[3] She was a pupil of Arnold Dolmetsch (1922–5) and became a leading member of the early music revival.
[3] She played a key role in the revival of the popularity of the lute and its music.
She was married in 1923 to the illustrator Tom Poulton whom she met when he was teaching at the Slade.
Diana Poulton wrote an authoritative biography of lutenist and composer John Dowland (pub.
Diana Poulton has been the subject of a full-length biography by Thea Abbott.