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The Red Room, Tredegar House, Newport, 1930s

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The bedroom of Evan Morgan's second wife and Russian princess, Olga Dolgorouky. They married in 1939 and this room has been restored using the design and colour scheme she chose for herself when she came to the house. Evan and Olga divorced, childless, in 1943.

Evan's first wife, Lois Sturt, was an actress who appeared in the first British-made colour film. She died in Budapest at the age of 37.

Owner:
Tredegar House
Creator:
Unknown
License information:
Reproduced by permission of Tredegar House
Copyright Details:
Tredegar House 2006
Publisher Ref:
GTJ75174
Item uploaded:
17/2/2010
Date originally created:
1930-1939
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