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Peerage Collection

Background imagePeerage Collection: Sir Claude and Lady Champion de Crespigny, Tatler cover

Sir Claude and Lady Champion de Crespigny, Tatler cover
Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th Baronet (1847-1935), soldier, sportsman and adventurer, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in 1927 beside his wife

Background imagePeerage Collection: Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey

Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey
Sir 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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)

Victorian woman (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian woman, probably a member of the Polhill-Turner family of Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire. Seen here in a studio photograph, leaning on the back of a chair

Background imagePeerage Collection: Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding

Fitzwilliam Bewicke-Copley wedding
Scene 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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)

Victorian mother and three children (Polhill-Turner family)
A Victorian mother and three children. They are Mrs Polhill-Turner (nee Emily Frances Barron, d 1913)), wife of Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner (1826-1881), with Alice (Alice Kate Frances)

Background imagePeerage Collection: Countess of Warwick at sons wedding

Countess of Warwick at sons wedding
The 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)

Background imagePeerage Collection: Mr. Justice Field

Mr. Justice Field
William Ventris Field(1813-1907), shown here in 1875 when newly appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Queens Bench

Background imagePeerage Collection: The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet

The Duke of Roxburghe and Miss May Goelet
America and the Peerage - Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903

Background imagePeerage Collection: Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby

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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of Warwick

Lord Brooke, later 6th Earl of Warwick
Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 1882-1928) who married Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster

Background imagePeerage Collection: Countess of Cromer

Countess of Cromer
Lady Cromer, formerly Lady Ruby Elliott, daughter of the fourth Earl of Minto. She married the Earl of Cromer (when he was Viscount Errington) in 1908 and had two daughters

Background imagePeerage Collection: Countess of Suffolk, Margaret (Daisy) Leiter

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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1

Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromartie, society figure, danced and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise

Background imagePeerage Collection: Three Mitford Sisters: Unity, Diana and Nancy

Three Mitford Sisters: Unity, Diana and Nancy
Three of the famous Mitford Sisters, daughters of Lord and Lady Redesdale, photographed in the street. From left to right are Unity (Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, 1914-1948)

Background imagePeerage Collection: The Duchess of Westminster, WW1

The Duchess of Westminster, WW1
Constance 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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland returns from the front, WW1
Millicent, 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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Curzon of Kedleston and her children, 1917

Lady Curzon of Kedleston and her children, 1917
Tatler front cover featuring Mrs Alfred Duggan, born Grace Elvina Hinds (1879-1958daughter of Mr. Monroe Hinds, the second wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston)

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1

Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1
Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured with three nurses at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk

Background imagePeerage Collection: Victorian girl with her nanny (Polhill-Turner family)

Victorian girl with her nanny (Polhill-Turner family)
An upper class Victorian girl, Beatrice (Emily Beatrice Violet, d 1930), standing on a chair, with her nanny standing next to her. They lived at Howbury Hall, Renhold, Bedfordshire

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Londonderry, WW1

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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Swaythling

Lady Swaythling
Gladys Helen Rachel (n饠 Goldsmid), Lady Swaythling (1879-1965), Vice-President of the NSPCC; wife of 2nd Baron Swaythling (head of the banking firm)

Background imagePeerage Collection: 1869 / Gladstone / Peerages

1869 / Gladstone / Peerages
Gladstones Magic Change! or How to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Satire on Gladstones appointments to the peerage

Background imagePeerage Collection: Sir Paul Latham and Lady Patricia Moore engaged 1933

Sir Paul Latham and Lady Patricia Moore engaged 1933
Major Sir Herbert Paul Latham, 2nd Baronet (22 April 1905 24 July 1955), British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Scarborough

Background imagePeerage Collection: Sketch cover, Miss Patricia Scott

Sketch cover, Miss Patricia Scott
Miss Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott, younger daughter of Lord Herbert Scott and niece of the Duke of Buccleuch, at the time of her engagement to Captain Walter Faulkner of the Irish Guards

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lady Loughborough (Sheila Chisholm) with her baby

Lady Loughborough (Sheila Chisholm) with her baby
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough

Background imagePeerage Collection: Eleanor Nellie Souray (1886 - 1931), Lady Torrington. A popular stage actress

Eleanor Nellie Souray (1886 - 1931), Lady Torrington. A popular stage actress and Gaiety girl, she was a number of performers who married into the peerage during the Edwardian era

Background imagePeerage Collection: The Duchess of Marlborough and the Marquess of Blandford

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

Background imagePeerage Collection: Marchioness of Londonderry at Londonderry House

Marchioness of Londonderry at Londonderry House
Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (1878 - 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Womens Legion

Background imagePeerage Collection: Lord and Lady St Levan, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Lord and Lady St Levan, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), walk along the causeway from their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

Background imagePeerage Collection: Elfrida Marjorie Eden, later Countess of Warwick

Elfrida Marjorie Eden, later Countess of Warwick
Miss Elfrida Marjorie Eden (1887-1943), who married Lord Brooke (Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, later 6th Earl of Warwick) on 29 April 1909 at St Margarets Church, Westminster

Background imagePeerage Collection: Advertisment for Debrett's Peerage. With a photograph of the book

Advertisment for Debrett's Peerage. With a photograph of the book, and photomontage with illustrations, of titled men of note. Designed by Zec

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn, Labour politician, giving a speech

Tony Benn, Labour politician, giving a speech
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Jessica Mitford at a book signing event

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Background imagePeerage Collection: Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Background imagePeerage Collection: Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall

Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), British writer and archaeologist, Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician

Background imagePeerage Collection: Quintin Hogg Hailsham Lord Mcgarel Baron Peerage

Quintin Hogg Hailsham Lord Mcgarel Baron Peerage
quintin, hogg, hailsham, lord, mcgarel, baron, peerage, aristocracy, st, marylebone, 2nd, viscount, 1907, 2001, british, conservative, tory, politics, political, politician, long, career, first

Background imagePeerage Collection: Neville Chamberlain and Alec Douglas-Home

Neville Chamberlain and Alec Douglas-Home
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn, John Silkin and Denis Healey at a conference

Tony Benn, John Silkin and Denis Healey at a conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn, Labour politician, sitting at his desk

Tony Benn, Labour politician, sitting at his desk
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn and Neil Kinnock at a conference

Tony Benn and Neil Kinnock at a conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, London

Tony Benn with Peter Tatchell in Bermondsey, London
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn, Labour politician, speaking at a conference

Tony Benn, Labour politician, speaking at a conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Tony Benn banned from Labour Party conference

Tony Benn banned from Labour Party conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Background imagePeerage Collection: Clement Richard Attlee giving a speech

Clement Richard Attlee giving a speech
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Seen here giving a speech on behalf of the Labour Party

Background imagePeerage Collection: Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession

Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day procession
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951

Background imagePeerage Collection: Cardinal Basil Hume and Fenner Brockway

Cardinal Basil Hume and Fenner Brockway
Cardinal Basil Hume (George Basil Hume, 1923-1999, standing), English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster from 1976, speaking at Central Hall, Westminster, London

Background imagePeerage Collection: Photograph featured in The Tatler of a house party at Fyvie Castle

Photograph featured in The Tatler of a house party at Fyvie Castle, hosted by Lord and Lady Leith. Date: 1913

Background imagePeerage Collection: Actress Beatrice Lillie pictured in 1920 in The Tatler following her 1919 marriage to

Actress Beatrice Lillie pictured in 1920 in The Tatler following her 1919 marriage to Robert Bobbie Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel



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