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{{short description|English socialite}}
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[[File:Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon).jpg|thumb|Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon), by Bassano Ltd, 1922]]
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| name = Lady Lettice Lygon
| title = Lady Cotterell
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| image = Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon).jpg
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| caption = Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon), by Bassano Ltd, 1922
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 16 June 1906
| birth_place =
| death_date = 18 July 1973
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| occupation = Socialite
| noble family = [[Lygon family|Lygon]]
| spouse = [[Cotterell baronets|Sir Richard Charles Cotterell, 5th Baronet]]
| issue = Rose Evelyn Cotterell<br />Anne Lettice Cotterell<br />Sir John Henry Cotterell, 6th Baronet
| father = [[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp]]
| mother = Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor
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'''Lady Lettice Lygon''' (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was an English socialite and aristocrat who was one of the [[Bright Young Things]].


==Early life==
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'''Lady Lettice Lygon''' (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was a member of the [[Bright Young Things]].
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Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of [[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp]] and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, a daughter of [[Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor]].<ref name="Mosley"/>

==Biography==
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Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of [[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp]] and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor.<ref name="Mosley">Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003</ref>


==Bright Young Things==
Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, Volume 147|date=1929|publisher=Ingram brothers|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7MiAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref> She was "the tallest débutante of her year".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News, Volume 172|date=1928|publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited|page=696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aQcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref> She was a friend of [[Daphne Fielding]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fielding|first1=Daphne Vivian|title=Mercury Presides|date=1954|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|page=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMQZAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref>
Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, Volume 147|date=1929|publisher=Ingram brothers|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7MiAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref> She was "the tallest débutante of her year".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News, Volume 172|date=1928|publisher=Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited|page=696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aQcAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref> She was a friend of [[Daphne Fielding]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fielding|first1=Daphne Vivian|title=Mercury Presides|date=1954|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|page=135|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMQZAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref>


In 1931, Lady Lettice's portrait was painted by [[Philip de László]]. In the portrait, she is seated "Seated half-length slightly to the right, head turned in three-quarter profile to the left, wearing a pale off the shoulder evening gown, with a chiffon stole round her shoulders, her left elbow resting on the arm of the sofa with her hand raised to her neck, holding a string of pearls in her right hand resting on a blue stole in her lap".<ref name="delaszlocatalogueraisonne">{{cite web |title=Cotterell, Lady Lettice, née Lady Lettice Lygon; wife of 5th Baronet |url=https://www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/cotterell-lady-lettice-nee-lady-lettice-lygon-wife-of-5th-baronet-4189 |website=www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com |publisher=The de Laszlo Archive Trust |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref>
On 16 June 1930 she married Sir [[Cotterell baronets|Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt.]] (1907–1978). They had four children: Rose Evelyn Cotterell (1932-2006), Anne Lettice Cotterell (b. 1933), Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Bt. (1935-2017), Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell (b. 1939). They divorced in 1958.<ref name="Mosley" />

==Personal life==
On 16 June 1930 she married [[Sir Richard Cotterell, 5th Baronet|Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet]] (1907–1978), the only son of [[Sir John Cotterell, 4th Baronet]] and his wife, Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox (the eldest daughter of the former [[Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March]] and [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond]]).<ref name="Raineval1914">{{cite book |last1=Raineval |first1=Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et |last2=Raineval |first2=Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and |title=The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe |date=1914 |publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]] |isbn=978-0-85011-028-9 |page=1224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1224 |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Before their divorce in 1958, they had four children:

* Rose Evelyn Cotterell (1932–2006), who married [[Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro]], heir to the [[Hambros Bank]] fortune.<ref name="Bramsen1979">{{cite book |last1=Bramsen |first1=Bo |last2=Wain |first2=Kathleen |last3=Brown |first3=Kathleen |title=The Hambros, 1779-1979 |date=1979 |publisher=Joseph |isbn=978-0-7181-1852-5 |pages=1972–1974 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZgcAAAAMAAJ |access-date=12 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* Anne Lettice Cotterell (b. 1933)<ref name="Mosley" />
* [[Sir John Cotterell, 6th Baronet|Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Baronet]] (1935–2017), who married Alexandra Bridgewater in 1959.<ref name="6thBaronetObit2018">{{cite news |title=Landowner and county figure dies |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15810712.landowner-county-figure-dies/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |work=[[Hereford Times]] |date=8 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Thomas Richard Geers Cotterell (b. 1939).<ref name="Mosley" />

They divorced in 1958.<ref name="Mosley" /> Later that same year, Richard married Hon. Molly Patricia Berry, daughter of [[William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose]].<ref name="Mosley">Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' [[Wilmington, Delaware]], [[U.S.A.]]: [[Burke's Peerage]] (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 916.</ref>


She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.<ref name="Mosley" />
She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.<ref name="Mosley" />


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/cotterell-lady-lettice-nee-lady-lettice-lygon-wife-of-5th-baronet-4189 Portrait of Lady Lettice Cotterell], 1931, by [[Philip de László]].


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Lady Lettice Lygon
Lady Cotterell
Lady Lettice Cotterell (née Lygon), by Bassano Ltd, 1922
Born16 June 1906
Died18 July 1973
Noble familyLygon
Spouse(s)Sir Richard Charles Cotterell, 5th Baronet
IssueRose Evelyn Cotterell
Anne Lettice Cotterell
Sir John Henry Cotterell, 6th Baronet
FatherWilliam Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
MotherLady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor
OccupationSocialite

Lady Lettice Lygon (16 June 1906 – 18 July 1973) was an English socialite and aristocrat who was one of the Bright Young Things.

Early life

Lady Lettice Lygon was born on 16 June 1906, the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, a daughter of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor.[1]

Bright Young Things

Lady Lettice Lygon was "one of the tallest and prettiest members of the younger set".[2] She was "the tallest débutante of her year".[3] She was a friend of Daphne Fielding.[4]

In 1931, Lady Lettice's portrait was painted by Philip de László. In the portrait, she is seated "Seated half-length slightly to the right, head turned in three-quarter profile to the left, wearing a pale off the shoulder evening gown, with a chiffon stole round her shoulders, her left elbow resting on the arm of the sofa with her hand raised to her neck, holding a string of pearls in her right hand resting on a blue stole in her lap".[5]

Personal life

On 16 June 1930 she married Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet (1907–1978), the only son of Sir John Cotterell, 4th Baronet and his wife, Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox (the eldest daughter of the former Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March and Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond).[6] Before their divorce in 1958, they had four children:

They divorced in 1958.[1] Later that same year, Richard married Hon. Molly Patricia Berry, daughter of William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose.[1]

She died on 18 July 1973 aged 67.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 916.
  2. ^ The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, Volume 147. Ingram brothers. 1929. p. 56. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ The Illustrated London News, Volume 172. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1928. p. 696. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Fielding, Daphne Vivian (1954). Mercury Presides. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 135. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Cotterell, Lady Lettice, née Lady Lettice Lygon; wife of 5th Baronet". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 1224. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ Bramsen, Bo; Wain, Kathleen; Brown, Kathleen (1979). The Hambros, 1779-1979. Joseph. pp. 1972–1974. ISBN 978-0-7181-1852-5. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Landowner and county figure dies". Hereford Times. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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