Belinda Bellville
British fashion designer
Belinda Bellville (29 March 1930 – 5 May 2024) was a British fashion designer, and the co-founder in 1953 (with David Sassoon) of Bellville Sassoon.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Belinda Bellville (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Mar 29, 1930, died May 5, 2024.1
Companies
- Bellville SassoonFounder7
Early life and education
She was born on 29 March 1930, the daughter of Anthony Seymour Bellville (1902–1970) and Audrey Dorothy C Kidston (1906–1997), who was the younger sister of the racing driver and aviator Glen Kidston (1899–1931). In 1940, her mother Audrey married Hon. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie, son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor.
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Career
Occupation: fashion designer.4
- Date not recordedFounded Bellville Sassoon3
Personal life
In 1952, she married David Whately, a partner in a company that made mobiles and abstract sculptures for advertising, and was later a financier. He died in 2008. They had three daughters together.
Their daughter Polly Whately married Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester.
She died on 5 May 2024, aged 94.
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataBelinda Bellville on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBelinda Bellville on Wikipedia
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- 7WikidataBellville Sassoon, Founder
- 8Wikimedia CommonsBelinda Bellville photo by Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0