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Tessa Georgina Kennedy (born 6 December 1938) is a British interior designer, whose clients include multi-national corporations, royalty, celebrities, and European hotels, restaurants, and clubs. Her elopement with society portrait painter Dominick Elwes made headlines in 1957.
- 1940–present
- Interior designer
- 6 December 1938 (age 84), Guildford, England
At age 26, Dominick Elwes met and wished to marry 19-year-old shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy, daughter of Geoffrey Ferrar Kennedy and Daška Ivanović. Kennedy's parents, however, disapproved of the relationship and instituted wardship proceedings.
- Paintings, elopement scandal
- Amberley, West Sussex
- Simon Elwes (father)
May 26, 2021 · On 27 November 1957 at the High Court in London, Justice Sir Ronald Roxburgh issued a restraining order against Dominick Elwes. The decree stipulated that should he marry Tessa without the Court’s consent, he must go to prison. Tessa and Dominick refused to wait around for the lawyers’ decision.
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Nov 6, 2017 · At the age of 18 she ran away with Dominick Elwes, the 26-year-old son of a society portraitist, but her father took such a dim view of the match that he instituted legal proceedings to prevent their marrying.
To Dominic Elwes, 28, free-spending man-about-London, son of Royal Portrait Painter Simon Elwes; and Shipping Heiress Tessa Kennedy, 21, who traveled 7,000 miles about the Western...
Cary Elwes | Career Retrospective. 96 Videos. 99+ Photos. Cary Elwes was born in Westminster, London, England, the third son of interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Georgina Kennedy and the late portrait painter Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes. He is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes.
Actor: Saw. Cary Elwes was born in Westminster, London, England, the third son of interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Georgina Kennedy and the late portrait painter Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes. He is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was raised in London and attended Harrow.
