Vera Dorothea Stanley Alder (29 October 1898 – 26 May 1984) was an English portrait painter and mystic.

Vera Dorothea Stanley Alder was born 29 October 1898 at Eglingham, near Alnwick, Northumberland.

[3] Vera was a fourth cousin of Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize winner and atomic physicist.

Vera first married Roland Hunt, a naval architect, on 12 June 1943[4] with whom she shared a common enthusiasm for esoteric subjects.

[13][14][15] Her devotees include such widely divergent people as Elvis Presley,[16] progressive rock musicians[17] and hippies.