Peeress Collection

Lady Delamere in her Coronation outfit
Lady Delamere (1906 - 1979), formerly Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley (sister of Edwina Ashley, Countess Mountbatten) wearing one of the new robes for peeresses designed by Norman Hartnell for

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

Philippa Fendall Stewart, nee Wendell, Countess of Galloway, pictured in the robes and tiara she wore for the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

Lady Acheson, nee Mildred Carter
Mildred Acheson, Countess of Gosford (1888-1965) was an American socialite, here depicted on the occasion of her wedding to Lord Archibald Acheson

Olive May (nee Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947)
Olive May (ne Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of Drogheda

Daisy, Countess of Warwick at Mrs Adairs Fancy Dress Ball
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938), society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. Pictured here dressed in costume, as Semiramis

Lady Helen Vincent at Princes Skating Club
Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D Abernon (n饠 Duncombe) (18661954), British peeress, socialite and diarist. Lady D Abernon, a noted society beauty of her day

The Countess of Haddington with Scottish terriers
Sarah Baillie-Hamilton, Lady Haddington (nee Cook), pictured at a dogs bazaar held in the Music Hall, Edinburgh carrying two Scottish terriers. Date: 1929

Laldy Seafield and Mr Derek Studley Herbert
Newly married Lady Seafield - Nina Caroline Studley-Herbert, 12th Countess of Seafield (17 April 1906 30 September 1969) and her husband, Derek Studley Herbert. The couple divorced in 1950

Lady Curzon of Kedleston
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (n饠 Carver)(1870 1906), British peeress of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston

The Countess of Lisburne, 1915
Our first Chilean peeress: the Countess of Lisburne(-1944). Formerly Mlle Regina Bittencourt, eldest daughter of the minister of the Chilean Legation to London

Viscountess Curzon by Madame Yevonde
Viscountess Curzon (1887-1962) by Madame Yevonde. She married her cousin, Viscount Curzon (Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe), MP for Battersea South

Sketch cover, Lady D Abernon as an anaesthetist, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Helen Venetia Vincent, Viscountess D Abernon (nÚÑáDuncombe) (18661954), British peeress, socialite and diarist

Lady Herbert Davis-Goff in nursing uniform, WW1
Lady (Herbert) David-Goff of Glenville, Waterford pictured in uniform in 1918, when she was working at the Waterford branch of the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot where all kinds of bandages

Lady Rosabelle Brand and Miss Rose Bingham
Lady Rosabelle Brand, daughter of the Earl of Rosslyn pictured with her daughter, Miss Rose Bingham (later to become a society beauty and Countess of Warwick)

Lady Drogheda and her children, 1916
The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909 and divorced him in 1922 to marry Guillemo Delanda a polo player

Duchess of Sutherland playing tennis in aid of war charity
The Duchess of Sutherland, formerly Lady Eileen Butler, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Lanesborough, taking part in a tennis tournament at Surbiton, organised in aid of war funds

Official styles of hairdressing for the 1937 Coronation
Examples of hair styles for the coming Coronation season on display at the Mayfair hotel organised by the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers

Peeress Tricorne Hat
A tricorne hat, made from black velour to be worn by the life peeresses in the House of Lords. Designed by Ede and Ravenscroft the robe-makers

New Life Peers 1958
Page from The Sphere depicting the first life peers arriving at the House of Lords for the traditional ceremony of introducing barons to the House of Lords

Life Peeress Takes Oath
The first of the life peeresses, Baroness Swanborough, takes the oath on October 21 1958 in the House of Lords

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping