Serena Wendell

Serena Solitaire Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (born 29 December 1959), also known by her maiden name Serena Wendell, is a British fashion designer and former model. Through her father, she is descended from the Lee family of Virginia.

Early life Born in December 1959, Bute is the daughter of Major Jac Wendell (1924–2005), of the Grenadier Guards (grandson of the American actor Jacob Wendell, and nephew of Catherine Mommand, sometime Countess of Carnarvon), and his wife Anthea Peronelle Maxwell-Hyslop, sister of the Conservative politician Robin Maxwell-Hyslop. She was brought up in London and rural Wales by her mother and stepfather, Peter Rees, Baron Rees, and after a French finishing school became a fashion model. The guiding principle of the Serena Bute label is "elegant comfort". Bute's collections include wide-legged trousers, always with a grosgrain stripe. Shirts are large and tailored, made of silk, velvet, and cotton. Woollen cloths and wool-silk fabrics are supplied by Bute Fabrics, a long-established upholstery firm

Secondly, on 13 February 1999, in the marble chapel at Mount Stuart House, on the island of Bute, she married as his second wife John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, with whom she has a daughter, Lola (born 23 Jun 1999). they shared a house in Regent's Park and also had the use of Mount Stuart House,