Evelyn St. Croix Fleming
Evelyn St. Croix Fleming, born Evelyn Beatrice St. Croix Rose, in Kensington, London, known as Eve Fleming (1885 – 27 July 1964),[1] was an English socialite.
Life
Evelyn Rose was the daughter of George Alfred Sainte Croix Rose (1854-1926), a Berkshire Justice of the Peace and militia officer, by his marriage in 1880 to Beatrice Quain, the daughter of Sir Richard Quain. On 15 February 1906 she married Valentine Fleming (1882–1917),[2] and by that marriage was the mother of four sons: Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming – the novelist who wrote the James Bond books, Richard Fleming and Michael Fleming. She was known for her flamboyant beauty.
After her husband's death in action in the Great War in May 1917, Evelyn Fleming inherited his large estate in trust, making her very wealthy. However, the conditions of the money in trust transferred it to others should she ever re-marry. She became the mistress of painter Augustus John, with whom she had a daughter, the cellist Amaryllis Fleming.
She died only two weeks before the death of her son Ian on 12 August 1964.[3]
References
Notes
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl (2006). "Evelyn Beatrice Sainte Croix Rose". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage vol. 3 (2003), p. 3394
- ↑ "Ian Fleming and the British Heart Foundation". About Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming Publications. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
Bibliography
- Lycett, Andrew. ‘Fleming, Ian Lancaster (1908–1964)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.