Lady Desborough with her grandchildren

Ettie, Lady Desborough pictured with her grandchildren, Julian and Rosemary Salmond. Ethel Anne Priscilla ('Ettie') Grenfell (nee Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough, Ettie, Lady Desborough, was one of the great Edwardian society hostesses, central member of the Souls, and mother of Julian Grenfell (war poet) and Gerald William (Billy) Grenfell, both killed during the First World War. The children pictured belong to her elder daughter, Monica Grenfell, who married Air Marshal Sir John Salmond

Aristocrat Aristocrats Aug16 Desborough Ethel Ettie Fane Grandchildren Grenfell Rosemary Salmond

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