Her parents were the politician James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose and the racehorse owner, former Hon.

She was able to enjoy London society where she met Oscar Wilde, Adelina Patti and the painter James Whistler.

After Yates shared his patronising approach to her and her type, she revealed that she was the anonymous writer from whom he had been requesting work for the last two years.

One novel The Home for Failures which she published in 1896[2] deals in particular with the problems facing wives who are separated from their husbands.

In 1892 she published a play, Nadia, about the disgraceful rape of a woman by officers who ignore their victim's plight whilst taking pride in their own reputations.