Jemma Kidd
Jemma, Marchioness of Douro, is a British make up artist, fashion model, and aristocrat.
Career
Lady Douro Kidd is the daughter of the businessman and former showjumper Johnny Kidd. She is the granddaughter of The Honourable Janet Gladys Aitken. One of Kidd's maternal great-grandfathers was the Canadian press baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Kidd's mother, Wendy Madeleine Kidd, is one of the three daughters of Sir John Rowland Hodge, 2nd Baronet, and runs the Holders Festival on Barbados. Kidd's aunt is the model Vicki Hodge.Lady Douro was a fashion model before becoming a make-up artist. In 2003, she opened her own "Make-up School" in London.
She was a director of the Jemma Kidd Make-up Limited, which was incorporated in 2005, Ghislaine Maxwell was also a director. The company launched a cosmetics range in 2006, which was available in the UK, America, Australia, Hong Kong, and Canada.
Her book Jemma Kidd Make-up Masterclass was published in 2009.
Jemma Kidd Make-up went into administration in October 2012. The business was dissolved in January 2020.
Personal life
Kidd married Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, son of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington and Princess Antonia of Prussia, on 4 June 2005 at St James Church in Holetown, Barbados.The couple has twins and a younger son:
- Lady Mae Madeleine Wellesley
- Darcy Wellesley, Earl of Mornington
- Lord Alfred Wellesley