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Olive Eleanor Custance

Birthdate:
Birthplace: 12 John Street, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death: February 12, 1944 (70) (Cerebral haemorrhage)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Frederick Custance and Eleanor Constance Jolliffe
Wife of Lord Alfred Douglas
Ex-partner of Natalie Clifford Barney
Mother of Raymond Wilfred Sholto Douglas

Occupation: poet
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About Olive Eleanor Custance

Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), also known as Lady Alfred Douglas,[1] was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book.

Died in Sussex, England, UK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Custance



From The Constitution of Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, March 7, 1902

She got rid of old love, and then hurried to altar with new flame: London society is stirred by the conduct of Miss Custance, who jilts Montague and immediately weds Douglas

London, March 6 - Two announcements in the same column of the newspapers here today are causing considerable comment.

One reads: "The marriage arranged between Mr. George Charles Montgue, MP, and Miss Custance, will not occur."

The second says: "Lord Alfred Douglas was married to Miss Olive Custance on Tuesday at St. George's Church, Hanover Square. The marriage was extremely quiet. Lady Edith Fox-Pitt, daughter of the late Marquis of Queensbury, and sister of the bridegroom, witnessed the ceremony."

The bride is the daughter of Colonel Custance, late of the Grenadier Guards.

Lord Alfred Douglas, who returned to England after a visit to the United States in January last, is the second son of the late Marquis of Queensbury and a brother of the present Marquis.

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Olive Eleanor Custance's Timeline

1874
February 7, 1874
12 John Street, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1902
November 17, 1902
1944
February 12, 1944
Age 70