31:
350:
wrote: "Miss
Deirdre Hart-Davis, is one of the loveliest debutantes of this year and is greatly admired in society Our photographic study shows Miss Hart-Davis in the flame-coloured taffeta dress which she wore when she acted as the bridesmaid at the marriage of Miss Wanda Holden to the Hon. Charles
358:, the only son of Brigadier-General Sir Alfred Granville Balfour and Lady Alfred Granville Balfour, the daughter of Sir Benjamin Simpson. They had two daughters, Susan and Annabel. Ronald Balfour died during
344:(1912). Her coming-out dance in 1928 was held by her aunt, Lady Diana Cooper, at 34 Grosvenor Street, whose "café au lait ball-room made a very good setting for the many pretty girls who came".
440:
402:
305:
Deirdre
Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis was born on 5 July 1909 the only daughter of Richard Vaughan Hart-Davis and Sybil Mary Cooper. She was the niece of
383:
325:. Their youngest daughter, Lady Elizabeth Fitzclarence, later Countess of Erroll, had daughters including Lady Agnes Hay. Lady Agnes married
433:
508:
591:
387:
318:
682:
251:
412:
From 1973 to 1987 she ran the
Southover Gallery out of her own home in Lewes and she exhibited, among others,
405:, an academic lawyer. They had one daughter, Lucy. In the 1960s the family moved to Lewes, Sussex, to be near
545:
Theroff, Paul: Theroff Files (j1d.txt), listing descendants of King James VI & I of
England and Scotland.
376:
30:
687:
677:
443:. Inman took care of her when she developed Parkinson's disease from which she died on 23 November 1998.
341:
326:
647:
409:
where Bland was Reader of Law. They separated when Bland moved to the
University of West Indies.
289:; 5 July 1909 – 23 November 1998) was an English socialite, gallery owner and model, included in
556:"Rupert and Deirdre Hart-Davis as Children (also known as Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hart-Davis)"
355:
634:
581:
672:
667:
8:
555:
464:
429:
351:
Baillie-Hamilton. It is adorned with a black lace scarf, which looks most effective."
587:
406:
314:
306:
241:
421:
614:
395:
322:
261:
256:
661:
337:
330:
246:
417:
413:
365:
359:
294:
425:
391:
310:
81:
346:
333:. Their children included Sybil Cooper, mother of Deirdre Hart-Davis.
375:
After she was a widow, she moved to New York City and worked for the
321:. William had several illegitimate children with his mistress,
58:
329:
and among their children was Lady Agnes Duff, who married Sir
77:
615:"The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, Volume 147"
336:
As a child, Deirdre and Rupert Hart-Davis were drawn by
317:. Hart-Davis was a great-great-great-granddaughter of
16:
British socialite, gallery owner and model (1909–1998)
297:. She became a famous beauty and a beacon of style.
503:
501:
499:
497:
495:
493:
491:
489:
487:
485:
483:
659:
480:
379:moving back to London at the end of the war.
29:
532:
530:
458:
456:
579:
221: 1984; died 1994)
144: 1930; died 1941)
660:
462:
439:She married a fourth and last time to
586:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 55.
527:
453:
35:Hart-Davis and Ronald Balfour in 1929
372:in 1933, used her as model as well.
13:
14:
699:
271:Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis
45:Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis
583:Debutantes and the London Season
195:
168:
218:
191:
164:
141:
607:
573:
548:
539:
252:Lady Agnes Cecil Emmeline Duff
1:
446:
382:She married a second time to
354:On 24 April 1930 she married
401:She married a third time to
377:British Information Services
300:
7:
10:
704:
362:killed in a car accident.
580:Gosling, Lucinda (2013).
509:"Obituary: Deirdre Bland"
327:James Duff, 5th Earl Fife
315:Rupert Charles Hart-Davis
237:
229:
120:
103:
89:
66:
40:
28:
21:
386:. Her friends included
313:. She had one brother,
642:Cite journal requires
463:Beaton, Cecil (1933).
