Social Victorians/People/Colebrooke

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: hers, Paget; his, Colebrooke, sometimes misspelled as Colebrook
  • Baron Colebrooke
    • Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st and last Baron Colebrooke (20 February 1906 – 28 February 1939)[1]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1889 June 17, Alexandra Harriet Paget and Edward Arthur Colebrooke married.[2]

1897 July 2, Friday, Alexandra Harriet Paget Colebrooke attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

Black-and-white photograph of a seated woman richly dressed in an historical costume and shading her eyes to look into the distance
Alexandra Harriet (née Paget), Lady Colebrooke in costume as Roxana. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
Black-and-white engraving of a couple in a wedding process in the time of Alexander the Great
The wedding of Alexander and Roxane, engraving by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899)

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Alexandra Harriet Paget Colebrooke (at 246) was in the Duchess procession[3][4] or the "Oriental" procession.[5]:p. 8, Col. 1c

Lafayette's portrait of "Alexandra Harriet (née Paget), Lady Colebrooke as Roxana" in costume is photogravure #86 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[6] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Alexandra Colebrooke as Roxana."[7]

Roxana was one of the wives of Alexander the Great.[8] Her wedding and marriage have been idealized in art through the centuries, as it seems to be here in this portrait of Alexandra Colebrooke. Her sister-in-law Minnie Paget — Mrs. Arthur Paget — was dressed as Cleopatra for the ball.

The engraving (right) by illustrator Andre Castaigne was for a November 1898 – October 1899 series about Alexander the Great, so it was produced after the ball and Alexandra Colebrooke is not likely to have seen it before the ball.[9]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[10]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Alexandra Harriet Paget (1865 – 19 October 1944)[2]
  • Ned[11] (Edward Arthur) Colebrooke, 1st and last Baron Colebrooke (12 October 1861 – 28 February 1939)[1]
  1. Hon. Mary Sydney Colebrooke ()
  2. Hon. Bridget Colebrooke (29 Jan 1892 – 27 Jan 1975)
  3. Hon. Guy Edward Colebrooke (c. 1894 – after 22 Jan 1921)

Questions and Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Did Ned (Edward Arthur) Colebrook attend the ball?
  2. Alexandra Paget Colebrooke may be part of the social network this party represents because of her family of origin: she was a Paget, and other Pagets were at the ball as well.

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st and last Baron Colebrooke." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alexandra Harriet Paget." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  4. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  5. ↑ “Ball at Devonshire House.” Evening Mail 05 July 1897 Monday: 8 [of 8], Col. 1a–4c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003187/18970705/070/0008.
  6. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  7. ↑ "Alexandra Harriet (née Paget), Lady Colebrooke as Roxana." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158444/Alexandra-Harriet-ne-Paget-Lady-Colebrooke-as-Roxana.
  8. ↑ "Roxana". Wikipedia. 2021-11-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roxana&oldid=1056008043.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxana.
  9. ↑ "André Castaigne". Wikipedia. 2021-07-08. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9_Castaigne&oldid=1032553512.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Castaigne.
  10. ↑ "Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke". Wikipedia. 2021-05-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Colebrooke,_1st_Baron_Colebrooke&oldid=1022287019.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Colebrooke,_1st_Baron_Colebrooke.
  11. ↑ "Sir Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet". Wikipedia. 2021-11-12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sir_Edward_Colebrooke,_4th_Baronet&oldid=1054841467.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edward_Colebrooke,_4th_Baronet.
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