Nobility Collection

Notables assembled in the Abbey annexe at 1937 Coronation
Ecclesiastics, distinguished officers of state and regalia bearers awaiting the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the tapestried hall of the temporary annexe of Westminster Abbey

Lady Diana and Elizabeth Percy by Madame Yevonde
Lady Diana and Elizabeth Percy, the two daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Lady Diana was being presented by her mother at one of the June courts

Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) Leiter
Margaret " 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

Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby
Page 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

Costume of Tudor / Elizabethan nobleman, 1600
Costume of a Tudor/Elizabethan nobleman, 1600. 1600

John, Duke of Berrys household exchanging New Year gifts. The Duke is seated at the right, in blue. Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. 15th century. Miniature. Chateau de Chantilly. France

English Royalists 1640-9
English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak

Viscountess Castlereagh in her famous necklace & tiara
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh, later Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess,

Woman in a ball gown with mask, 1788
Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu, corset in English taffeta, and blue taffeta petticoat

Lady Londonderry, WW1
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (3 December 1878 23 April 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion

Costume / 13th C Nobility
A medieval nobleman and his wife: he wears armour and carries a sword; her plain white dress is decorated with embroidery and ermine

Alexey Ivanovich Tevkelev, Kutlu-Mohammed Tevkelev (1674-1766), Tatar Murza (aristocrat), Russian diplomat and soldier, founder of the city of Chelyabinsk, major general

American Wyandotte chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by T.C. Heath. First prize winners at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1886

The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of Blandford
Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her

Swiss coats of arms, c. 1340. Chromolithograph by A. Graeter from Die Wappenrolle von Zurich, The Zurich Armorial, Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zurich, 1860

Two-person horse-drawn carriage called a vis-a-vis a l anglaise, English face to face. Built by M. Herve, master carriage builder of rue Feydeau

Woman in huge hats from the court of Marie Antoinette
Woman in sky-blue caraco wearing a huge straw hat lined with pink satin and decorated with ribbons, and woman in pink caraco with large hat in taffeta and gauze, decorated with artificial flowers

John of Austria (1547-1578). Spanish military. illegitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Presentation of John of Austria to Emperor Charles V at Yuste

Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572). Marquis of Lombay and later 4th Duke of Gandia. This scene depicts Francisco de Borja's renunciation of the world after contemplating the putrefied corpse of

Paseo de las Delicias, 1785, by Ramon Bayeu y Subias
Ramon Bayeu y Subias (1746-1793). Spanish painter. Paseo de las Delicias, 1785. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)

Princess Elizaveta Trubetskaya, Parisian salon hostess
Princess Elizaveta Esperovna Trubetskaya (Lise Troubetzkoi, 1834-1907), Russian lady-in-waiting and Parisian salon hostess. Date: circa 1860s

Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Early Medieval Period. Iberian Peninsula. Noble visigoth. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Date: 2019

Fadrique Enriquez de Velasco (1465-1538). Lord of Medina de Rioseco, 4th Admiral of Castile. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Letre. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Fernan Gonzalez (910-970). Count of Castile. Portrait. Detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias

Payo Gomez Charino (ca. 1225-1295)
Payo Gomez Charino (ca.1225-1295). Galician poet and nobleman. Major governor (Adelantado Mayor) of the Kingdom of Galicia and troubadour in the Galician language. Portrait, detail

The Duchess of Hijar, by Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo
Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo (ca.1611-1667). Spanish painter. Portrait of the Duchess of Hijar. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Helena Potocka (1763-1815) by Franciszek Smuglewicz
Helena Potocka (1763-1815). Polish Noblewoman. Portrait by Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807), 1788-1792. Oil on canvas. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow

Stanislaw Oswiecim at the body of Anna Oswiecim, 1888
Stanislaw Wojciech Bergman (1862-1930). Polish painter. Stanislaw Oswiecim at the body of Anna Oswiecim, 1888. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland

Royal Order of the Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa. Spanish order created by king Charles IV in 1792, reserved only for noble women

Poster, Muratti's Ariston cigarettes, As smoked by Royalty and the Nobility Date: circa 1950

Monastery of San Juan de la Pena. Pantheon of the Nobles. Detail of an relief depicting two angels raising the soul of the deceased in mandorla. At the bottom, Epiphany. Aragon. Spain

VISCOUNT, BARON CROWNS
Coronets worn by a Viscount (left) and a Baron (right) Date: 1937

Group of Indian nobility in fine clothes
Vintage 19th century photograph: group of Indian nobility in fine clothes

Claude Duval
View of Claude Duvals house in Hornsey. drawn in 1825. Claude Duval (1643-1670) was a French highwayman in Restoration England

Lady Ennismore, formerly Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, married to the Earl of Listowel s
Lady Ennismore, formerly Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, married to the Earl of Listowels heir, pictured at Queens Club with two of her sons, the Hon. Richard Hare and the Hon

The cast of The Rose and the Ring starring five of the children of Lord and Lady Ennismore, including Richard Hare. Date: 1922

Old Tennis Court
The old Tennis court near the Haymarket, London, appears to have formed part of Piccadilly Hall, a celebrated gaming house established about 1635

Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono walking
Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono with cypress fan walking in a garden under cherry blossoms. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo

London Docks, Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital. Entrance to the new London docks opened in 1805 in Wapping 85, disabled Navy pensioners at Greenwich Hospital 86

Portrait of Augusta Georgina Frederica Fitzclarence
Augusta Georgina Frederica Fitzclarence, daughter of Lord Frederic Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of King William IV. She wears her hair in ringlets and ribbons

Daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
Henrietta Louisa Priscilla and Geraldine Harriet Somerset, daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort. Two girls in off-the-shoulder dresses with ribbons, hair in ringlets

Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Sir William Somerville
Portrait of Elizabeth Jane Somerville, daughter of Sir William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney. In ringlets and dress decorated with lace and ribbons, she stands playing a piano

Sons of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry
Earl of Dalkeith (William Henry), Henry John and Walter Charles Scott Douglas, son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry

Portrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Viscount Canterbury
Portrait of Frances Diana, daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury. Seated on a cushion, she wears her hair in plaits and curls, and wears a dress decorated with lace

Children of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
Viscount Grey de Wilton and Elizabeth Grey Egerton, children of the Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton. Daughter in ringlets and frilly dress holding a doll

Portrait of Mary, daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, later Mary Matilda Georgiana Labouchere, Lady Taunton. In ringlets, with satin dress decorated with ribbons and lace

Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton, 17th Baroness le Despencer, aged 15. Later wife of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth

Portrait of the daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke
Portrait of Emily Blanche Charlotte, Rose Caroline and Emily Catherine Anne Somerset, daughters of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort

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