The Souls

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The Souls were an influential late 19th-century British intellectual and social circle of aristocrats, politicians, and writers known for their wit, cultural sophistication, and political connections.

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instanceOf British social circle ⓘ
intellectual circle ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithLocation England ⓘ
characterizedBy emotional and romantic entanglements among members ⓘ
intellectual conversation ⓘ
contemporaneousWith Edwardian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalRole salon-like forum for political and literary discussion ⓘ
dissipatedAround early 20th century ⓘ
documentedIn biographies of its members ⓘ
fieldOfActivity literature ⓘ
politics ⓘ
social life ⓘ
formedAround 1880s ⓘ
hasMember Alfred Lyttelton ⓘ
Arthur Balfour ⓘ
Edward Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir Edward Grey

George Curzon ⓘ
George Wyndham ⓘ
Henry "Harry" Cust ⓘ
Hugh Cecil ⓘ
Lady Desborough ⓘ
Lady Elcho ⓘ
Lady Randolph Churchill ⓘ
Laura Tennant ⓘ
linked to: Katharine Tennant

Margot Tennant ⓘ
Mary Elcho ⓘ
Violet Manners ⓘ
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt ⓘ
influenced British politics ⓘ
Edwardian high society ⓘ
knownFor cultural sophistication ⓘ
political connections ⓘ
wit ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meetingPlace London drawing rooms ⓘ
country houses in England ⓘ
notableMemberHeldOffice Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Arthur Balfour

Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Sir Edward Grey
politicalOrientation Conservative Party milieu ⓘ
relatedGroup The Coterie ⓘ
socialClass British aristocracy ⓘ

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Margot Tennant → memberOf → The Souls ⓘ