Vanessa Salmon: The Troubled Society Beauty

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From her turbulent marriage to her US debut and enthralling legal battles, Nigella Lawson has dominated column inches and discussion for the past six months. However before Nigella, there was her mother, Vanessa Salmon. A notorious society beauty, Salmon was heiress to the J. Lyons & Co catering dynasty and wife of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983 to 1989.

Salmon trained as a ballet dancer b...