Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Musical party given by CaGiovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765). Italian painter. Musical party given by Cardinal De La Rochefoucauld at the Argentina Theatre in Rome in 1747. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Lord Dufferin, 8th Viceroy of IndiaFrederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), 8th Viceroy of India, 1884-1888. He previously served as Governor General of Canada
Lady Delamere in her Coronation outfitLady Delamere (1906 - 1979), formerly Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley (sister of Edwina Ashley, Countess Mountbatten) wearing one of the new robes for peeresses designed by Norman Hartnell for
Marquess and Marchioness of AngleseySir Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (1885-1947) and his bride, Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland
CincinnatusLucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC 430 BC) - Roman aristocrat and statesman whose service as consul. Date: circa 475
Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele AstaireAdele Astaire (1896 - 1981) comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932, when she retired from dance to marry the British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of MarlboroughPortrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
The Duchess of Portland photographed for the front cover of The Tatler looking very serene and practical in a nurses uniform
Tatler cover: Duchess of SutherlandMillicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [ne Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), society hostess and social reformer
Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley weddingScene at the wedding of Lord Fitzwilliam (Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe) to the Hon Gladys Bewicke-Copley, with an archway of swords provided by the Royal Horse Guards
Countess of Warwick at sons weddingThe Countess of Warwick, Frances Evelyn Maynard, Lady Brooke, leaving St Margarets Church, Westminster, after the marriage of her son Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville)
Tatler cover, Countess of RosseThe Countess of Rosse, formerly Anne Messel, sister of designer Oliver Messel. She was married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones in 1925, with whom she had a daughter and a son
Liza Maugham and Vincent ParaviciniFront cover of The Bystander announcing the engagement of Liza Maugham and Vincent Paravinci. He was the Swiss ministers son, she was the daughter of the author William Somerset Maugham. 1936
Lady Anne Blunt, traveller in Arabia and the Middle EastLady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917), English traveller in Arabia and the Middle East, buyer and breeder of Arab horses. circa 1860s
Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill (born 1929), married name Muir, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. Pictured in The Illustrated London News in 1953 when she was selected to be
Poster, Humber, the Aristocrat of all Bicycles. A product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Showing a couple watching sailing boats. Date: circa 1950
Lady Dufferin, Wife of 8th Viceroy of IndiaHariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Lady Dufferin, 1843-1936), wife of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 8th Viceroy of India
Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1889-1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, born Dorothy Violet Ashton, socialite, author, poet and literary editor
Lady Eileen Orde, nee Wellesley (1887-1952), daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington and wife of Captain Cuthbert Julian Orde, WW1 pilot
Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia PonsonbyPage from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Princes Row registry office on 20 February 1930
Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of WestminsterHugh ( Bendor ) Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, with Loelia Ponsonby who he would marry at Princes Row Register Office in London, 20th February 1930
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Corfu. GreeJohann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Marshal defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Marble statue. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece
Earl and Countess SpencerAlbert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (23 May 1892 9 June 1975), known formally as The Hon Albert Spencer until 1910 and from then until 1922 as Viscount Althorp
Countess of Leicester in her Coronation outfitThe Countess of Leicester, previously Lady Elizabeth Yorke (1912 - 1985), who acted as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II at her Coronation
Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of WarwickLord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster
Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressingAn aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress
Lord William Howard, Belted WillLord William Howard (1563-1640), English nobleman and antiquary, nicknamed Belted Will (or Bold Will). circa early 17th century
Costume of Tudor / Elizabethan nobleman, 1600Costume of a Tudor/Elizabethan nobleman, 1600. 1600
Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) LeiterMargaret " Daisy" Leiter, sister-in-law of Lord Curzon (who was married to her sister Mary). She married Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk in 1904
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington as a childArthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (2 July 1915 - 31 December 2014) pictured as a little boy in The Sketch magazine in 1919
Duchess of BuccleuchVreda Esther Mary Molly Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1900-1993), Wife of 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry; daughter of William Frank Lascelles on the front cover of
The Duchess of Westminster, WW1Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster. Known as Shelagh
Paris, France - Boulevard des Italiens. Date: 1850
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, pictured at the Hague with her party of nurses after they had returned from the heavily bombarded town of Namur where they had set up a hospital
Viscountess Harcourt and daughters by Madame YevondeViscountess Harcourt and two daughters by Madame Yevonde. She was the wife of the 2nd Viscount Harcourt. Her daughters are the Hon. Elizabeth Ann Harcourt (b. 1932) and the Hon
Adeline, Duchess of Bedford (1852-1920), formerly Lady Adeline Mary Somers-Cocks, George Sackville Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford
Tatler front cover featuring Loelia, Duchess of WestminsterFront cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster (1902 - 1993), born Loelia Mary Ponsonby
King George V on horseback, Hyde Park, LondonKing George V on horseback in Central London. This is the first photograph of him taking his morning ride since his accession to the throne
Viscountess Castlereagh in her famous necklace & tiaraEdith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh, later Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess,
Lady Abdy in her Venetian palazzoLady Diana Abdy, formerly Lady Helen Diana Bridgeman (1907-1967), English socialite and fashion leader, pictured at her home
Lady Castellani and her daughter Lady LampsonJosephine, nÚÑáStead (1875-1974), Lady Castellani, Wife of Sir Aldo Castellani; daughter of George Ambler Stead with her daughter Lady Jacqueline Lampson (1910-2015), wife of Sir Miles Lampson
Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper by Madame YevondeLady Mary Ashley-Cooper, later Lady Alington posed with an unusual mask. Pictured in The Tatler just prior to her marriage to Lord Alington in November 1928. Date: 1928
The Lady Lloyd of Dolobran by Glyn W. PhilpotLady Lloyd of Dolobran, formerly Blanche Lascelles, painted by Glyn W. Philpot. 1929
Banquet scene in the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House in London, 1808. Engraving by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson for The Microcosm of London published by Rudolph Ackermann (1808-1810). Engraving
The Marchioness of Cambridge in colourDorothy Isabel Westenra Cambridge (n饠 Hastings), Marchioness of Cambridge (1899-1988), Wife of 2nd Marquess of Cambridge; daughter of Osmond W.T.W. Hastings. 1931
Bystander front cover - Marchioness of QueensberryCathleen Mann (1896-1959), Artist; second wife of Francis A. Kelhead, 11th Marquess of Queensbury; daughter of Harrington Mann
Byron / Newstead / BedroomNEWSTEAD ABBEY Bedroom of Byron, aristocrat and Romantic poet, at his Nottinghamshire home
Byron / Newstead AbbeyNEWSTEAD ABBEY Nottinghamshire home of Byron, aristocrat and poet