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The Princess of PlessDaisy, Princess Henry of Pless (1873 - 1943), formerly Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West. A great Edwardian society beauty, she married one of Imperial Germanys wealthiest princes in 1891
Eve front cover - Lady LoughboroughMargaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm (1895 -1969), Lady Loughborough, Australian Born wife of Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough (died 1929)
Prince and Princess of Wales visit Knole, Kent, 1866 PrincePrince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) visit Knole, Kent, the seat of Earl Delawarr in 1866 - the promenade of the company upon the lawn with croquet before dinner
Monica GrenfellThe Hon. Monica Grenfell, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Desborough. Sister to Julian and Billy Grenfell who were both killed during the First World War
Imogen GrenfellAlexandra Imogen Clair Gage (nÚÑáGrenfell), Viscountess Gage (1905-1969), Daughter of 1st Baron Desborough and Ettie, Lady Desborough; wife of 6th Viscount Gage
Diana C. Bulteel was born in 1918 at Steyning, Sussex, England. She is the daughter of Walter Gordon Bulteel and Ada Constance Gaunt. 1939
Audrey Devereux with her childrenAudrey Maureen Leslie Meakin was the daughter of James Meakin and Emma Beatrice Wallace. She married, firstly, Hon. Robert Godfrey de Bohun Devereux, son of Robert Charles Devereux
Lady Queensberry with her children and Hon. Mrs. RoseCathleen Sabine Mann (1896-1959), Artist; former wife of 11th Marquess of Queensberry, and later wife of J. R. Follett; daughter of Harrington Mann with her children David Harrington Angus Douglas
Timothy HunlokeTimothy Henry Hunloke was born on 30 December 1932.1 He was the son of Lt.-Col. Henry Philip Hunloke and Lady Anne Cavendish. He was educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England
Miss Ruth PrimroseRuth Alice Hannah Mary Wood (nee Primrose), Countess of Halifax (1916-1989) on the front cover of The Tatler. Her engagement with Hon. Charles Wood is announced in the caption. 1936
Hon. Lydia Noel-BuxtonHon. Lydia Victoria Noel-Buxton was born on 4 February 1922. She was the daughter of Noel Edward Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton and Lucy Edith Burn
Viscountess Long of WraxhallFrances Laura (nÚÑáCharteris), Duchess of Marlborough (1915-1990), Former wife of 2nd Viscount Long and of 3rd Earl of Dudley and of Michael Canfield
Lady Dunn with her daughter AnneIrene Clarice O Brien (nÚÑáRichards, formerly Marchioness of Queensberry and Lady Dunn) (1898-1977), Music hall entertainer; former wife of 11th Marquess of Queensberry and of Sir James Dunn, 1st Bt
Duchess of LeinsterAgnes) Raffaelle FitzGerald (nÚÑáKennedy), Duchess of Leinster (1901-1993), Former wife of Clare Van Neck, and later second wife of 7th Duke of Leinster; daughter of Robert Davidson Kennedy. 1939
Lady RatendoneMary Gwendoline (nÚÑáFoster), Lady Forwood (died 1999), Former wife of 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (when Viscount Ratendone)
Lady AlingtonMary Sibell Sturt (nÚÑáAshley-Cooper), Lady Alington (1902-1936), Wife of 3rd Baron Alington; daughter of 9th Earl of Shaftesbury. 1935
Viscountess ElmleyElse " Mona" Schiwe (18951989), later Countess Beauchamp, on the front cover of The Tatler. 1936
Lady Churston with her sonElizabeth Mary Yarde-Buller (nÚÑáDu Pre), Lady Churston (1910-1951), Daughter of William Baring Du Pre; first wife of 4th Baron Churston with her son John Francis Yarde-Buller
Lady Mary Katharine CokeLady Katharine Mary Coke (7 March 1920 6 October 1993) was the youngest daughter of Thomas Coke, 4th Earl of Leicester. 1939
Hon. Moira NivisonHon. Sarah Jane Moira Nivison was born on 1 May 1957. She is the daughter of Robert Nivison, 3rd Baron Glendyne and Elizabeth Armitage. She married Ian Dreverman, son of Arthur H
Countess of Listowel with Julius CaesarJudith Hare (nÚÑáde Marffy-Mantuano), Countess of Listowel (1903-2003), Journalist, author and first wife of 5th Earl of Listowel. 1938
(insert)Helen Mary Grace Rospigliosi, nee Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (left) (1910-2001) and her sister Hon. Margaret Mary Teresa Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (right) (1919-1997) on the front cover of The Sketch magazine
Lady Elizabeth ScottLady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott (20 January 1922 19 September 2012), later Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, on the front cover of The Sketch magazine. 1937
Rohays BurnettElizabeth Rohays Mary (nÚÑáBurnett), Lady Boyd-Rochfort (1916-1993), Former wife of Hon. Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil, and later wife of Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort; daughter of Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert
Sarah Churchill (7 October 1914), daughter of Winston Churchill, at the age of 21 1936
Lady Gloria Fisher (born 1916), daughter of Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne 1936
The Countess of Rosse and her DaughterAnne Messel, the Countess of Rosse and her eldest daughter from her first marriage are shown in this photography. Anne Messel (later Parsons) was previously married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones
The Mainwaring SistersThis portrait shows the two beautiful daughters of Sir Henry Stapleton Mainwaring, 5th Baronet. With his death in 1934 the title became extinct
Lady Diana Abdy (Bridgeman)(Helen) Diana (nÚÑáBridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford 1936
MUSSOLINI & ARISTOCRACYMussolini realises he needs all the friends he can get, even the aristocracy : he is photographed with la principessa di Ganci when he visits Sicily. Date: 1924
Charles Robert Spencer, sixth Earl Spencer (1857 - 1922), before that Viscount Althorp until he succeeded to the title in 1910, British courtier and Liberal politician
Ladies at TournamentMedieval ladies watch a tournament. Date: second half 15th century
LE PARTIE DE WISCHA well-to-do group of French ladies and gentlemen in fine clothes play a game of whist Date: 18th century
SOCIAL / UK / ARIST / 1890A gentleman choosing between the mother or the daughter Date: 1890
OLD / NEW PROMENADE / HEATHPromenading the old way and the new way - a satirical perspective Date: 1830
Fashionable people in the Row, Hyde Park, LondonFashionable riders and strollers in the Row, Hyde Park, Central London. Date: 1885
Satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic statusA satire on womens pursuit of aristocratic status in marriage, showing women angling for fish wearing crowns of the peerage. Date: circa 1840
Satire on the way love worships ancestryA satire on the way Love Worships Ancestry -- the inflated respect for ancestry and aristocratic status -- showing Cupid kneeling to an heraldic device with a crown on top. Date: 1890
The Duchess of Manchester (Helena Zimmerman)Helena Zimmerman (1878-1971), who married William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester in 1900. She was the daughter of Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, Ohio
Viscountess Furness and her sonThelma, Lady Furness (1904 - 1970), born Thelma Morgan featured in The Tatler with her son, Hon. Anthony William Furness. Thelma married twice, the second time to Marmaduke Furness
Daisy, Countess of Warwick at Mrs Adairs Fancy Dress BallFrances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938), society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. Pictured here dressed in costume, as Semiramis
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough with her two sonsPortrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Lord and Lady Brownlow at AntibesLord Brownlow and his new bride, previously Miss Kitty Kinloch, on honeymoon at Cap d Antibes on the French Riviera in 1927. Date: 1927
Lady Helen Vincent at Princes Skating ClubHelen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D Abernon (n饠 Duncombe) (18661954), British peeress, socialite and diarist. Lady D Abernon, a noted society beauty of her day
Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower (1893-1930), only daughter of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland and Cromartie Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland
Children and grandchildren of Duke of BuccleuchA group at the celebrations for the seventy-ninth birthday of the Duke of Buccleuch at Langholm Lodge, Dumfrieshire, with his children and grandchildren gathered together. From left The Hon
Lady Beauchamp and the Lygon SistersLady Beauchamp, formerly Lady Lettice Grosvenor, with her three eldest daughters, Lettice (born 1906), Sybil (born 1907) and Mary (the baby in her arms, born 1910)
Daisy, Princess of Pless and her sonsDaisy, Princess Henry of Pless (1873 - 1943), formerly Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West. A great Edwardian society beauty, she married one of Imperial Germanys wealthiest princes in 1891