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Catherine Walters
Portrait of Catherine Walters
Born(1839-06-13)13 June 1839
Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Died5 August 1920(1920-08-05) (aged 81)
South Street, Mayfair, London, England
Resting placeFranciscan Monastery Crawley, West Sussex, England
51°06′48″N 0°11′16″W / 51.1133°N 0.1878°W / 51.1133; -0.1878
Other namesSkittles
OccupationCourtesan
A photograph of Catherine Walters
Blue plaque to "Skittles" in South Street, Mayfair
"The Shrew Tamed"

Catherine Walters (13 June 1839 – 5 August 1920), also known as "Skittles", was a fashion trendsetter and one of the last of the great courtesans of Victorian London. Walters' benefactors are rumoured to have included intellectuals, leaders of political parties, aristocrats and a member of the British Royal Family.[1]

  1. ^ Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII: Theo Aronson, 'Walters, Catherine (1839–1920)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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