Editing Lady Ottoline Morrell (section)

== Notable love affairs ==
Morrell was known to have had many lovers. Her first love affair was with an older man, the physician and writer [[Axel Munthe]],<ref>Rolphe, Katie. ''Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages'', Random House Digital, Inc.: New York, 2008, p. 190.</ref> but she rejected his impulsive proposal of marriage because her spiritual beliefs were incompatible with his [[atheism]]. In February 1902, she married the MP [[Philip Morrell]],<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court circular|date=10 February 1902 |page=6 |issue=36687}}</ref> with whom she shared a passion for art and a strong interest in [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal politics]]. They had what would now be known as an [[open marriage]] for the rest of their lives.<ref name="ReferenceA">Rolphe, Katie. ''Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages'', Random House Digital, Inc.: New York, 2008.</ref>

Philip's extramarital affairs produced several children who were cared for by his wife, who also struggled to conceal evidence of his mental instability.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The Morrells themselves had two children (twins): a son, Hugh, who died in infancy; and a daughter, Julian,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> whose first marriage was to [[Victor Goodman]] and second marriage was to Igor Vinogradoff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp05874|title=Julian Ottoline Vinogradoff (née Morrell) – Person – National Portrait Gallery |publisher=Npg.org.uk |access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref>

Morrell had a long affair with [[philosopher]] [[Bertrand Russell]],<ref name="Russell: the Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives">{{cite web|url=http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1353&context=russelljournal&sei-redir=1|title=Bertrand Russell Meets His Muse: The Impact of Lady Ottoline Morrell (1911–12)|access-date=1 March 2012|last=Moran|first=Margaret|year=1991|publisher=McMaster University Library Press|archive-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511103123/http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1353&context=russelljournal&sei-redir=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">[[Mary Ann Caws|Caws, Mary Ann]] and Wright, Sarah Bird. ''Bloomsbury and France: Art and Friends'' New York: Oxford University Press, 1999</ref> with whom she exchanged more than 3,500 letters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bracers.mcmaster.ca/|title=BRACERS|website=bracers.mcmaster.ca|accessdate=31 January 2024}}</ref> She also had an affair with [[Virginia Woolf]].<ref name="Essen">{{Cite web|last=Essen|first=Leah Rachel von|date=1 July 2021|title=Who Was Virginia Woolf? From Her Craft to Her Lovers|url=https://bookriot.com/who-was-virginia-woolf/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=BOOK RIOT|language=en-US}}</ref> 

Her lovers may have included the painters [[Augustus John]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Ottoline Morrell |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08219/Lady-Ottoline-Morrell |website=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref> and [[Henry Lamb]],<ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref>Felix, David. ''Keynes: A Critical Life'', Greenwood Press: Westport, CT, 1999. p. 129.</ref> the artist [[Dora Carrington]], and the art historian [[Roger Fry]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> 

In her later years she had a brief affair with a gardener, Lionel Gomme, who was employed at [[Garsington]].<ref name="ReferenceB"/> According to some literary critics, the fling of Morrell with "Tiger", a young [[stonemason]] who came to carve [[plinth]]s for her garden statues, influenced the story in D. H. Lawrence's novel ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]''.<ref>{{Citation | first = Maev | last = Kennedy | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1891481,00.html | title = The real Lady Chatterley: society hostess loved and parodied by Bloomsbury group | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | place = London | date = 10 October 2006 | access-date = 19 June 2008}}.</ref>

Her circle of friends included many authors, artists, sculptors, and poets.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> Her work as a patron was enduring and influential, notably in her contribution to the [[Contemporary Art Society]] during its early years.