Social Victorians/People/Salmon

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  • Family name: Salmon

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  • Arthur Salmon ()

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1897 July 2, Mr. Arthur Salmon attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

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

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, according to the Gentlewoman, Mr. Arthur Salmon (at 609) was dressed as an "Eastern Prince in violet velvet and gold":

  • "Mr. Arthur Salmon (Eastern prince), violet velvet and gold."[1]:34, Col. 1b

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

  1. A Mr. Salmon was present at amateur theatricals by the Royal family and friends at Osborne House, 2 February 1893: Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper says that the Court Circular says that "Fleet-engineer Salmon (of H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert)" was present for the performance of She Stoops to Conquer, with Arthur Collins playing Harcastle, possibly one of a group of people invited by Queen Victoria.[2] H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert is likely the yacht Victoria and Albert?
  2. Nowell Salmon was very prominent in the Navy by the end of the century: C.B. 29 May 1875; K.C.B. 21 June 1887; admiral 10 September 1891; Commander in Chief, Portsmouth June 1894; G.C.B. 22 June 1897; led Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Review at Spithead 26 June 1897; First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp 23 August 1897; Admiral of the Fleet 13 January 1899.[3] (See also "Order of the Bath."[4]) Married in 1866, he had one son.
  3. Lady Salmon presented Mrs. Charles H. Adair to Alexandra, Princess of Wales acting on behalf of Queen Victoria at a Queen's Drawing room on Wednesday, 11 March 1896.
  4. Mr. Arthur Salmon of Sidcup forwarded a letter from Balfour to the St. James's Gazette responding to the claim that the magistrates in Ireland were his (Balfour's) "paid servants."[5]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  2. ↑ "Private Theatricals at Osborne." Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 5 February 1893, Sunday: 7 [of 16], Col. 2a. British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000079/18930205/033/0007.
  3. ↑ "Nowell Salmon". Wikipedia. 2020-03-16. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nowell_Salmon&oldid=945815762. 
  4. ↑ "Order of the Bath". Wikipedia. 2021-05-08. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Bath&oldid=1022154376. 
  5. ↑ "Mr. Gladstone's Government and the Irish Magistrates." St. James's Gazette 15 February 1890 Saturday: 11 [of 16], Col. 2a [of 2]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001485/18900215/058/0011.
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