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Marchioness of Londonderry at Londonderry House
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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 (originally the WVR - Womens Volunteer Reserve), taking an interest in the Military Cooking Section. The magnificent Londonderry House in Park Lane was turned into a military hospital during the war, as were two of Lord Londonderrys country seats. Lady Londonderry was formerly Edith Helen Chaplin and married Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh in 1899. Pictured on the front cover of The Tatler, in the gowns and jewels she wore at the opening of Parliament. She is pictured in Londonderry House, standing in front of a Thomas Lawrence portrait of Robert, Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, wearing a diamond tiara, earrings, and stomacher which are heirlooms of the Londonderry family. Date: 1948
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