Background
Her mother was Lucy Trillia from Montevideo.
Her mother was Lucy Trillia from Montevideo.
In 1917 (aged 38) she became the second wife of Lord Curzon. In 1923, when Curzon was passed over for the office of Prime Minister partly on the advice of Arthur Balfour, Balfour joked that Curzon "has lost the hope of glory but he still possesses the means of Grace". However letters from Curzon to Grace in the early 1920s imply that they were still living together and remained devoted to each other.
In 1925, soon before she was again widowed, her portrait was painted by the American artist John Singer Sargent.
This oil on canvas painting, which measures 129.22 × 92.39 cm (509 × 364 in), was Sargent"s last oil portrait. The painting was purchased in 1936 by the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire.