Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
(1887-1960), Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie; wife of Herbert Asquith; daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and MarchSitter in 8 portraits
Writer and anthologist. Daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance Wyndham. In 1910, she married Herbert Asquith, son of the future Prime Minister. She was Secretary to the author of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie between 1918 and 1937 and her other literary friends included L.P. Hartley and D.H. Lawrence. Asquith wrote novels The Spring House (1936) and One Sparkling Wave (1943) as well as editing anthologies, writing for children and about the British Royal family. She is best remembered for her anthologies of Ghost Stories including My Grimmest Nightmare (1935).
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 April 1912
NPG x30856
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 April 1912
NPG x30857
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 April 1912
NPG x30858
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 26 April 1912
NPG x32899
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 June 1923
NPG x127834
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Walter Benington, for Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print, 1930s
NPG x90235
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1940s
NPG x14013
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative
NPG x99985
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