Nellie Lisa Melles, 2nd Baroness Burton
The Lady Burton | |
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.png) Lady Burton in 1916 | |
| Born | Nellie Lisa Bass 27 December 1873 Rangemore, England |
| Died | 28 May 1962 (aged 88) |
| Spouse(s) | James Evan Bruce Baillie (1894-1931; his death) William Eugene Melles (d. 1953) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Family | Bass family |
Nellie Lisa Melles, 2nd Baroness Burton (née Bass, formerly Baillie; 27 December 1873 – 28 May 1962) was a British heiress and art collector. She succeeded her father as the second Baron Burton.
Early life and family
[edit]Lady Burton was born Nellie Lisa Bass on 27 December 1873 in Rangemore to Michael Bass, a brewer and Liberal politician, and Harriett Georgina Thronewill, an heiress of the Thornewill and Warham company. Lady Burton's grandfather, Michael Thomas Bass, served in the British Parliament. Her great-great grandfather, William Bass, founded Bass Brewery. Her father was created a baronet, of Stafford in the County of Stafford, by Queen Victoria in 1882. In 1886, he was created the first Baron Burton.[citation needed]
Adult life
[edit]In 1894, she married Colonel James Evan Bruce Baillie, of Dochfour in Inverness-shire, with whom she had three children.[1] Upon her first marriage, she received a gold snuff box from the Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.[2] Her husband died in 1931. She married a second time to Major William Eugene Melles.[3] Her second husband died in 1953.[citation needed]
As her father had no sons, Lady Burton succeeded her father, as a hereditary peeress by virtue of a special remainder from 1897,[4][5] as the second Baron Burton in 1909.[6] She and her mother lived in Grosvenor Square following her father's death.[7]
She was an art collector and consigned woven tapestries from 1760 and 1783 that were designed by Jean-François de Troy.[8][9] She also owned two sculptures, of a nymph and of cupid, designed by Étienne-Maurice Falconet.[10]
She sold Chesterfield House to Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles in 1919 and Rangemore Hall to the Staffordshire County Council in 1949.[citation needed]
Lady Burton died in 1962.[10] Her son, Brigadier George Evan Michael Baillie, was killed during World War II, leaving her to be succeeded to the barony by her grandson, Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton.[4][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lady Burton". Every Woman's Encyclopaedia.
- ^ "A SWISS OR GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX". Christie's.
- ^ "Nellie Lisa (née Bass), 2nd Baroness Burton - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
- ^ a b "Obituary, Lord Burton". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND AMARANTH TABLE DE NUIT". Christie's.
- ^ "Nellie Lisa (née Bass), 2nd Baroness Burton". npg.org.uk.
- ^ "Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Pages 117-166 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)". British History Online. LCC 1980. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Tapestry". December 25, 1760 – via Victoria & Albert Museum.
- ^ "Tapestry". December 25, 1783 – via Victoria & Albert Museum.
- ^ a b "Nellie Bass Melles, 2nd Baroness Burton (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection.
- ^ "Lord Burton of Dochfour". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- 1873 births
- 1962 deaths
- Barons Burton
- Bass family (United Kingdom)
- Baillie family
- British art collectors
- British baronesses
- Daughters of barons
- Daughters of baronets
- Hereditary women peers
- People from Burton upon Trent
- People from the Borough of East Staffordshire
- Spouses of British politicians
- Women art collectors