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CodeDS/UK/4186
NameGoldsack; Jessie (fl 1900-1930s); British mezzo-soprano singer
AliasJessie Linton | Lady Jessie Wood
Datesfl 1900-1930s
GenderFemale
BiographyIn 1934 Jessie Linton, (who sung in the past under her professional name of Jessie Goldsack) began a relationship with Sir Henry Wood. His first wife refused to divorec him so . she changed her name by deed poll to "Lady Jessie Wood" and was generally assumed by the public to be Wood's wife. In his memoirs, Wood mentioned neither his second marriage nor his subsequent relationship.

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