 Lady Wentworth's former husband had inherited his childless brother's earldom of Lytton in 1947, and on his own death in 1951, it passed to their only son, Noel.Lady Wentworth had become estranged from her children since the divorce and saw Noel for the first time in 30 years on her deathbed in 1957.At the time of her death, the Wentworth title also passed to him.