Duchess Collection (page 9)

Opening of Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground
On first day of the court moving from full to half-mourning, Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother 1900-2002), opens Corams Field and Harmsworth Memorial Playground

Duchess of York arriving with her daughters - Olympia
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) arriving with her daughters (Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret) for the Royal Tournament at Olympia. Date: 1935

Duke and Duchess of York - Moorfields Eye Hospital
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900-2002)

Duchess of York with new X-Ray Machine - Middlesex Hospital
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) tries out the new X-Ray Machine at the Middlesex Hospital. Date: 1935

Elizabeth, Duchess of York visiting St. Marys Hospital
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) visiting St. Marys Hospital, three years after she had laid the foundation stone for the new Medical School (see picture)

Elizabeth, Duchess of York winning a bottle of Champagne by hooking a wooden bottle with a fishing rod and line at a Garden Party in July 1933 held at Portman House

The Duke and Duchess of York at Brooklands - Junior Car Club
The Duke and Duchess of York at the Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit at Weybridge, Surrey on 2nd July, 1932 - attending a meeting arranged by the Junior Car Club in aid of Guys Hospital

Duchess of York and Sir James Barrie - Theatre Royal
Duchess of York and Sir James Barrie at a performance of " What Every Woman Knows" at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London in aid of the funds of TocH

Duchess of York in Mansfield, Notts, pictured with the Mayor
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900-2002) in Mansfield, Notts, pictured with the Mayor. Date: 1929

Duchess of York at Kings College London for their Centenary
Duchess of York arriving at Kings College, London for the Centenary Celebrations. The Duchess is shown here walking with the Archbishop of Canterbury (William Cosmo Gordon Lang)

The Duchess of York - Fishing in New Zealand - Royal Tour
The Duchess of York hooks a big one - Fishing at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand - Royal Tour. She caught twenty fish in half an hour! Date: 1927

Duke and Duchess of York - Austrian Folk Dance Performance
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002)

British Royals arrive for Cowes Week in 1933. Descending from the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert are King George V (1865-1936), Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth)

Duchess of York and daughters - Disabled Soldiers Sale
Elizabeth, the Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) and her daughters Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002)

The Duchess of York at the Abercynon Colliery, South Wales - she is being shown a Davy Safety lamp (and how it works) by one of the miners Date: 1933

Duke and Duchess of York, Party of Not-Forgotten Association
Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002)

Duchess of York with Princess Elizabeth - Aldershot Tattoo
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002) with her (happy) daughter Princess Elizabeth (1926-2022) at the Aldershot Tattoo

Royal Family members at the British Industries Fair - 1932
Royal Family members examine African furs at the British Industries Fair at Olympia, London - February 23rd, 1932. From left: Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI 1895-1952), Prince George

Duchess lays Foundation stone - Paddington Medical School
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900-2002) lays the Foundation stone for the New Medical School at St. Mary s, Paddington on June 30th 1931. Stanley Baldwin was also present (hidden behind the Duchess)

Children curtseying to Duchess of York - Hospital at Welwyn
A lovely photograph showing a group of children curtseying to Duchess of York as she arrived to open the new Hospital at Welwyn, Hertfordshire on 24th July, 1934

Duke and Duchess of York at Royal Ascot
Albert Duke of York (1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (1900-2002) at Royal Ascot - on the lawns during an interval in the afternoons racing. Date: 1931

Elizabeth, Duchess of York visiting Steel Works in Sheffield
Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1900-2002) visiting Steel Works in Sheffield - pictured here meeting long-serving staff at Messrs. Firth & Brown Ltd

The Duchess of York presents an award to Nippy of the Year, Miss Ethel Roberts of Birmingham, during a visit to the bakeries of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. at Caby Hall, Hammersmith, London in May, 1931

Duchess of York - Harrow and Wealdstone Hospitals new wing
The Duke and Duchess of York opened the Stuart Memorial Extension, a new wing of the Harrow and Wealdstone Hospital - May 6th 1931

Princess Charlotte of Monaco, 1928
Princess Charlotte Louise, Hereditary Princess of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois (1898-1977). 1928

Montagu Monuments, St Edmunds Church, Warkton, Northants
The Montagu Monuments are four stunning marble statues in the unlikely setting of Grade I listed St Edmunds Church in Warkton, Northamptonshire

The Basker, by Clifford Mills
The Basker, a comedy by Clifford Mills. First produced at St Jamess Theatre, London, January 1916. The title refers to a lazy person who has an easy life

Her late Royal Highness the Duchess of York -- probably Anne Hyde (1637-1671), first wife of King James II of England when he was Duke of York. 17th century

Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of Cambridge
Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (German: Auguste Wilhelmine Luise von Hessen-Kassel; 25 July 1797 6 April 1889), wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son

Crufts Dog Show - dogs and owners
Crufts Dog Show -- sketches of winning dogs and their owners. circa 1899

Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough with her two sons
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (nee Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark) (19061968) - wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck

Princess Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg and wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Sophie was not received at many European courts due to her status as morganatic wife of the Archduke

Princess Elizabeth as a hunting enthusiast
The Duchess of York (Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) with Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) at a meet of the Pytchley Hunt at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire

Mr Charles Sweeney and Miss Margaret Whigham
Engagement of American golfer Charles Sweeney to society darling Miss Margaret Whigham in November 1932. As Mrs Charles Sweeney, Margaret was feted and even name checked by Cole Porter in the song

Miss Margaret Whigham and Mr Pemberton
Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeney and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured at a party held at her parents house, Queens Hill at Ascot in July 1931 with Mr Pemberton. Date: 1931

Duke of Marlborough wedding to Consuelo Vanderbilt
The wedding ceremony in the Church of St. thomas, New York City. Date: 1895

A Day in the Life of the Debutante - Miss Margaret Whigham
A scene from a number of tableaux staged at the London Hippodrome in May 1931 in aid of the Highway Club for Boys and Girls in the east end of London - it was attended by the Duchess of York

Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower (1893-1930), only daughter of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland and Cromartie Sutherland Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland

Wallis Simpsons home at Bryanston Court in Tatler, 1935
Page from The Tatler in July 1935 featuring the home beautiful of Mrs Ernest Simpson, aka Wallis Simpson (Duchess of Windsor) at Bryanston Court

Mrs Charles Sweeney
Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeney then the Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) as the 3rd wife of the 11th Duke. Most photographed society beauty of her day. Date: 1945

Children and grandchildren of Duke of Buccleuch
A 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

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Princess Viktoria Luise and dachshunds
Portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859-1941) on board the royal yacht Hohenzollern with his youngest child and only daughter

Princess Wilhelm of Sweden (Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna)
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, known as " Maria Pavlovna the Younger" (1890-1958), grand daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and a first cousin of Nicholas II

Coronation 1937, anointing of Queen by Archbishop
The coronation ceremony of King George VI in Westminster Abbey: the anointing of Queen Elizabeth by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Lang

Queen Mary with Elizabeth, Duchess of York
Queen Mary(1867-1953) with Elizabeth, wife of George VI as the Duchess of York

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

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980), later Duchess of Brunswick, only daughter and youngest child of Kaiser Wilhelm II pictured in 1904. Date: 1904

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