368:, who included her in
356:Ronald Egerton Balfour
683:English female models
441:Maurice William Inman
194: 1950;
167: 1945;
688:Models from London
678:English socialites
466:The Book Of Beauty
403:Anthony John Bland
370:The Book of Beauty
291:The Book of Beauty
23:Deirdre Hart-Davis
407:Sussex University
342:William Nicholson
307:Lady Diana Cooper
268:
267:
242:Rupert Hart-Davis
695:
652:
651:
645:
640:
638:
630:
628:
626:
611:
605:
604:
602:
600:
577:
571:
570:
568:
566:
552:
546:
543:
537:
536:The Tatler, 1929
534:
525:
524:
522:
520:
505:
478:
477:
475:
473:
460:
422:Julian Trevelyan
222:
220:
199:
197:
193:
172:
170:
166:
145:
143:
90:Other names
73:
70:23 November 1998
54:
52:
33:
19:
18:
703:
702:
698:
697:
696:
694:
693:
692:
658:
657:
656:
655:
643:
641:
632:
631:
624:
622:
613:
612:
608:
598:
596:
594:
578:
574:
564:
562:
554:
553:
549:
544:
540:
535:
528:
518:
516:
513:The Independent
507:
506:
481:
471:
469:
461:
454:
449:
396:Lawrence Gowing
340:and painted by
323:Dorothea Jordan
303:
262:Adam Hart-Davis
260:
257:Duff Hart-Davis
255:
250:
245:
225:
224:
216:
212:
209:
201:
198: 1971)
189:
185:
182:
174:
171: 1949)
162:
158:
155:
147:
139:
135:
132:
116:
98:
96:
95:Deirdre Wolfers
94:
93:Deirdre Balfour
85:
75:
71:
62:
56:
50:
48:
47:
46:
36:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
701:
691:
690:
685:
680:
675:
670:
654:
653:
644:|journal=
606:
592:
572:
547:
538:
526:
479:
451:
450:
448:
445:
302:
299:
266:
265:
239:
235:
234:
231:
227:
226:
214:
210:
207:
206:
205:
204:
187:
183:
180:
179:
178:
177:
160:
156:
153:
152:
151:
150:
137:
133:
131:Ronald Balfour
130:
129:
128:
127:
124:
122:
118:
117:
115:
114:
111:
107:
105:
101:
100:
91:
87:
86:
76:
74:(aged 89)
68:
64:
63:
57:
44:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
700:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
665:
663:
649:
636:
620:
616:
610:
595:
593:9780747813392
589:
585:
584:
576:
561:
560:The Athenaeum
557:
551:
542:
533:
531:
514:
510:
504:
502:
500:
498:
496:
494:
492:
490:
488:
486:
484:
468:
467:
459:
457:
452:
444:
442:
437:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
410:
408:
404:
399:
397:
393:
389:
385:
384:David Wolfers
380:
378:
373:
371:
367:
363:
361:
357:
352:
349:
348:
343:
339:
338:Augustus John
334:
332:
331:Alfred Cooper
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
298:
296:
292:
288:
284:
280:
276:
272:
263:
258:
254:(grandmother)
253:
249:(grandfather)
248:
247:Alfred Cooper
243:
240:
236:
232:
228:
208:William Inman
203:
202:
181:Anthony Bland
176:
175:
154:David Wolfers
149:
148:
126:
125:
123:
119:
113:gallery owner
112:
109:
108:
106:
102:
99:Deirdre Inman
97:Deirdre Bland
92:
88:
83:
79:
69:
65:
60:
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
635:cite journal
623:. Retrieved
618:
609:
597:. Retrieved
582:
575:
563:. Retrieved
559:
550:
541:
517:. Retrieved
512:
470:. Retrieved
465:
438:
418:Quentin Bell
414:Duncan Grant
411:
400:
388:Gerald Barry
381:
374:
369:
366:Cecil Beaton
364:
360:World War II
353:
345:
335:
304:
295:Cecil Beaton
290:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
269:
72:(1998-11-23)
673:1999 deaths
668:1909 births
621:. 1929: 413
426:Mary Fedden
392:Hugh Casson
311:Duff Cooper
104:Occupations
82:East Sussex
55:5 July 1909
662:Categories
625:21 January
599:21 January
565:21 January
519:21 January
472:19 January
447:References
434:Eric Rolfe
347:The Sketch
319:William IV
51:1909-07-05
430:John Nash
301:Biography
244:(brother)
238:Relatives
110:Socialite
84:, England
61:, England
264:(nephew)
259:(nephew)
230:Children
279:Wolfers
275:Balfour
273:(later
223:
215:
211:
200:
188:
184:
173:
161:
157:
146:
138:
134:
121:Spouses
590:
515:. 1998
285:, and
59:London
287:Inman
283:Bland
217:(
213:
190:(
186:
163:(
159:
140:(
136:
78:Lewes
648:help
627:2018
601:2018
588:ISBN
567:2018
521:2018
474:2018
432:and
394:and
309:and
196:div.
169:div.
67:Died
41:Born
619:147
293:by
664::
639::
637:}}
633:{{
617:.
558:.
529:^
511:.
482:^
455:^
436:.
428:,
424:,
420:,
416:,
398:.
390:,
281:,
277:,
219:m.
192:m.
165:m.
142:m.
80:,
650:)
646:(
629:.
603:.
569:.
523:.
476:.
233:3
53:)
49:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.