Lois Sturt

Lois Ina Morgan, Viscountess Tredegar (née Sturt, 25 August 1900 – 18 September 1937) was one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s.

[1] Her maternal grandfather was Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke, and her brother was Napier Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington.

She became famous as the most painted woman of England: at 20 years old, she already had seven portraits taken, including 4 sketches by Etienne Drian, studies in oil by Ambrose McEvoy, Olive Snell and Gerald Kelly and a self-portrait.

Wyndham Lewis said she was "the most beautiful debutante of her day" and Barbara Cartland said she was "fiery, impetuous, and with dark, flashing eyes.

"[4] Her close friends were: Tallulah Bankhead, Poppy Baring, Lady Victoria Bullock, Barbara Cartland, Madame Louis Cartier, Gladys Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Mona Dunn, Hon.

[1] Other lovers include: Edward Boulenger, Duff Cooper, Tim Freeland, Augustus John, Luffy Loughborough.

1920 – "Portrait of the Hon. Lois Sturt" by Ambrose McEvoy (Crudwell, Wilts, 1878–1927, London). Oil on canvas