Dominick Elwes
Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes (24 August 1931 – 5 September 1975) was an English portrait painter whose much publicised elopement with an heiress in 1957 created an international scandal.
Dominick Elwes | |
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| Born | Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes 17 August 1931 Great Billing, Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 5 September 1975 (aged 44) Chelsea, London, England |
| Resting place | Amberley, West Sussex |
| Other names | Dominic Elwes |
| Education | Ladycross Friends Academy (1940–1941) St. Albans (1941–1944) Downside (1945–1948) |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, journalist, portrait-painter |
| Known for | Paintings, elopement scandal |
| Spouse |
Tessa Kennedy
(m. 1958; div. 1969) |
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