Ambassador Gallery

Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters

Mrs Joseph Kennedy, wife of H.E. the United States Ambassador, in a photograph to mark the presentation of two of her daughters at the first court at Buckingham Palace in May 1938. On the left is Rosemary Kennedy (1918 - 2005), in the middle Rose Kennedy and on the right, Kathleen Kick Kennedy. Kathleen met Billy Cavendish, heir to the Devonshire dukedom during the Season and married him becoming Marchioness of Hartington. He was killed during World War II and Kathleen herself was killed in a plane crash in 1948. Rosemary, or Rosie, was deemed mentally retarded and was subjected to a frontal lobotomy at the age of 23. She spent much of her life in and out of asylums. Date: 1938

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Carriage of the Duke of Palmela in Queen Victoria's

Carriage of Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of Palmela, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Queen of Portugal, Dona Maria II, in Queen Victoria's coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th 1838, published by Fores, Sporting and Fine Print Repository, Piccadilly, London, 1838

© Florilegius

Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, Warneton

Lance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969. His VC was one of those medals stolen from the New Zealand Waiouru Museum on 2 December 2007. Lord Ashcroft and ex-US Marine Tom Sturgess put up a reward of 300,000 New Zealand dollars which led to their return in February 2008. The Memorial was unveiled in the presence of the NZ Ambassador to Belgium on 26 October 2008. Date: 2009

© Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans