Margaret Greville (1863-1942) visits Harcourt Butler, His Excellency the Governor of Rangoon (1869-1938)
Category
Photographs
Date
Feb 1924
Materials
Silver gelatine print
Measurements
322 mm (H)383 mm (W)215 mm (H)275 mm (W)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246707
Summary
A brown-toned silver gelatine print to record the visit of Margaret Greville with her old friend Sir Harcourt Butler in Rangoon.
Full description
Margaret Greville was taking an early Spring tour to the Far East in 1924 and visited her friend, Harcourt Butler, who was the Governor of Rangoon from January 1923 to December 1927. Other photographsof this trip can be seen in her Far East Album.Eleven people are posed on the steps of the Governor's House, Rangoon. Burma was a Crown British Colony at the time. Standing: L to R: Rolf, Baron Cederstrom (1870 - 1947), Major B Edwards, Captain Archibald George Staunton Batty (1887 - 1961, Captain Victor Felix Gamble (1886 - 1952), Captain Muir. Sitting L to R: Hermione, Baroness Cedarstrom, née Fellow, formally Lady Gordon-Lennox (1886 - 1972) Mrs B Edwards, H E Sir Spencer 'Harcourt' Butler (1869 - 1938), Mrs Ronald Greville née Margaret Anderson (1863 - 1942), Mrs Myrta Vivienne Gamble, née Stubbs (1890 - 1947) Mrs John Reid.