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Ursula Packe, daughter of Sir Edward and Lady Packe, before her marriage to Mr Peter Clifton, Grenadier Guards. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait
A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady DashwoodLady Dashwood, wife of Sir John Dashwood, is noted in the Sketch as, one of the smartest of the young women in Society. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait
Lord Plender, head of the world-famous firm of chartered accountants, and Lady Plender, daughter of Mr. Peter George Laurie, taking in the sun and air at Monte Carlo. Date: 1938
British High society personalities at the Ascot Races, 1927 - Lord D Abernon, Lady Cranborne, Lady Lettice Lygon, Hon George Ward, the Duke of Portland, Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox, Captain Lucas
Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the womens suffrage movement. 1902
Page from the Illustrated London News, 4th January 1947, featuring People and Events of the Week: Personalities in the Public Eye
The Florida nightclub by HynesImpressions and personalities at the Florida Club in South Bruton Mews, renowned for its glass dance floor, which triggered a craze for them in other clubs in and around London
Personalities on the beach -- Hon Mrs Richard Norton, the wife of Lord Grantleys heir. Date: 1930
Personalities beside the pool and on the beach -- Lady Cynthia Mosley by the bathing pool, Cap d Antibes (top) and Cocktail Time
Steve Donoghue wins fancy dress competition at St. MoritzChampion celebrity jockey Steve Donoghue dressed as a sailor, his winning costume at a fancy dress competition at the smart ski resort of St. Moritz
Beach bar at Biarritz with notable personalitiesA group of well-knowns at the beach bar at Biarritz. From left, Mr and Mrs Ormond Lawson-Johnston, Lady Furness (Thelma Furness, mistress of the Prince of Wales)
Society basking on the Lido sandsWell-known personalities of Venetian society sunbathing at the Venice Lido. The Hon. Mrs Evelyn Fitzgerald, Prince Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, Count Giovanni Sangro de Buccino
Jasmine Bligh, television announcerJasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 21 July 1991), one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. Along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell
Madame Yevonde portraits of various young women - sisters, twins and cousins, three storeys of beauty. Mollie and Maimie Paget (twin sisters) with their cousin Anne Paget between them (top), Myrtle
Sir Gordon Carter, Clerk of the Course at Ascot from 1910 to 1941. A stickler for perfection, he apparently changed his outfits five times a day during Ascot week and washed
Bertram W. Mills Circus at Olympia, London 1928Show at Olympia, London twice daily over the Christmas season the Bertram Mills Circus with a bear performing, classical Gladiators, trapeze, clowns and much more Date: 1928
Disderi Portrait Mosaic of English Luminaries of the 1860sCollage Mosaic photograph by Disderi reproduced on a carte de visite showing well-known English luminaries of the period (the 1860s)
Christabel Pankhurst models for Madame TussaudsCHRISTABEL PANKHURST Models for Madame Tussauds Date: 1908
Elizabeth PonsonbyMiss Elizabeth Ponsonby (later the Hon. Mrs Dennis Pelly), one of the Bright Young Things of the 1920s, and daughter of Arthur Ponsonby a senior minister in the Labour government
Gabrielle Chanel & Baron Pantz on the French RivieraGabrielle (Coco) Chanel, French fashion designer, pictured with the splendidly named Baron Pantz, taking a moment from their tennis match on the French Riviera
Mrs Frank Jay Gould (Florence de Caze)Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him
Ilford murders - personalities in the casePersonalities at the time of the trial of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson, who were accused and later hung for the murder of Thompsons husband, Percy Thompson
Tatler cover - Gerald du MaurierSir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and manager. Father to writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier, son of the Punch artist George du Maurier
Don Bradman wrestlingAustralian cricketer and batsman, Don Bradman enjoying another sporting pursuit, wrestling with Jim Deakin, a well-known Australian wrestler. Date: 1931
Lord and Lady Castlerosse in caricature by Tony WysardValentine Edward Charles Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare (29 May 1891 20 September 1943), styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1905 to 1941, the Earl of Kenmare and the son of Valentine Browne
Advert for London Shoe Company 1898A selection of victorian boots, real whale skin for shooting, ladys field boot made from tan or blacking calf, button or lace, smart toe brogues
At Cap d Antibes - The Begum Aga Khan and Mrs Claud LeighPrincess Andr饠 Aga Khan (1898-1976), the third wife of Aga Khan III, pictured at her villa at Cap d Antibes with Mrs Claud Leigh (described by the Tatler as, a very popular London hostess)
Camille Blanc of Monte Carlo casinoCamille Blanc, owner of the Monte Carlo casino, son of its founder Francois Blanc. Pictured (on the left) in Monte Carlo walking with Raoul Gunsbourg, director of the Opera. 1913
London Life party in the GPO Tower 1966Guests at a party thrown by short-lived by hip and happening magazine, London Life at the top of the newly-built GPO (Post Office) Tower in May 1966
Sofia Kovalevskaya - Russian MathematicianSofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) - Russian female mathematician, and also the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Europe in 1889. Date: circa 1889
Elegance at the Embassy Club by Mundo, 1929An impression by Mundo of the dance floor at the Embassy Club at supper-time with a number of well-known people. On the left of the dance floor is Sir Francis Oppenheimer dancing with a partner in a
An Evening in the Casino at Deauville by MundoA cast of well-known patrons at the casino in fashionable Deauville in 1929. Personalities include Mr James Hennessy (second from left), M
Rugger Personalities - Rugby 1920Rugger personalities by H. Crowther Smith. Includes G. Rowland Hill, Lieut-Colones S. S. D. Craven, B. S. Cumberlege, C. J. B. Marriott, C. N. Lowe, F. C
The Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, WW1A double page spread of photographs presenting some of the notable personalities and the costumes they wore to the Victory Ball at the Albert Hall on the 27 November 1918
Society goes to see Count Michael de Torbys fashion designsSociety out in force to see the dresses designed by Count Michael de Torby, son of Grand Duke Michael, at court dressmakers, Reville and Rossiter in 1918
Passengers of the LusitaniaA page from The Sketch reporting on prominent personalities, on board the Lusitania, sunk by a German torpedo on 7 May 1915. Top left is Lady Allan, wife of Sir Hugh M
Murrays Club opens at MaidenheadMurrays River Club at fashionable Maidenhead, opened in 1915 as a sister club and alternative summer venue to the original Murrays club opened by Jack May in Beak Street, London in 1913
Mrs & Mrs Sweeny at an Ascot House PartyA group present at the Old Malt House in Bracknell, for an Ascot house party hosted by Mr and Mrs William Garthwaite. The group shows, from left, Mrs Charles Sweeny
Mrs Charles Sweeny watching her husband play golfMrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later the Duchess of Argyll (1912 - 1993), seen watching her husband
Roger BannisterSIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER CBE, neurologist and athlete best known for being the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Date: 1929 -
Barbara Woodhouse & her coat-wearing cowsMrs Barbara Woodhouse, perhaps better known as a famous dog trainer, pictured with her 16 dairy cows who she dresses with warm coats in cold weather
Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
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
High-profile military and local personalities in EgyptGroup of high-profile military and local personalities in Egypt, posing in front of airplanes, one of them the Royal Air Force DH9 Aircraft. Date: circa 1925
Personalities at Cap d AntibesIrving Netcher, Norma Talmadge, Rosie Dolly and Gilbert Roland on a beach at Cap d Antibes. 1930
Miss Frieda Hempel and M Solito De Solis by Einar NermanEinar Nermans (1888-1983). Illustration of Miss Frieda Hempel and M Solito De Solis, on stage at the Albert Hall. The cultured audience applauding
Celebrities at Monte CarloA group of well-known personalities holidaying at Monte Carlo on the fashionable French Riviera in August 1930. At the back on the left in the white hat is Mr Robert Garden
Sir Woodman & Lady Burbridge at CannesSir Richard Woodman Burbidge, 2nd Baronet (1872 - 1945), Chairman of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, London pictured with his wife promenading along the Croisette at Cannes on the French