Lewisham Gallery

Mrs Gerald Legge with young sons Rupert and William

Mrs Gerald Legge(1929- 2016), featured in At home to the Sketch, with her sons Rupert(b. 1951) and William(b. 1949), at their home in 12 Chester Street, off Belgrave Square, London. Raine McCorquodale, the daughter of Barbara Cartland and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales, was a British socialite and politician; she was married three times and at this time was married to the Honorable Gerald Humphrey Legge, Viscount Lewisham and later, 9th Earl of Dartmouth. She was later known as Raine, Countess Spencer; and Comtesse de Chambrun. Date: 1952

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Queen Charlottes Ball: Raine McCorquodale(Spencer), 1947

A page from The Tatler and Bystander, entitled Youth and gaiety at the Queen Charlotte's Ball, featuring a portrait of Raine McCorquodale. Raine McCorquodale, the daughter of Barbara Cartland and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales, was a British socialite and politician; she was married three times and at this time was married to the Honorable Gerald Humphrey Legge, Viscount Lewisham and later, 9th Earl of Dartmouth. She was later known as Raine, Countess Spencer; and Comtesse de Chambrun. Date: April 1947

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Mrs Gerald Legge by Glan Williams

The Honourable Mrs Gerald Legge, formerly Raine McCorquodale, the daughter of Barbara Cartland and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. A British socialite and politician; she was married three times and at this time was married to the Honorable Gerald Humphrey Legge, Viscount Lewisham and later, 9th Earl of Dartmouth. Date: 1955

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans