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Deborah Mitford by Madame YevondeThe 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 CentreMargaret 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 PrussiaPrinces Oskar (1888-1958) and Joachim (1890-1920) of Prussia with their sister, Princess Viktoria Luise (1892-1980), dressed in Highland attire
Tzu-Hsi Dowager EmpressTZU-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 royaltyPhotograph 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
Japanese Empress Haruko, wife of Emperor Meiji MutsuhitoThe Japanese Empress Shoken (Haruko) (1849-1914), wife of Emperor Meiji Mutsuhito. Date: circa 1885
Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of NorwayIngebjord 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 RussiaThe Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia (1847-1928). Date: c. 1914
The Prince and Princess of Wales and Dowager of RussiaThe 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 PRIORYBentley 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 motherTsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 - 1918), on horseback with his mother, the Dowager Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna (1847-1918)
EMPRESS TZ'U HSITZU-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 STATEThe 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 aBuilt 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 FeodorovnaQueen 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 HEADSThe 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
Home Secretary J. R. Clynes with Dowager Countess of AirlieThird 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 AlexandraPhotograph 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 TiarksMiss 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 AlexandQueen 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 / 1898THE 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 SwaythlingGladys 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 TatlerPhotographs 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 DepositoriesAdvertisement 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, 1960Henrietta 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 WhistlerA 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 CavendishMarriage 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 PrussiaPrinces 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 GloucesterMARIA, DOWAGER COUNTESS WALDERGRAVE Wife of William Henry 1st Duke of Gloucester Date: - 1807
ILN - Duchess of SutherlandPage 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 matchThe 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 RoyaltyFredensborg 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 SeasonSketch 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 FeodorovnaEngraving 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, SpyLORD 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 ShirleyWALTER SHIRLEY churchman, rector of Loughrea in Ireland, chaplain to the countess dowager of Huntingdon. Date: 1725 - 1786
Amelia Anne, Dowager, Marchioness of Londonderry d.1829 (c.1825). Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1769-1830. Date: 1825 (circa)
Japan - Empress ShokenEmpress Shoken (18491914) - empress consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan, later Empress Dowager Shoken. Date: circa 1908
Japan - The Crown Princess (later Empress) Teimei (18841951), also known as Empress Dowager Teimei - empress consort of Emperor Taisho of Japan. The mother of Emperor Showa
Chinese imperial clothing from late 19th century. Empress and Empress Dowager. Chinese art. Engraving
Arms of Empress GermanyThe badge or coat of arms used to signify that a manufacturer has been granted the Royal Appointment of Her Imperial Majesty The Dowager Empress of Germany. Date: 1890s
Danish Royal Family Sharing a JokeA candid photograph of Queen Alexandra and her family, laughing together at a sporting event in Copenhagen. From left: Princess Marie Bonaparte (wife of Prince George of Greece)
TSU HSI (1834 - 1908)TSU HSI Dowager Empress of China from 1861 - 1908. Date: 1834 - 1908
Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh and her husband
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of WalesAugusta of Saxe-Gotha, Dowager Princess of Wales (1719 - 1772), wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales, the son of George II, and mother of George III
The christening of the infant TsarevitchThe entrance of Tsar Nicholas II and the Dowager Empress of Russia for the christening ceremony at Peterhof
Queen Dowager Adelaide (1792-1849)Engraved portrait of Queen Dowager Adelaide (1792-1849), the consort of King William IV, pictured c.1840
Meeting at LyonAt Lyon, Napoleon and Eugenie happen to run into the dowager empress of Russia, who is staying at the Hotel de l Univers
Crime / Case / ChudleighTHE TRIAL OF THE DUCHESS OF KINGSTON Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Kingston (1720-1788) at the time of her trial at the Bar of the House of Lords
Victor Stiebel / TiarksPortrait of Henrietta Tiarks, debutante of 1957, later Marchioness of Tavistock, now Dowager Duchess of Bedford wearing a Victor Stiebel gown trimmed with black lace
Chinese Empress & SuitorWU TSE-TIEN Chinese Empress shown in her yellow imperial robes. Also pictured is is a courtier of a later period, Jo-Fei (1103- 1141)
CALECHE 1818The caleche of the duchesse douairiaire (dowager) d Orleans
Tz u-Hsi, Chinese RoyalTZU-HSI, aka Hsiao-ch in &c, Empress Dowager, concubine of emperor I-chu, mother of Tsai- ch un, regent for nephew Tsai-t ien, virtual dictator from 1875 to 1900
