Ethel Anne Priscilla Grenfell, Baroness Desborough (née Fane; 27 June 1867 – 28 May 1952) was a British society hostess.

One of those was Archie Ian Gordon who was the son of John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair.

Julian's elder sister Monica Margaret Grenfell had undertaken three months 'special training' in nursing at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes just after the outbreak of war.

Another son, Gerald William (Billy) Grenfell, was killed only months later in July 1915.

[citation needed] Visitors included Henry Irving, Vita Sackville-West, Edward VII when Prince of Wales, Patrick Shaw-Stewart, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde.