Social Victorians/People/Kintore

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Keith-Falconer
  • Earl of Kintore (Peerage of Scotland, created 1677)[1]
    • Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (18 July 1880 – 3 March 1930)[2]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1873 August 14, Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer and Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu married.[3]

1897 July 2, Friday, the Earl and Countess of Kintore attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did their daughter Lady Hilda Madeleine Keith-Falconer.

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

Old drawing based on a painted portrait of a woman
Jane, Duchess of Gordon

Algernon, Earl of Kintore and Sydney, Countess of Kintore[edit | edit source]

Black-and-white photograph of two women, one seated and the other standing, dressed in historical costumes
Sydney Charlotte Keith-Falconer (née Montagu), Countess of Kintore in costume as Jane, Duchess of Gordon; Lady Hilda Madeline Keith-Falconer. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (at 607) and Sydney, Countess Kintore (at 608) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.[4]:p. 12, Col. 4b Lady Hilda Madeleine Keith-Falconer (at 677) was also present. Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer and Sydney, Countess Kintore had their portraits taken by Bassano, not by Lafayette at the ball.

Alexander Bassano's portrait of "Sydney Charlotte Keith-Falconer (née Montagu), Countess of Kintore as Jane, Duchess of Gordon; Lady Hilda Madeline Keith-Falconer" in costume is photogravure #200 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[5] The printing on the portrait says, "The Countess of Kintore as Jane, Duchess of Gordon (Lady Hilda Madeline Keith-Falconer with her)," with a Long S in Countess and Duchess.[6]

Jane, Duchess of Gordon (1748 or 1749 – 14 April 1812) was married to Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon and was a socially important Tory hostess, both in Edinburgh and London.[7] She was a patron for Robert Burns.[7] Published in the 1849 Sketches of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club, this engraving (right) by W. Read is one of a number of engravings of this portrait.[8] The original is by Joshua Reynolds, as the engraving says, but many copies of that painting seem to have been made, both in oils and as an engraving. A copy of that painting that Sydney, Countess of Kintore could conceivably have seen, by Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), is owned now by the National Trust of Scotland, Fyvie Castle.[9] The dress worn by the Duchess of Gordon in the engraving and thus the Reynolds portrait appears to be the original for Sydney, Countess of Kintore's costume.

Black-and-white photograph of a standing woman richly dressed in an historical costume
Lady Hilda Madeline Keith-Falconer in costume as Lady Susan Gordon, afterwards Duchess of Manchester. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Lady Hilda Keith Falconer[edit | edit source]

Alexander Bassano's portrait of "Lady Hilda Madeline Keith-Falconer as Lady Susan Gordon, afterwards Duchess of Manchester" in costume is photogravure #204 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[5] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Hilda Keith Falconer as Lady Susan Gordon afterwards Duchess of Manchester," with a Long S in Duchess.[10]

Lady Hilda Keith Falconer was the 2nd daughter of the Earl and Countess Kintore. Her older sister, Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer married 16 February 1905.[11] It is not clear why she was not at the ball, if she was not. Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer was not married either at the time of the ball and in fact never married.[12]

Lady Hilda Keith Falconer is in the Album twice. Lady Susan Gordon was the daughter of Jane, Duchess of Gordon, and she did marry William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester.[13] Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer's mother, Sydney, Countess of Kintore, was the daughter of the 6th Duke of Manchester.[3]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[14]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (12 August 1852 – 3 March 1930)[2]
  • Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu (14 October 1851 – 21 September 1932)[3]
  1. Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore (20 September 1874 – 21 September 1974)
  2. Lady Hilda Madeleine Keith-Falconer (5 November 1875 – 13 July 1967)
  3. Ian Douglas Montagu Keith-Falconer, Lord Inverurie (5 April 1877 – 26 August 1897)
  4. Arthur George Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore (5 January 1879 – 25 May 1966)

Relations[edit | edit source]

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

  • Was Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer at the ball? Her parents and younger sister were, assuming the Album's information is correct.

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Earl of Kintore". Wikipedia. 2021-08-15. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earl_of_Kintore&oldid=1038928750.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Kintore.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13. https://www.thepeerage.com/p22278.htm#i222777.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-13. https://www.thepeerage.com/p22278.htm#i222776.
  4. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12 [of 20], Cols. 1a–4c [of 6] The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.
  6. ↑ "Countess of Kintore as Jane." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158563/Sydney-Charlotte-Keith-Falconer-ne-Montagu-Countess-of-Kintore-as-Jane-Duchess-of-Gordon-Lady-Hilda-Madeline-Keith-Falconer.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon". Wikipedia. 2021-08-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jane_Gordon,_Duchess_of_Gordon&oldid=1039502687.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Gordon,_Duchess_of_Gordon.
  8. ↑ Sir John Barrow, Bart. Sketches of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club. London : John Murray, 1849.
  9. ↑ "Jane (1748–1812), Duchess of Gordon, Wife of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/jane-17481812-duchess-of-gordon-wife-of-alexander-4th-duke-of-gordon-196625.
  10. ↑ "Lady Hilda Keith Falconer as Lady Susan Gordon." Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball Album. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158567/Lady-Hilda-Madeline-Keith-Falconer-as-Lady-Susan-Gordon-afterwards-Duchess-of-Manchester.
  11. ↑ "Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-12-18. https://www.thepeerage.com/p17300.htm#i173000.
  12. ↑ "Lady Hilda Madeleine Keith-Falconer." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-12-18. https://www.thepeerage.com/p34555.htm#i345547.
  13. ↑ "Susan Montagu, Duchess of Manchester". Wikipedia. 2020-05-11. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susan_Montagu,_Duchess_of_Manchester&oldid=956018660.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Montagu,_Duchess_of_Manchester.
  14. ↑ "Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore". Wikipedia. 2021-09-23. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algernon_Keith-Falconer,_9th_Earl_of_Kintore&oldid=1045996259.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Keith-Falconer,_9th_Earl_of_Kintore.
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