Valerie Violet French

Violet Valerie French
French in 1934
Born(1909-02-13)13 February 1909
Died18 July 1997(1997-07-18) (aged 88)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Other namesViolet Valerie French Brougham Kindersley
OccupationSocialite
Spouses
(m. 1931; div. 1934)
Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley
(m. 1936; died 1995)
Children4
Parent(s)Edward Gerald Fleming French
Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King
RelativesEssex Leila Hilary French (sister)
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (grandfather)

Violet Valerie French Brougham Kindersley (13 February 1909 – 18 July 1997) was a Natal-born English socialite. She and her sister Essex were known as the "French sisters" and included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton.[1]

  1. ^ Beaton, Cecil (1933). The Book Of Beauty. p. 42. Retrieved 19 January 2018.