Lady Shrewsbury was somewhat �theatrical� herself, very much a performer, and maybe should have persisted in pursuing an operatic career. Many felt that she was acting the role of wife of the premier earl, and she certainly had an eye for publicity, taking care to be seen scrubbing the floor in preparation for the first night of the opera season, or selling garden produce from the estate in a van outside the gates. Her manner was often flamboyant. Much was made at the first divorce hearing of her calling Lowther �darling�, but she called more or less everyone darling, including the butler, whose surname it happened to be.
Times Online March 17, 2003
also Harry Matthews 1922-2003
