Mary Trevelyan

Mary "Molly" Katherine, Lady Trevelyan, (née Bell; 12 October 1881 – 1966) was a political hostess and voluntary worker. She was an active member of several organisations and she was on the founding committee of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Life Trevelyan was born in Kirkleatham in 1881. She was the last child of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, second baronet and his second wife, Florence Bell (born Oliffe). Her father who was an ironmaster had been married before and he had two children including the explorer and diplomat Gertrude Bell. Her mother was a playwright and writer who wrote for adults and children including the children's "Cat and Fiddle Book". In 1899 Caroline Grosvenor created a portrait of her and her younger sister Florence (Elsa). The watercolour is still at Wallington Hall. In 1904 she became the President of the Northumberland Women's Liberal Association. She was a supporter of women's suffrage, and involved with the Girl Guides and the Associated Country Women of the World.