Valerie French (socialite)
Violet Valerie Kindersley | |
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French in 1934 | |
| Born | Violet Valerie French 13 February 1909 |
| Died | 18 July 1997 (aged 88) Swindon, Wiltshire, England |
| Other names | Violet Valerie Kindersley |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouses | Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley
(m. 1936; died 1995) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Edward Gerald Fleming French Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King |
| Relatives | Essex Leila Hilary French (sister) John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (grandfather) |
Violet Valerie Kindersley (13 February 1909 – 18 July 1997), née French, and known from 1931 to 1934 as Lady Brougham and Vaux, 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.