Olive Custance

Olive Custance
Photograph by Beresford, 1902
Photograph by Beresford, 1902
BornOlive Eleanor Custance
(1874-02-07)7 February 1874
London, England
Died12 February 1944(1944-02-12) (aged 70)
GenrePoetry
Literary movementAestheticism
Spouse
(m. 1902)

Olive Eleanor Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), also known as Lady Alfred Douglas,[1] was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book.

  1. ^ Alfred Douglas, Lady (2004). I Desire the Moon: The Diary of Lady Alfred Douglas (Olive Custance) 1905-1910. Avalon Press, 2004. ISBN 9789080731448. Retrieved 10 September 2019.