Social Victorians/People/Stourton

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Stourton
  • These are subsequent sons of subsequent sons of the Baron Stourton.

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1897 July 2, Friday, Major Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1998 June 7, Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton and Hon. Frances Mary Winifred Southwell married.[1]

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

Black-and-white photograph of a standing man richly dressed in an historical costume with a long cloak and a tri-corner hat
Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton in costume as a member of the Court of Catherine II of Russia. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
Heraldic decoration of a double-headed black eagle with a crown, orb and scepter
Coat of Arms of Russian Empire

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Major Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton (at 277) was one of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court in the procession of the Empress Catherine II of Russia.[2][3]

Henry Bullingham's portrait of "Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton as a member of the Court of Catherine II of Russia" in costume is photogravure #196 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[4] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr. H. M. Stourton as a member of the Court of Catherine II of Russia," with a Long S in Russia.[5]

Dressed in a military costume, Stourton appears to be wearing a version of the Coat of Arms of the Russian Empire, or the Imperial Coat of Arms, (right) on the left side of his cloak. Catherine the Great, or Catherine II of Russia, (2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796) ruled Russia from 1762 until her death.[6]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Hon. Albert Joseph Stourton (20 December 1835 – 16 August 1902)[7]
  • Elizabeth Laura Caroline Throckmorton ( – 8 January 1927)[8]
  1. Auberon Joseph Stourton (28 April 1867 – 21 December 1923)
  2. Mabel Mary Lucy Stourton (13 Nov 1868 – 5 August 1879)
  3. Beatrice Mary Stourton (23 February 1870 – 2 March 1959)
  4. Elizabeth Mary Alberta Stourton (15 September 1871 – 1945)
  5. Bertha Mary Philippa Stourton (14 September 1872 – 1958)
  6. Major Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton (30 December 1873 – 20 August 1932)
  7. Ernest Joseph William Basil Stourton (14 June 1875 – 8 October 1941)
  8. Florence Winifred Pauline Mary Stourton (30 June 1877 – )
  9. Rudolph Henry Philip Joseph Stourton (7 April 1881 – 11 June 1953)
  10. Eleanora Isabella Bernardine Ursula Mary Stourton (22 October 1883 – 17 October 1964)


  • Major Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton (30 December 1873 – 20 August 1932)[9]
  • Hon. Frances Mary Winifred Southwell (4 April 1874 – 7 March 1950)[1]
  1. Magdalen Mary Charlotte Stourton (19 February 1899 – 1981)
  2. Barbara Bertha Mary Stourton (11 April 1900 – 2 May 1980)
  3. Sir Ivo Herbert Evelyn Joseph Stourton (18 July 1901 – 1985)
  4. Gytha Mary Dorothy Stourton (20 March 1904 – 12 March 1992)
  5. Mary Jeanne Stourton (22 May 1913 – 1987)

Relations[edit | edit source]

  • Hon. Frances Mary Winifred Southwell is a daughter of Thomas Arthur Joseph Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell of Castle Mattress.

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hon. Frances Mary Winifred Southwell." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  2. "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.
  3. "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. "H. M. Stourton as a member of the Court of Catherine II of Russia." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158559/Herbert-Marmaduke-Joseph-Stourton-as-a-member-of-the-Court-of-Catherine-II-of-Russia.
  6. "Catherine the Great". Wikipedia. 2021-12-08. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_the_Great&oldid=1059219845.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great.
  7. "Hon. Albert Joseph Stourton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. "Elizabeth Laura Caroline Throckmorton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "Major Herbert Marmaduke Joseph Stourton." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.