Denise Orme

The Duchess of Leinster
Orme, c. 1905
Personal details
Born
Jessie Smither

(1885-08-25)25 August 1885
Died20 October 1960(1960-10-20) (aged 75)
London, England
Spouses
(m. 1907; div. 1928)
Tito Wessel
(m. 1928; div. 1934)
ChildrenJoan Yarde-Buller
Richard Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston
John Reginald Henry
Denise Grosvenor, Baroness Ebury
Lydia Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Primrose Cadogan, Countess Cadogan
Hugo Wessel
RelativesAga Khan IV (grandson)
Amyn Aga Khan (grandson)
Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan (grandson)
John Yarde-Buller, 5th Baron Churston (grandson)
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
Royal College of Music
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Jessie Smither, Duchess of Leinster (25 August 1885 – 20 October 1960),[1] known by her stage name Denise Orme, was an English music hall singer, actress and musician who appeared regularly at the Alhambra and Gaiety Theatres in London in the early years of the 20th century. Married, successively, to an English baron, a Danish millionaire, and an Irish duke, she was the maternal grandmother of Aga Khan IV.

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd (2003), p. 2300