Was considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. In 1922 she represented Scotland in E.O. Hoppe's book of beautiful women.
Wrote a column for Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express.
Was fascinated with the supernatural and was close friends with society spiritualist Violet Tweedale.
Was of Scots parentage.
Owned a dress shop in London which supplied Elizabeth, the Queen mother, with clothing in the 1920s.
At the age of 53 she modeled for Pond's cold cream.
Was close friends with Sir Edward Carson and helped his Unionist cause during the years of Irish Home Rule. He was the godfather of her only son, born in 1914.
Her only daughter Diana Skeffington (1909-1930) died of typhoid aged 21. Another child, a son, died in infancy in 1910.