Betty Estelle Hodson (née North); Mrs North

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Betty Estelle Hodson (née North); Mrs North

by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 14 May 1930
Given by Pinewood Studios via Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x184685

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  • Betty Estelle Hodson (née North) (active 1930), Wife of Cecil George Hodson; daughter of Arthur Jewell North. Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Mrs North (active 1930), Wife of Arthur Jewell North. Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Simon Mitchell

30 December 2020, 04:39

Betty was my aunt. This portrait was taken when she was "coming out" as a debutante, aged 17 in London. Her father was killed in WW1 in 1918. She was one of 5 children: Nina (my mother), Garry, B, a sister who died young from bone cancer, then Benjie. They lived in Kent. She married Cecil Hodson and lived in Ireland the rest of her life (near Dublin, Wexford and Galway). She was unable to have children but loved them. She was just a wonderful person, very compassionate and helped a lot of poor people. She was very sociable, full of fun, loved going for long hikes and going fishing She died in 1992 in Galway