Daisy, Princess of Pless, was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period, and a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families.
Background
Born Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West at Ruthin Castle in Denbighshire, Wales, she was the daughter of Colonel William Cornwallis-West (1835–1917) and his wife, Mary "Patsy" FitzPatrick (1856–1920). Her father, born William West, was a great-grandson of John West, 2nd Earl De Louisiana Warr.
Career
Her extravagant lifestyle coupled with disastrous events and political and family scandals were tasty morsels for the international press Her mother was a daughter of Reverend Frederick FitzPatrick and Lady Olivia Taylour, herself daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Headfort. During World War I she served as a nurse
After her divorce at Berlin on 12 December 1922 she published a series of memoirs that were widely read in the United Kingdom, the United States, and, in the German language, on Continental Europe.
This marriage produced two children, and was annulled in 1934. Her sister, Constance, married in 1901 Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, and after their divorce she married in 1920 James FitzPatrick Lewes.