![]() ![]() She started climbing years earlier during a family holiday in La Grave, France, in 1897. A skilled mountaineer, Bell almost met her end on a slope The whole tragic mess ended when Doughty-Wylie died in the battle at Gallipoli in 1915. Bell wanted Doughty-Wylie to leave his wife for her, and his wife threatened suicide if he did. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, the pair exchanged numerous letters expressing their affection for each other. Later Bell became enamored with a married British officer, Dick Doughty-Wylie. ![]() He objected to Cadogan’s gambling habit and its accompanying debt. Unfortunately for Bell, her father disapproved of the match. The couple shared a love of literature, including the poetry of Rudyard Kipling and the stories of Henry James. The first man she fell for was Henry Cadogan, a member of the foreign service she met while visiting Iran in 1892. Photo: Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Sir Percy Cox and Gertrude Bell speaking with an Arab leader during a visit to Mesopotamia, 1917. ![]()
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