Dowager Collection

Deborah Mitford by Madame Yevonde
The Hon. Deborah ( Debo ) Mitford (born 1920-), daughter of Lord Redesdale and youngest of the six Mitford sisters, pictured shortly before her marriage to Lord Andrew Cavendish

Margaret Thatcher at Marazion Community Centre
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, enjoying a Cornish pasty and a cup of tea during her visit to Marazion Community Centre, Cornwall. Also present are David Harris MP and the Lady Dowager St Levan

Princes Oscar, Joachim and Viktor of Prussia
Princes Oskar (1888-1958) and Joachim (1890-1920) of Prussia with their sister, Princess Viktoria Luise (1892-1980), dressed in Highland attire

Tzu-Hsi Dowager Empress
TZU-HSI, aka HSIAO-CH IN &c, generally known as the dowager empress : Manchu ruler who resisted reform, European influences etc, supported the Boxer rising. 1835 - 1908

Shackleton with royalty
Photograph of Sir Ernest Shackleton (second from right) with Queen Alexandra (right) and the Dowager Empress of Russia (second from left)

The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)
L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900

Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway
Ingebjord Eiriksdatter - Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (1297-1357) - married to King Magnus VI of Norway and was Queen consort of Norway

Empress Marie of Russia
The Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia (1847-1928). Date: c. 1914

The Prince and Princess of Wales and Dowager of Russia
The Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward VII & Alexandra of Denmark). The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 a€" 6 May 1910)

Alexandra of Denmark (consort to Edward VII) in Copenhagen, playing quiet rubber (card game) with her two sisters, Maria Feodorovna, Princess Thyra of Denmark and father Christian IX

BENTLEY PRIORY
Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex : the residence of Adelaide, the queen dowager, after the death of William IV. 1848

Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia playing billiards in 1907 at their home, the Villa Hvidore near Copenhagen. Date: 1907

Tsar Nicholas II with his mother
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 - 1918), on horseback with his mother, the Dowager Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna (1847-1918)

EMPRESS TZ'U HSI
TZU-HSI, AKA HSIAO-CH'IN &C, Empress Dowager. Consort of Emperor Hsien Feng mother of T'ung Chih. Virtual dictator from 1861 until her death in 1908. Date: 1835-1908

FUNERALS/TZU-HSI +
The bodies of the dowager empress TZU-HSI and the emperor KUANG-HSU, murdered by her orders, lie in state in the Pavilion of Imperial Longevity at Peking Date: November 1908

CHINESE ROYALS IN STATE
The bodies of the dowager empress TZU-HSI and the emperor KUANG-HSU, murdered by her orders, lie in state in the Pavilion of Imperial Longevity at Peking Date: November 1908

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

Built to be burnt: a u7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for a
Built to be burnt: a 7500 boat for a Chinese funeral. Sending a boat up in smoke for an Empresss spiritual use. A rite performed in Peking (now Beijing)

Grave effigy or Lady Arabella, Countess Dowager of Nottingham, in the chancel of St. Mary le Savoy. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of

Grave effigies in St. Saviours Southwark. Wooden figure of a Knight Templar and monument to Old Overie, father of Mary Overie, foundress of the Priory

Queen Alexandra with sister Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, wife of King Edward VII (1844 - 1925), with her sister, the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847 - 1928). Date: 1898

Queen Elizabeth, Dowage, Queen of Roumania (1843 - 1916), wife of King Charles of Roumania. Because of her great singing voice, she was affectionately known as Carmen Sylva. Date: 1916

EMPRESS AND HEADS
The dowager empress Tz u-Hsi shows the emperor Kuang-Hsu the heads of mandarins suspected of sympathising with the Russians, whereas she supported the Boxer Rising Date: 1904

Marlborough House, St. James Park, London, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1709. Marlborough House was primarily used by members of the Royal Family

Japanese Empress Haruko, wife of Emperor Meiji Mutsuhito
The Japanese Empress Shoken (Haruko) (1849-1914), wife of Emperor Meiji Mutsuhito. Date: circa 1885

