Elizabeth Hope, Baroness Glendevon

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Mary Elizabeth Hope, Baroness Glendevon (1 September 1915 – 27 December 1998) (née Wellcome, later Maugham, later Paravicini) was the daughter of William Somerset Maugham and Syrie Barnardo Wellcome, and the wife of the 1st Baron Glendevon. Liza, as she was known, came to public attention when she and her father fought a 21-month court case in British and French courts to determine her paternity. Hope's daughter by her first husband is the Countess Frédéric Chandon de Brailles by marriage. Hope's second son was the 2nd Baron Glendevon and her third son is the current Baron Glendevon. Hope's grandson by her first son is the pianist, Derek Paravicini.

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