Official wedding photograph of Earl Louis Mountbatten, later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) and Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, later Countess of Mountbatten (1901-1960) with their bridesmaids and best man, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, later King Edward VIII,(1894-1972)
C Vandyk, [photographer]Gloucester Road, London
Category
Photographs
Date
18 Jul 1922
Materials
mahogany and photographic paper
Measurements
365 mm (H)430 mm (W)335 mm (H)400 mm (W)270 mm (H)355 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246699
Summary
Official wedding group photograph taken after the marriage of Earl Mountbatten and Miss Edwina Ashley at St. Margaret's Westminster. Signed and Dated: Dickie Mountbatten Edwina 18th July 1922 All titles are given as shown in the press. Standing left to right: Princess Margarita (1905 - 1981), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, niece of the bridegroom and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900 - 1979), Admiral of the Fleet. (Groom), The Hon. Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley (1901 - 1960) daughter of 1st Baron Mount Temple (Bride), HRH Edward, Prince of Wales (1894 - 1972) (Best man), Princess Cecilie (1911 - 1937), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark; niece of the bridegroom and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Sitting left to right: Ruth Mary Clarissa Ashley (1906 - 1986), daughter of 1st Baron Mount Temple, only sister of the bride, Miss Joan 'Esther' Sybella Campbell Pakenham (1904 - 1998), daughter of Captain Hercules and Mrs Pakenham, first cousin to the bride, Princess Sophie (1914 - 2001), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, niece of the bridegroom and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Mary Sibell Sturt Ashley-Cooper (1902 - 1936), eldest daughter of 9th Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Princess Theodora (1906 - 1969), daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, niece of the bridegroom and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Makers and roles
C Vandyk, [photographer]Gloucester Road, London, photographer