Dot Rhone

Dorothy Rhone (born in Childwall, Liverpool) is a former girlfriend of Paul McCartney. They began dating in 1959



and were engaged to be married, however Dot suffered a miscarriage in 1962 and after that their relationship fell apart.

Early years
Dorothy Rhone was born in Childwall, Liverpool to Tom and Jessie Rhone. She had three elder siblings, Billy, Anne and Barbara. Her father was a timekeeper on the Liverpool Docks. She was a student at the Liverpool Institute High School for Girls.

Relationship with Paul McCartney
Dot met Paul McCartney at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool where he was playing there as a member of the Quarrymen. Dot at first preferred John Lennon but when she learned he already had a girlfriend, Cynthia Powell, she turned her attention towards Paul who asked her out a few weeks later at a party. Dot was Paul's first steady girlfriend and in later years Paul aknowledged that he had been very controlling and posessive over Dot, even controlling how she styled her hair and what she wore. Paul said that he and John tried to style their girlfriends like Brigitte Bardot. Though McCartney was posessive with Dot he was also very generous spending a large percentage of the little money he got from gigs with the Quarrymen on her.

In February 1960, Dot fell pregnant and their were plans for her and Paul to get married later in the year, however three months into the pregnancy Dot suffered a miscarriage.