Society Collection (page 100)

Mrs Desmond Fitzgerald, formerly Miss Veronica Villiers, a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill and daughter of Ernest Villiers, MP

Viscountess Castlereagh, Marchioness of Londonderry formerly Miss Romaine Combe (died 1951), wife of the 8th Marquis of Londonderry

Mrs Barbara McCorquodale
DAME MARY BARBARA HAMILTON CARTLAND married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist, sketched by Molly Bishop at a point-to-point wearing a sage green hat and jersey with her check suit

English Guernsey Cattle Society Exhibit
The English Guernsey Cattle Societys Exhibit at the London Dairy Show, 1934

Highland sports at the meeting of the Celtic Society, Glasgow
The meeting of the Celtic Society on College-Green, Glasgow, whose object is the preservation of the language, literature, music, poetry, dress and athletic games of the Highlands of Scotland

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

Georgia - Tbilisi - Artistic Society Building
The Artistic Society Building at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia

Inner court and tower, Bom Jesus Basilica, Old Goa, India
Inner court and tower of the Bom Jesus Basilica in Old Goa, India. Built in 1695, the basilica holds the mortal remains of St Francis Xavier and is an international site of pilgrimage

Czech Republic - 7th All Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Eton and Harrow Match at Lords, 1925
Page from the Illustrated London News showing the Eton versus Harrow cricket match at Lords cricket ground in 1925. In the top picture, J.P.T. Boscawen is chaired after his stand with H.P

Announcement of Captain Scotts engagement in The Tatler
Page from The Tatler announcing not only the engagement of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the Polar explorer to Kathleen Bruce, but also featuring a portrait of Clementine Hozier

Countess of Warwick and her son
Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938) was a society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. The exact identity of the child pictured is uncertain

1950S PARTY
An illustration depicting a party of debutante ball with several young ladies in full skirted dresses helping themselves to the buffet while predatory young men in tuxedos look smug

Training Ship Clio, Bangor, Menai Straits, North Wales
The Training Ship Clio, moored off Bangor in the Menai Straits, North Wales, was established in 1877 by the City of Chester and Border Counties Training Ship Society

1920S Fancy Dress Party
A group of revellers smoke, dance and wear fancy dress at a typical Bright Young Things party of the twenties

Hungarian party in Paris
Many members of the aristocratic society attended this Hungarian fete in Paris, a very creative and original event. Among the dancers were the Duke and Duchess of Grammont, the Duke

Party hosted by La Comtesse de Clermont-Tonnerre
A group of revellers in lavish fancy dress at a party hosted by la comtesse de Clermont-Tonnerre. The costumes look very Oriental in theme

La Parisienne en 1912
A variety of fashions on view during the summer week at Auteuil and Longchamp

Fashions of the season at Longchamp
A variety of modish outfits and silhouettes fashionable in 1912, on display at the autumn Grand Prix at Longchamp

Arthur Ranc / Gill
Arthur Ranc (1831-1908), Duel fighting, French politician and writer. Implicated in a plot against Napoleon III, imprisoned for belonging to a secret society

Bible presented to King George V
Detail of the cover of a Bible presented to King George V by the British and Foreign Bible Society

Imperial Choir performing at the Crystal Palace
The Imperial Choir performing in a concert at the Crystal Palace, south London. This 4500-voice choir was founded by Charles A. E. Harriss in 1909, and was made up of several large London choirs

Princess Felix Youssoupoff
Princess Irina Youssoupoff, daughter of the Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, niece of Tsar Nicholas II and wife of Felix Youssoupoff, the infamous murderer of Rasputin

Giraffes at London Zoo - Regents Park
The Giraffes in their enclosure at The Zoological Society of London - Regents Park, feeding from a tall tree(with trunk protected by high fencing)

The Best People by Chloe Preston
A group of snooty and arrogant looking theatre goers sit in a box, chomp chocolates and look disdainfully down upon the stage and audience below

The Hostess who Invited a few Friends to Skate in her Privat
Humorous illustration by H.M. Bateman showing a distraught society lady, aghast at the sight of her house guests standing chest deep in the not very frozen lake she had encouraged them to skate upon

The late Mr. A. M Mackay
Alexander Murdock Mackay, author and lay agent of the English Church Missionary Society in Uganda, Lake Victoria Nyanza." One of the ablest and bravest

The late Mr. George L. Pilkington
George L. Pilkington(1865-1898), missionary of the English Church Missionary Society in Uganda, Africa

Prince Christopher of Greece and Mrs W. B. Leeds
Photographs of Prince Christopher of Greece and his new wife, the twice-divorced American heiress Nancy Leeds. Princess Anastasia of Greece, as she was known after her marriage, formerly Mrs W.B

Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey
A fashionable meet of the Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey, the home of Katherine, Duchess of Westminster. The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763

Braemar Gathering, the Highland Fling
Scene at the annual Braemar Gathering, showing two boys and two girls dancing the Highland Fling on a wooden platform. Braemar in Scotland holds an annual Highland Games Gathering on the first

Braemar Gathering, piping in the street
Scene at the annual Braemar Gathering, showing bagpipers in traditional Highland costume processing down a street. Braemar in Scotland holds an annual Highland Games Gathering on the first Saturday

Winston and Clemmie at their wedding
Winston Churchill and his bride, Clementine Hozier emerge from St. Margarets Church in Westminster after their marriage on 12th September 1908

Winston Churchill arriving for his wedding
Winston Churchill, attended by his best man, Lord Hugh Cecil, arriving at St. Margarets Church in Westminster for his marriage to Miss Clementine Hozier on 12th September 1908

Clementine Hozier leaving for her wedding
Clementine Hozier, later Lady Winston Churchill, leaving her home for the church on her wedding day on 12th September 1908

Spirit Photo Ada Dean 1920
Spirit photograph by medium, Ada Dean. Sitters, Miss Dean and Mr Rist with an unidentified female spirit.. Taken at 59 Holland Park Road in the presence of the President of the Hackney Society of

Bridesmaids at the Churchill wedding in 1908
Two of the bridesmaids the wedding of Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier at St. Margarets Church in Westminster on September 12th, 1908

The Future Mrs Winston Churchill
Clementine Churchill while still Miss Clementine Hozier, featured in The Sketch magazine in the week prior to her marriage to Winston Churchilll on 12th September 1908

Papua New Guinea - Elevara Mission
Papua New Guinea - Elevara Village viewed from the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans

Monro O Hagan wedding with dog
Scene outside Westminster Abbey as the Hon Mary Caroline O Hagan arrives for her wedding to General Sir Charles Carnichael Monro

Society wedding at St Margarets Church
A society wedding between Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Vivian Campbell Douglas and Elizabeth Cicely de Bunsen. The bridegroom is from Mains, Laraich, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Bishop of London giving a speech
The Bishop of London giving a speech in aid of a waifs and strays charity (probably The Waifs and Strays Society, now The Childrens Society) at Church House, Westminster, Central London

Bar scene
A man wearing a suit, encourages his female companion to sit down and have a drink with him. A bartender can be seen in the background pouring a drink

Paternoster Row
The premises of the Religious Tract Society

Gas advertisement 1954
Advertisement by the Gas Industry promoting the use of coal-fired gas as fuel for gas cookers in the 1950s home. To drive home the point

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