Home Secretary J. R. Clynes with Dowager Countess of Airlie
Third week of August, 1930 - Home Secretary John Robert Clynes (1869-1949) pictured with the Dowager Countess of Airlie, pictured a flower show close to Glamis Castle where he was staying

Queen Mary and the Dowager Queen Alexandra
Photograph of Queen Mary (1867-1953), Queen consort of King George V, and the Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII, at a public function in 1915. Date: 1915

Henrietta Tiarks
Miss Henrietta Tiarks, Debutante of the Year in 1957, featured in The Tatler who reported that she was to complete her studies in America

Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia and Queen Alexand
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, wife of King Edward VII (1844-1925), with her sister, the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928)

China / Cartoons / 1898
THE ARTFUL DOWAGER Empress-Dowager Xi Taihou (to the son of Heaven ) " Reform, Indeed! I ll Reform You! Go and stand in the corner till I tell you to come out!"

Dowager Lady Swaythling
Gladys Helen Rachel (nee Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling (1879-1965) - President of the EAW (1938-57). The Electrical Assocation for Women (EAW)

Chesterfield House, London in the Tatler
Photographs in the Tatler of 20th October 1909 showing previously unpublished photographs of the interior of Chesterfield House, London, as well as the owner at the time, the Dowager Lady Burton

Advertisement, Furniture and Fine Art Depositories
Advertisement for a sale of furniture and other items at the Furniture and Fine Art Depositories Ltd, 48-50 Park Street, Upper Street, Islington, London

Henrietta Tiarks modelling California Cottons dress, 1960
Henrietta Joan Tiarks (born 1940), racehorse owner and breeder, renowned society beauty and deb of the year in 1957, featured modelling for a California Cottons advertisement

Debutante queuing in the Mall by Rex Whistler
A shy debutante, accompanied by an imperious and matronly chaperone, sits in her chauffeur-driven car in the Mall, waiting to gain entrance to Buckingham Palace where she will be presented at court

Deborah Mitford marries Andrew Cavendish
Marriage of the Hon. Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford (born 1920 and now Dowager Duchess of Devonshire) to Andrew Cavendish, later the Duke of Devonshire in 1941

Princes Wilhelm, Adalbert and Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Princes Wilhelm (1882-1951), Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942 - on the right) and Adalbert (1884-1948) of Prussia, children of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grandchildren of Vicky

Victorian scrap - The Dowager Duchess. late 19th century

Alison Skipworth (1863 1952), American character actress of stage and screen, seen here as Miss Crawley in Becky Sharp (1935)

Countess of Gloucester
MARIA, DOWAGER COUNTESS WALDERGRAVE Wife of William Henry 1st Duke of Gloucester Date: - 1807

ILN - Duchess of Sutherland
Page 516 from the Illustrated London News, 29th April 1893, featuring the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland and a scene from Oscar Wildes play A Woman Of No Importance at the Haymarket. Date: 1893

The Ladies Lords v. Commons golf match
The golf match took place at Coombe Hill, Surrey and ended in victory for the Commons: Miss Seton Karr (Commons); The Dowager Countess of Wilton (Lords) and Mrs Olaf Hambro (Commons). Date: 1919

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with Dowager Lady St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall Date: 1980s

Nicolas II - Tsar of Russia with other European Royalty
Fredensborg Palace on the island of Zealand in Denmark - Nicolas II - Tsar of Russia pictured the wives and family and other European Royalty, including: King Edward VII

A Dowager during the London Season
Sketch of a dowager, one of the cliched characters of the traditional London Season, perhaps acting as a chaperone and peering through her lorgnette

Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna
Engraving from a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna, later Dowager Tsaritsa, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), wife of Tsar Alexander III

Lord C. Hamilton, Vanity Fair, Spy
LORD CLAUD HAMILTON (1813-1884) British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for County Tyrone from 1835 to 1837 and from 1839 to 1874. Caption: The Dowager Date: 1813-1884

Walter Shirley
WALTER SHIRLEY churchman, rector of Loughrea in Ireland, chaplain to the countess dowager of Huntingdon. Date: 1725 - 1786

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