Lady Violet Benson

Lady Violet Catherine Benson (née Manners; 24 April 1888 – 23 December 1971) was an English aristocrat, artist and socialite.

Lady Violet was considered a beauty and was the subject of drawings by George Frederic Watts and John Singer Sargent,

Lady Violet's mother was a member of The Souls. Lady Violet's first marriage was one of at least seven unions between children of Souls' families."The marriages between children of Souls' families were Ego Charteris to Violet Manners, Cynthia Charteris to Herbert Asquith, Irene Charteris to Ivor Windsor, Guy Charteris to Frances Tennant, Percy Wyndham to Diana Lister, Raymond Asquith to Katherine [sic?] Homer, and John Manners to Kathleen Tennant." near the Suez Canal in Egypt on 23 April 1916 and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial,