Lady Jeanne Louise Campbell (10 December 1928 – 4 June 2007)[1] was a British socialite and foreign correspondent who wrote for the Evening Standard in the 1950s and 1960s.
[4] Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of the Canadian born press baron Lord Beaverbrook, who was the owner of the Evening Standard.
[4] Through her father, she was the great-niece of Queen Victoria's daughter Louise, who married John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, the fourth Governor General of Canada.
She was appointed by him to serve as the Society's High Commissioner, which, essentially, was the personal representative of the head of the Campbell Clan in the United States.
[4] Campbell, a friend of Tennessee Williams, was interested in acting, joined The Old Vic,[1] and starred in La Mama, a play which was held at a downtown avant-garde theater.
[4][1] The novel was controversial at the time for its portrayal and treatment of women, including the protagonist's murder of his estranged wife, a high society woman.