be considered an intellectual. She was born Jessie Doris Delevingne in London in 1900. Little is known of her early life, but by the late 1920s she had emerged into Mayfair society and was well known for using men to finance her extravagant lifestyle.
4 de jun. de 2017 · With the palazzo up for grabs, a leggy English blonde snapped it up in 1936 intending to make a fresh start in Venice. Lady Doris Castlerosse had earned a reputation that was much more “mistress” than “enchantress” in London, seducing the likes of Cecil Beaton and Winston Churchill while marrying her way up the ranks of society.
2 de mar. de 2018 · Doris Castlerosse and Churchill on a beach near Château de L'Horizon in the mid 1930. Churchill’s Secret Affair, Channel 4 — scandal and pathos on x (opens in a new window)
5 de sept. de 2017 · Doris Castlerosse strove to make her mark in London and Venice during the glamorous, hedonistic interwar years, hosting film stars and royalty at glittering parties. In the postwar years, Peggy Gugenheim turned the Palazzo into a model of modernist simplicity that served as a home for her exquisite collection of modern art that today draws tourists and art lovers from around the world.
13 de mar. de 2018 · Home » Hot off the Press » The Churchill Marriage and Lady Castlerosse. News. The Churchill Marriage and Lady Castlerosse by Richard Langworth. March 13, 2018, 12:00 AM
