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Hazel, Lady Lavery (1880–1935, née Hazel Martyn) was a painter and the second wife of the celebrated portrait artist Sir John Lavery. Her likeness appeared on Banknotes of Ireland for much of the 20th century.〔Sinead McCoole, ''Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery, 1880-1935'' (2nd ed.) Lilliput Press, 1996.〕 == Life == Born in Chicago on 14 March 1880, Hazel Martyn was the daughter of Edward Jenner Martyn, a wealthy industrialist of Anglo-Irish extraction. A contemporary account refers to young Hazel Martyn as "The Most Beautiful Girl in the Midwest".〔〔() Edward Jenner Martyn was a one-time vice-president of Philip Armour's Union Stock Yards & Transit Company. The Martyns were important donors at St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.〕 Hazel had one sister, Dorothea Hope 'Dorothy' Martyn (1887–1911), who was an aspiring playwright. Suffering from anorexia nervosa, Dorothy died in 1911 aged 23, and it is her death that spurred Hazel to leave America.〔 In 1903, she married Edward Livingston Trudeau Jr, a physician who died five months later.〔"Hazel Martyn Trudeau Weds", The New York Times, 22 July 1909〕 They had one daughter, Alice, born 10 October 1904.〔 While still married to Trudeau, she met John Lavery, a Catholic-born painter originally from Belfast.〔 Her husband died shortly thereafter, and in 1909 she and Lavery married. Subsequently she became Lavery's most frequent sitter.〔(Crawford Art Gallery, London )〕 During World War I, John Lavery became an official artist for the British government. In 1918, he received a knighthood, and Hazel Lavery became Lady Lavery.〔''Sir John Lavery'' by Kenneth McConkey (Canongate Press, 1993)〕 The Laverys lent their palatial house at Cromwell Place in South Kensington to the Irish delegation led by Michael Collins during negotiations for the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. After Lady Lavery died in 1935 in London, her funeral mass took place at the Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge. She was buried with her husband in Putney Vale Cemetery. In Ireland, a memorial service for her took place at the request of the government.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hazel Lavery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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