Wanda Holden
English socialite
About Wanda Holden
Lived 1911 – 1956 (aged 44–45). Wanda Holden was a British.
Wanda Holden ( – 30 October 1956) was an English socialite, included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton.
Biography She was born circa 1911 to parents Emily Marion Holden and financier Major Norman Holden OBE, son of the Liberal politician Sir Edward Holden.
On 17 July 1929 Wanda Holden married Charles Baillie-Hamilton. and "one of the most popular figures in society". From 1929 to 1931 her husband held the office of Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath.
In 1933 she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton, who described her as "a wild-eyed bacchante".
On 6 November 1936 she married Frank Ormond Soden and moved to Kenya. She died on 30 October 1956, at Chateau Shauri, Timau, near Nanyuki, Kenya, and is buried at Nanyuki War Cemetery, Kenya.
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Who was Wanda Holden?
English socialite
When was Wanda Holden born?
Wanda Holden was born in 1911.
When did Wanda Holden die?
Wanda Holden died on 30 October 1956.
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Wanda Holden was British.
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