Katherine Laird Cox

Katherine Laird Cox
Ka Cox
Born	1887[1] Kensington, London,[2] England
Died	23 May 1938 (aged 51)[3][4] Zennor, Cornwall, England
Cause of death	"Heart failure"
Other names	List Ka Cox Miss K. laird Cox Mrs. Katherine Arnold-Forster
Education	St. Felix School, Southwold
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge
Known for	Fabian Society, Artist's model, member of Bloomsbury Group
Spouse	William Arnold-Forster ​ ​ (m. 1918⁠–⁠1938)​
Children	Mark Arnold-Forster
Relatives	John Charles Cox (uncle)

Katherine Laird "Ka" Cox (1887 – 23 May 1938), the daughter of a British socialist stockbroker and his wife, was a Fabian and graduate of Cambridge University. There, she met Rupert Brooke, becoming his lover, and was a member of his Neo-Pagans. She was also a friend of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. During World War I she worked with the Serbian Relief Fund, assisting refugees in Corsica. After the war, she married the Labour politician Will Arnold-Forster, and became the first woman magistrate in Cornwall. She and her husband were instrumental in founding Gordonstoun School in Scotland in 1934. Her sudden death at the age of 51 fuelled speculation of involvement in the occult.