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Violet Gordon-Woodhouse
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse (23 April 18729 January 1948) was an acclaimed British harpsichordist and clavichordist, highly influential in bringing both instruments back into fashion. She was the first person to record the harpsichord, and the first to broadcast harpsichord music.〔''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed., 1954, Eric Blom ed., Vol. IX. pp. 360-361, Woodhouse, Violet (Kate) Gordon〕
==Family==
Violet Kate Eglinton Gwynne was born at 97 Harley Street, St Marylebone, London, into a wealthy family with an estate in Sussex, England. She was the second daughter and fourth of seven children of James Eglinton Anderson Gwynne (1832–1915), an engineer, inventor, and landowner, and Mary Earle (1841–1923). Her mother was a fine singer and a friend of the great soprano Adelina Patti. Violet became a pupil of the country's leading piano teacher, the German émigré Oscar Beringer, and by the age of sixteen she was one of his most promising pupils.
She was the sister of Rupert Gwynne, MP for Eastbourne from 1910 to 1924, and Roland Gwynne, Mayor of Eastbourne from 1929 to 1931, who is thought to have been the lover of suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams.〔Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9.〕 Among her nieces was the renowned cookery writer, Elizabeth David.〔Cooper, Artemis., Writing at the Kitchen Table: The authorised biography of Elizabeth David〕
Violet broke off an engagement to rich Sussex neighbour Viscount Gage when human sexuality was explained to her.〔Douglas-Home, Jessica, "Violet : The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse", 1997〕 In 1895 she entered into a mariage blanc with Gordon Woodhouse.〔Violet persuaded her husband to adopt the hyphenated surname Gordon-Woodhouse. 〕 His reasons for entering into the marriage are not clear, but he gave Violet the freedom to perform in public, and also to take lovers. In 1899 William "Bill" Barrington (heir to a viscountcy) moved into the marital house. He was joined in 1903 by Max Labouchere, and then, a little time later, by Dennis Tollemache. Barrington was once asked about this arrangement by Violet's niece, Katherine Ayling, and whether the 'ménage-à-cinq' ever argued. He answered: "Yes, Denis and Max once - about a cricket match". This open marriage arrangement was referred to in society circles as the 'Woodhouse circus'.
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