Social Victorians/1897-07-01 Queen Elizabeth Procession Dinner Party
Dinner Party for Members of the Queen Elizabeth Procession[edit | edit source]
Logistics[edit | edit source]
- Friday, 1 July 1897
- Hosted by Lord Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, and Lady Fanny Spencer-Churchill Marjoribanks, Lady Tweedmouth
Related Events[edit | edit source]
- The Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, so this is a prior event
Who Was Present[edit | edit source]
- Lord Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
- Lady Fanny Spencer-Churchill Marjoribanks, Lady Tweedmouth
- Sir F. Jeune
Anthology[edit | edit source]
Quote Intro[edit | edit source]
"Sir F. Jeune was among those who formed the Elizabethan procession at the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy dress ball, and who were previously entertained by Lord and Lady Tweedmouth on Friday evening."[1]
A fuller account was published in the Morning Post on 3 July, which makes the date misleading, but it is clear: the dinner party for the Queen Elizabeth procession would have been on Thursday, 1 July 1897:
Lord and Lady Tweedmouth entertained at Brook House last evening those who formed the Elizabethan procession at the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, viz.: Mr. E. Beckett, Mr. H. Warrender, Sir Charles Hall, Sir F. Jeune, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess of Powis, the Duchess of Roxburghe and the Ladies Innes-Ker, the Earl and Countess of Essex, Earl and Countess Spencer, the Countess of Lonsdale, Mrs. A. James, Colonel Leslie, the Duke of Roxburghe, the Hon. Dudley Marjoribanks, M. Ephrussi, the French Ambassador, Captain Mann Thompson, Mr. Rose, Sir Archibald and Lady Edmonstone, Mr. E. Villiers, Mr. Harold Brassey, Mr. Holden, the Earl of Arran, Lord Rowton, the Hon. Mrs. Greville, the Duchess of Hamilton, Lord and Lady Battersea, Lord and Lady de Ramsey, Lord Glenesk, Mr. Godfrey Webb, the Hon. S. Lyttelton, Mr. R. Maguire, Lady Edith Villiers, and Miss Madeline Stanley.[2]
Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]
Footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Monday 5 July 1897: 3 [of 6], Col 1b. British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000510/18970705/006/0003.
- ↑ "The Duke and Duchess of York." Morning Post 03 July 1897 Saturday: 7 [of 12], Col. 2c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/050/0007.