Helen Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon

Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (née Duncombe; 6 March 1866[1][2] – 16 May 1954) was a British noblewoman, socialite and diarist.

Lady Helen was born at 20 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London,[1] the daughter of William Duncombe and Mabel Violet Graham.

Lady Helen, in that period, was "the most celebrated hostess of her age and was 'by reason of her outstanding beauty, intelligence and charm, one of the most resplendent figures'".

[4] Helen was associated with "the Souls", a salon of noted intellectuals of the day which included Arthur Balfour, George Curzon, Henry James and Edith Wharton.

[7] Lady Helen accompanied her husband (created 1st Baron D'Abernon in 1914)[8] as he served on the Interallied Mission to Poland and as the British Ambassador to the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s.