Judy Bentinck
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Judith Ann Bentinck, Countess of Portland, Countess Bentinck (née Emerson; born 10 October 1952 in Newcastle-Under-Lyme) is a couture milliner based in Central London. She is married to the actor Tim Bentinck, also a peer of the realm, by which marriage she holds her titles.
Background and education[]
Born to John Robert Emerson (Weardale, County Durham, October / December 1920 - 1994) and wife (Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, July / September 1942) Mary Elizabeth Graham (Chester, Cheshire, July / September 1922 - ?), paternal granddaughter of ... Emerson and wife ... Graham and maternal granddaughter of ... Graham and wife ... Foster.
She attended Alleyne’s School (later Alleyne's High School), Stone, Staffordshire. She gained a BA in printed textiles at Liverpool College of Art, then later moved into the world of costume design, working for the RSC, the BBC and the Royal Opera House and teaching at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School where she met her future husband.
Bentinck trained with , Royal Warrant Holder and world-renowned teacher.[1]
Career[]
Portland Hats was started in 2002 and re-branded in 2004 to Judy Bentinck Millinery to 'emphasize the exclusivity of her product'. Housed at Studios in Holborn, Judy creates a Spring/Summer and an Autumn/Winter Collection each year, but the majority of her work is bespoke, by commission.
Bentinck teaches millinery through Cockpit Arts Studios and Central Saint Martins.
Family[]
The former Judy Emerson married the actor Tim Bentinck, who later became 12th Earl of Portland, in London on 8 September 1979; the couple has two sons:
- William Jack Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock (b. Highgate, 19 May 1984)
- The Hon. Jasper James Mellowes Bentinck (b. London, 12 June 1988)
References[]
- "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"
- "Nederlands Adelsboek"
- http://familytrees.genopro.com/iaintait/Tree_Compilation/genomaps/genomap125.svg
- 1952 births
- Living people
- English fashion designers
- Bentinck family
- English countesses
- Milliners
- People from Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Alumni of Liverpool College of Art
- British women fashion designers