Guy Van Den Steen

Guy Van Den Steen (24 August 1906 – 20 December 1999) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1948, he married Lady Moyra Butler (1920 – 26 May 1959; known at the time as Lady Moyra Weld-Forester), daughter of British peer George Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde, in Chelsea, London.

Guy Van Den Steen
Born(1906-08-24)24 August 1906
Paris, France
Died20 December 1999(1999-12-20) (aged 93)
Jehay, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
OccupationSculptor

On 19 December 1947, Charles Weld-Forester sued Lady Moyra for divorce, on the basis that she had committed adultery with Guy van den Steen 'on the continent last summer'.[2] Lady Moyra did not defend the suit, and a decree nisi was granted with costs against Count Guy van den Steen. On 3 August 1948 Guy and Lady Moyra were married in Chelsea, London. Their only son Gerard was born in London on 10 October 1949. Lady Moyra died in 1959.

Restoration of the Chateau de Jehay

In the 1940's, Count Guy van den Steen inherited his family's ancestral home, the Chateau de Jehay. He reported that it was a 'dark, empty shell, surrounded by flat, uncultivated fields' at the time he came into possession of the Chateau.[3] Lady Moyra and Count Guy moved into the Castle in 1950,[4] and worked to restore the Chateau, and many Ormonde heirlooms can be found in the Chateau today.[5]


References
  1. "Guy Van Den Steen". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 30 December 1947, Page 7
  3. Leicester Mercury, Monday 28 July 1975, page 3.
  4. 'Les Routes de Simone: balade automobile au chateau de Jehay', En voiture Simone!, https://envoituresimone2.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/les-routes-de-simone-balade-automobile-au-chateau-de-jehay/, accessed 7 January 2023
  5. 'le Chateau de Jehay', Arts et Lettres, https://artsrtlettres.ning.com/profiles/blogs/le-chateau-de-jehay, accessed 7 January 2023
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