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Lord and Lady LoughboroughMargaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm, daughter of Harry Chisholm of Sydney, NSW, Australia married in 1915 Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough
Sketch cover, Lady Michelham as a nurse, WW1Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring Lady Michelham, formerly Miss Aimee Geraldine Bradshaw, at the time she was working on an ambulance train given by her husband
The Duchess of Norfolk and her childrenGwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard (n饠 Constable-Maxwell), Duchess of Norfolk (11 January 187728 August 1945), daughter of the 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife
Lady Furness as a nurse, WW1Lady Furness, formerly Ada Daisy Hogg, first wife of Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness, pictured in nursing uniform in 1917
Charles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington on polo ponyCharles Stanhope, 8th Earl of Harrington (1844 - 1917), British peer and polo player, pictured mounted on a polo pony, despite his advanced age! Date: 1917
Miss Maureen Guinness by Madame YevondeMiss Maureen Constance Guinness (1907-1998) by Madame Yevonde. She married three times, in 1930, 1948 and 1955. Date: 1930
Lady Bridget Poulett by Madame YevondeLady Bridget Elizabeth Felicia Henrietta Augusta Poulett (1912-1975), daughter of the 7th Earl Poulett, by Madame Yevonde. She was a popular model with all the leading photographers of the day
Countess of Seafield by Madame YevondeNina Caroline Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield (1906-1969) by Madame Yevonde. Also seen in another photograph (top right) with her husband, Derek Herbert Ogilvie-Grant-Studley-Herbert ()
Upper class Victorian girlAn upper class Victorian girl, Alice Polhill-Turner (Alice Kate Frances, 1856-1931), seen here at the age of six, sitting on an upholstered chair in a lacy white dress and white stockings
Wedding of Viscount Bury and Myee CarringtonScene after the wedding of Viscount Bury (Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, 1882-1979) and Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn Carrington, at St Margarets Church, Westminster
Lady Anne WellesleyLady Anne Maud Rhys (n饠 Wellesley) (1910-1998), Wife of Hon. David Reginald Rhys; daughter of 5th Duke of Wellington. Pictured by society portraitist Olive Snell in The Sketch. 1929
The 9th Duke of ManchesterWilliam Angus Drogo Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester (3 March 1877 9 February 1947), styled Viscount Mandeville from 1890 to 1892
Lady Inverclyde by Madame YevondeJune Howard (nÚÑáTripp), Lady Inverclyde (circa 1900-1985), Actress; second wife of 4th Baron Inverclyde. Pictured with her spaniel wearing a brimless hat in which she has pinned a brooch in
The Earl of Portarlington by Olive SnellLionel George Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 6th Earl of Portarlington (1883-1959), one of the best-known personalities in London society during the 1920s. Date: 1929
Marchioness of Douro and Lady Anne Wellesley by YevondeLady Douro, wife of the 5th Duke of Wellington (from 1934), hostess of Strathfieldsaye in Berkshire, pictured in a twin portrait (very popular at the time)
Sir Robert Raymond, Lord Chief JusticeSir Robert Raymond (1673-1733), 1st Baron Raymond, British judge, MP, and Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench from 1725 until his death. circa 1710s
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough in caricatureJohn Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 September 1897 11 March 1972), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1934, British peer, pictured with his wife, The Hon
Lady Elcho and her childrenLady Violet Catherine Manners, Lady Charteris, Lady Elcho (1888-1971), second daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, wife of Captain Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
Constance, Duchess of WestminsterConstance 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. Date: 1933
Lord Andrew Cavendish & Deborah MitfordLord Andrew Cavendish, pictured with a woman described as, a friend, in fact, Deborah Freeman Mitford, his future wife. Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004)
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel - British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised
Lord Southampton 1907LORD SOUTHAMPTON in his hunting gear (not listed in Burkes Peerage for 1907 !) Date: flourished 1907
Henry Viscount HampdenSir Henry Bouverie William Brand, first viscount HAMPDEN statesman, speaker of the House of Commons before his elevation to the peerage Date: 1814 - 1892
The Duchess of WestminsterConstance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster. Sister of Daisy, Princess of Pless
Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (Florence Davis)Florence (n饠 Davis), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (later Countess Howe) (died 1925), Former wife of 2nd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
Lady Curzon - Mary LeiterMary Victoria Leiter, daughter of the founder of Chicago department store, Marshall Field and wife of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Lady Bagot (Miss Lillian May)Lady Bagot, formerly Miss Lillian May of Baltimore, daughter of Henry May, one of many so-called dollar princesses, wealthy American heiresses who married into the British nobility in the late 19th
The 2nd Duke of WestminsterHugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953), known as Bendor (or Bend Or, after his fathers winning racehorse) pictured in The Ladys Realm in 1904. Date: 1904
The Earl of Rosslyn - stage name, James ErskineJames Francis Harry St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl Rosslyn (1869-1939), author and journalist. Also unusual in that he was a member of the peerage who trod the boards professionally
Lord Norbury as a munition workerWell-known peer doing his " bit" as a fitter in an aeroplane factory. The Earl of Norbury pictured in overalls, who, at the age of fifty three years
Lady Weymouth with a large dogLady Weymouth (formerly Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian, 1904-1997), later Marchioness of Bath, seen here shaking paws with a large dog. Date: 1938
Lord LonsdaleHugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO (25 January 1857 13 April 1944) English nobleman and sportsman. An avid sports enthusiast and bon vivant
Lady Wodehouse with her Airedale TerrierLady Wodehouse, formerly Frances Margaret Montagu, twice-divorced wife of John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley (often thought to be the inspiration for P.G)
Alexandra, Countess of Airlie by J. Percival AndersonThe Countess of Airlie, formerly Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester. Married David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie in 1917 and had six children including the Rt. Hon
Viscountess Curzon and her sonViscountess Curzon (1887-1962), formerly Miss Mary Curzon. She married her cousin, Viscount Curzon (Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe), MP for Battersea South
Lady Londonderry, President of Womens War Service LegionLady Londonderry, formerly the Hon. Edith Chaplin, pictured in 1918 when she was President of the Womens War Services Legion (previously known as the Womens Legion)
Prominent personalities serving in Gallipoli, WW1Notable members of society serving in the Dardanelles. Top left is the Marquis of Tullibardine, eldest son and heir of the Duke of Atholl (later the 8th Duke of Atholl 1871-1942)
Tatler cover - Dukes of Marlborough & Westminster in uniformGeneral Bridges, head of the British mission with the Belgian Army in Brussels, pictured with two of Englands premier dukes - Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953)
The Marchioness of Headfort and her childrenThe Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective
Lady Victoria Pery, female aviation enthusiasat, WW1A page of photographs of Lady Victoria Pery (later Brady), whose enthusiasm for aviation saw her loop the loop with Gustav Hamel at Hendon aerodrome and accompany Mr Grahame-White on flights
Lady Percy, WW1Countess Percy, formerly Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond and later Duchess of Northumberland. She married Earl Percy in 1911. He succeeded to the dukedom in 1918
Sketch cover - Duke of Westminster, hero of a VC actionFront cover of The Sketch magazine featuring, Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953), known as Bendor (or Bend Or, after his fathers winning racehorse)
Peers of the Realm who had joined up, WW1Double page spread from The Sketch showing portraits of peers of the realm who had joined up during the early weeks of the First World War
Viscountess Gladstone working for base hospitals, WW1Viscountess Gladstone, along with the Hon. Lilian and Winifred Douglas Pennant (half -sisters of Lord Penrhyn) and Miss Poole working to provide garments
Lord Desborough and youngest son, IvoWilliam Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough driving himself to the traditional Eton Harrow cricket match in July 1914, accompanied by his youngest son, Ivo. Date: 1914
Lady Kindersley as a waste paper merchant, WW1Lady Kindersley, formerly Miss Gladys Beadle, pictured near her home in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, collecting waste paper with the aid of her children and two donkey carts
Society war-workers, 1918A page from The Sketch featuring four society ladies involved in war work. Top left is Lady Rosamund Butler, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Carrick
Viscountess Curzon by Madame YevondeViscountess Curzon (1887-1962) by Madame Yevonde. She married her cousin, Viscount Curzon (Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe), MP for Battersea South