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| Picture No | 10639134 |
| Date | 1926 |
| Description | Lady Idina Hay & Josslyn Hay at Slains, Kenya |
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Lady Idina Hay and her husband the Hon. Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll at their 2000 acre farm, Slains, in Gilgil, Kenya with friends. From left, Mr Trevor Sheen, Hon. Josslyn Hay, Lady Idina Hay, Mrs Guy Repton and Major Roberts.Five-times married Idina would gain notoriety as part of the Happy Valley Set when she moved to Kenya in 1924 with her third husband, Josslyn Hay, Earl of Errol. With her serial marriages and reputation for debauched decadence, she inspired the character of 'The Bolter' in Nancy Mitford's novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies and the character Iris Storm in The Green Hat by Michael Arlen.
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| Source | Photograph in The Tatler, 21 April 1926 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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