The late Victoria de Rothschild had a passion for beautiful things, evidenced in a new exhibition of contemporary handcrafted pieces from her collection at her former home, Ascott House in Buckinghamshire, which still bears the hallmarks of her refined taste
Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS (English, 1769-1830) Mary Anne, Lady Beaumont, n.d. Lady Beaumont was the eldest daughter of Dr. William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, and married in 1825 Sir George…
Rt Hon. James Moncrieff
Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron (née Milbanke; 17 May 1792 – 16 May 1860), nicknamed Annabella and commonly known as Lady Byron, was the wife of poet George Gordo…
Much of Torquay is Victorian or Edwardian, from a time when the town claimed the title of the richest in
Lord Berners, eccentric painter, composer and quotable avian obsessive
Artist Martha Beaumont and company director Arthur Vestey were introduced through mutual friends at a house party at her family’s 18th-century country house in Northumberland—the same Downton Abbey-esque spot where they would ultimately marry five years later.
As you may or may not know, I run The Mitford Society over on facebook, and in doing so I am always on the look-out for rare photographs of the girls. I found these delightful scans in Decca Mitford's memoir A Fine Old Conflict, and the other scans in a biography of Diana Mitford by Jan Dalley. Anyone is welcome to save the photographs but please do credit them appropriately. Decca & Esmond Romilly Decca & Dinky Debo & Decca Tom & Diana Diana at a costume party at the Savoy Diana on the Riviera Diana & Sir Oswald Mosley
Lady Dorothy Etta Warrender by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale, 1930s
