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Baroness Olga de Meyer (born Maria Beatrice Olga Alberta Caracciolo; 8 August 1871 – 6 January 1931) was a British-born artists' model, socialite, patron of the arts, writer, and fashion figure of the early 20th century.
Catherine Irene Jacqueline Meyer, Baroness Meyer, CBE (née Laylle; born 26 January 1953), is a British politician and businesswoman. She is the widow of Sir Christopher Meyer, the British former Ambassador to the United States. In 1999, she founded the charity PACT, now Action Against Abduction.
Olga, the Baroness de Meyer (8 August 1871 – 6 January 1931) was a British-born artists' model, socialite, patron of the arts, writer, and fashion figure of the early 20th century. She was best known as the wife of photographer Adolph de Meyer and was rumoured to be the natural or god-daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
Mar 24, 2017 · When Olga enters the Orchestra stalls, the opera glasses of everyone were focused on her, the most elegant woman in the audience, the most thoroughbred of cosmopolitan society: ‘Here is the Baroness de Meyer,’ they whisper spellbound."
Dec 16, 2023 · We are sitting in the plush Pugin Room in the House of Commons as the elegant 70-year-old, now Baroness Meyer after being nominated for a life peerage by Theresa May in 2018, gives me a...
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Title: Baroness Olga de Meyer. Creator: Baron Adolf De Meyer. Creator Lifespan: 1868 - 1946. Creator Nationality: American. Creator Gender: Male. Date: c. 1900. Physical Dimensions: w14.9 x h18.3...
The Baroness de Meyer was a friend of Conder. They met in Dieppe when Jacques mile Blanche invited him to join his family at their holiday retreat. Their neighbour was the Duchess of Caracciolo and her daughter, Olga, after whom the house was named- the Villa Olga.
