Violet Fane (1843 - 1905)

Violet Fane is the literary pseudonym of Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie (24 February 1843 – 13 October 1905). She was a poet, a writer, and later an ambassadress, who was active in the British literary scene from 1872 until her death. Fane was a literary celebrity whose verses were occasionally set to music by famous composers such as Paolo Tosti. As a well-known figure in London society, Fane's coterie included famous literary personas such as Robert Browning, Algernon Swinburne, A. W. Kinglake, Alfred Austin, James McNeil Whistler, Lillie Langtry, and Oscar Wilde.