Lady Mary Olivia Charteris Furze (born 23 April 1987) is a British fashion model, DJ, musician and socialite. She was a vocalist and keyboardist in the English electronic rock band The Big Pink.
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Early life and family
Lady Mary Olivia Charteris was born on 23 April 1987 to James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, and the Hon. Catherine Ingrid Guinness, a former colleague of Andy Warhol and the daughter of Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne. She has an older brother, Francis Richard (Dick) Charteris, Lord Elcho. Daphne Guinness is her maternal aunt. She is a member of the Scottish noble Charteris family. Her parents divorced in 1988. Her mother remarried to Robert Hesketh in 1990. In 1995 her father remarried to Amanda Feilding. She was educated at Francis Holland School in London, where she studied classical civilisation, art, and ethics.
Career
Modelling
As a teenager, Charteris began modelling after Isabella Blow, a magazine editor and family friend, introduced her to the Storm Models agency. She has modelled for Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Nike, Iceberg, Philip Treacy, Markus Lupfer, Thakoon, Jason Wu, and Topshop. She has been featured in print editorials and spreads in Vogue, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Vanity Fair, Love, Tatler, Glamour Spain, Elle Korea, L'Officiel, Flaunt, and Purple and has posed for Mario Testino, Terry Richardson, Olivier Zahm, Ellen Von Unwerth, Solve Sundsbo, David Bailey, and Michel Comte.