Social Victorians/People/Gathorne-Hardy

Also Known As

• Family name: Gathorne-Hardy
• Francis Gathorne-Hardy
• The Hon. Gathorne-Hardy

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Family

• General Hon. Sir Francis (John Francis) Gathorne-Hardy (14 January 1874 – 21 August 1949)
• Lady Isobel Constance Mary Stanley (2 September 1875 – 30 December 1963)

1. Elizabeth Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy (23 August 1904 – 3 March 1953)

Relations

• Lady Isobel Constance Mary Stanley — a fan of hockey — was daughter of Lady Constance Villiers and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, Governor General of Canada (1888–1893), originator of the Stanley Cup.
• Francis Gathorne-Hardy was a younger son of the 2nd Earl of Cranbrook.

Timeline

1897 July 2, the Hon. Gathorne-Hardy attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1898 December 10, Lady Isobel Constance Mary Stanley and Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Francis Gathorne-Hardy (at 352) is described in conflicting terms. He was dressed as either

• Archduke Leopold in the Archduchess Marie-Karoline and Emperor Joseph II section of the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille.
• "a gentleman of the Court of Louis XV." (crimson velvet and cloth of gold)."
• "(Court dress, Louis XV. period), crimson broché velvet and cloth of gold."