A Royal weekend hosted by Margaret Greville at Polesden Lacey, Surrey. 5th - 7th June 1909.
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
silver gelatine print, paper, card
Measurements
172 mm (H)223 mm (W)350 mm (H)420 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246691
Summary
A formal photograph of the weekend party. Back row, standing, left to right: William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858-1937), Lady Sarah Wilson (1865 - 1929), The Rt Hon. William McEwan (1827-1913), Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker (1880-1936), The Hon. John Ward (1870 - 1938), Count Albert Viktor Julius Joseph Michael von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1861-1945), Violet Savile,, Baroness Savile (1857 - 1912), Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet (1859-1918), Lieutenant-Colonel, The Hon. George Keppel (1865-1947). Front row, seated, left to right: Lady Anne Innes-Ker (1885-1959), Luis Maria Augusto Pinto de Soveral, 1st Marquess de Soveral (1855 - 1922), The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863 - 1942) , King Edward VII (1841–1910), Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe, Countess of Dudley (1846-1929), The Hon. Mrs George Keppel (1868-1947), Lady Emily Brownlow, Lady Lurgan (1871-1909), Miss Sonia Rosemary Keppel, (1900-1986) and Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck. A Brown-toned silver gelatine print.
Full description
In June 1909 Mrs Greville’s gave her first house party since the death of her husband, Ronnie, in 1908. The guest of honour was King Edward VII. Seated to his immediate left sits his past mistress, Georgina, Countess of Dudley, her son John Ward stands behind her. Alice Keppel, his present mistress, her husband, George Keppel and her daughter, Sonia are all present. The Portuguese and Austrian ambassadors, Marquess de Soveral and Count Albert Mensdorff, respectively are there as part of the Marlborough House Set, which now accepts Margaret Greville in her own right. Now an active member of the group as her period of mourning is considered over. The photograph was taken on the South lawn outside the Gold Room.