Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon

Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon (born 21 February 1947) is a British model, socialite and debutante. Early life Curzon was born on 21 February 1947 to Edward Curzon, Viscount Curzon, later 6th Earl Howe, and his second wife Grace Lilian Barker Wakeling. From birth, she was styled as The Honourable Mary-Gaye Curzon by courtesy and became Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon when her father inherited the earldom of Howe in 1964. A popular socialite and debutante in the 1960s, Curzon was known as the "it girl" of London society. She had a blue cocktail named after her at Claridge's. She worked as a model and sales girl at Harrods. In 1967, she appeared smeared in motor oil and apparently topless in Birds of Britain, a pin-up coffee table book featuring Sarah Miles, Julie Christie and Lulu. The motor oil in reference to her grandfather, the 5th Earl Howe, a famous racing car driver. She also modeled for society photographer Lord Lichfield, including in one group portrait titled "'Out’ Group", which also featured politician Jonathan Aitken, TV presenter Cathy McGowan and author David Benedictus. It hangs today in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. Marriages and family Curzon has been married four times, all ending in divorce, and has five children from three of her marriages. She married her first husband, Esmond Cooper-Key, grandson of Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere, in 1971. They had a daughter Pandora Lorna Mary Cooper-Key in 1973. The marriage ended in divorce in 1976.