A Royal weekend at Polesden Lacey
J. W. Moorhouse [photographer]
Category
Photographs
Date
Jul 1920
Materials
silver gelatine print on card
Measurements
230 mm (H)293 mm (W)398 mm (H)450 mm (W)
Place of origin
Polesden Lacey
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246692
Summary
A formal photograph taken on the South terrace of Polesden Lacey to record the visit of the King and Queen of Spain hosted by Margaret Greville on 10th - 12th July,1920
Full description
An outline plan, displayed on the glass, names some of the guests in the photograph. There are 21 people in the photograph and 14 are named. I am not convinced of their accuracy, and do not know when or by whom they were written. 1. Lady Beatrice Eleanor Paget, Countess of Pembroke (1883-1973), 2. Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke and 12th Earl of Montgomery (1880 - 1960), 3. King Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941), 4, Queen Victoria Eugénie Julia Ena von Battenberg, Queen of Spain and Princess of Battenberg (1887- 1969), 5. John William Davis (1873-1955) Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918-1921), 6. The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, née Margaret Helen Anderson(1863-1942), 7. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker (1880-1936), 8. Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquis Carisbrooke (1886-1960), 9. Anne Breese, Lady Innes-Ker (1885-1959) 10. Lady Irene Frances Adza Denison, Marchioness of Carisbrooke (1890-1956), 11. Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan MP (1871-1940), 12. James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949), 13. Mrs Arthur James née Mary Venetia Cavendish Bentinck ((1861 - 1948), 14. Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh GBE, PC, QC (1861-1946) " The King and Queen of Spain spend a weekend at Polesden Lacey, Dorking, the residence of the Hon. Mrs Greville. A group of the distinguished guests, including the King and Queen of Spain, Lord and Lady Carisbrook, Lord and Lady Pembroke, The Speaker James and Mrs Lowther, Duchess of San Carlos, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Mrs Arthur (Venetia) James, Lord and Lady Alistaire Innes-Kerr, Colonel the Hon. George Monkton-Arundell, the Right. Hon. Sir Robert Horne, Lorenzo Pineyro Marquis de Bandana, Marquis de Viana, Mr John Davis(the American Ambassador) and Mrs Davis, Lord Justice Robert Younger and the Hon. Mrs Greville.' There are 21 people mentioned in this piece and 21 guests in the photograph. Each of these individuals signed the Visitors Book and are listed in the Dinner Party book. Among the guests are King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886–1941) and his Queen, Eugénie (1887–1969), standing centre front. Queen Eugénie was a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria and known as Ena. The couple separated and the queen went to live principally, in Lausanne, Switzerland and partly in the UK. Such was Mrs Greville’s friendship for Ena that she left her £25,000 in her will.
Marks and inscriptions
J.W. Moorhouse (signed on mount)
Makers and roles
J. W. Moorhouse [photographer], photographer