Mabel Louisa Dean Paul

For the British censor, see Mabel Elliott.

Mabel Louisa Dean Paul (1872–1919) was a high-profile English socialite and novelist, and one of the most glamorous British women of the Edwardian era, who was the subject of widespread public and media interest.[1] Over an extended period she also had an extraordinary ability for getting enmeshed in Society lawsuits.[2] She was divorced by her first husband, Colonel Thomas James Atherton (1856–1920), following an adulterous scandal involving one senior British royal, resulting in the eventual naming and shaming of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953).[3]

Mabel Louisa Dean Paul by George Charles Beresford. 1902. Credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
  1. ^ "The beautiful Mrs Atherton: Social Notoriety's Suicide. Old Scandals recalled". South Australia: The Advertiser. 8 September 1919. p. 9. Retrieved 6 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Famous beauty's odd career ends by rifle shot in her bedroom". Wilmington, Delaware: The Delaware Star. 13 July 1919.
  3. ^ "Major Atherton Files Suit for Divorce Against His Wife—Sensational Society Scandal in England". newspapers.com. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Eagle. 21 February 1901. p. 3.