Social Victorians/People/Suffield

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Harbord
  • Baron Suffield
    • Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (22 August 1853 – 9 April 1914)[1]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[2]

Residences[edit | edit source]

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (2 January 1830 – 9 April 1914)[1]
  • Cecilia Annetta Baring (c. 1834 – 16 February 1911)[3]
    1. Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield (14 June 1855 – 10 February 1924)
    2. Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord (15 June 1856 – 6 October 1934)
    3. Hon. Alice Marion Harbord (23 June 1857 – 13 September 1940)
    4. Hon. Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord (23 February 1860 – 19 February 1956)
    5. Hon. Assheton Edward Harbord (20 January 1861 – 18 July 1929)
    6. Hon. Judith Harbord (12 June 1862 – 4 February 1942)
    7. Hon. Winifred Harbord (31 December 1864 – 6 January 1949)
    8. Hon. Eleanor Harbord (7 January 1868[2] – 12 July 1939)
    9. Hon. Bridget Louisa Harbord (20 December 1870[2] – 24 September 1951)
  • Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett ( – 2 April 1934)[4]

Relations[edit | edit source]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Friends[edit | edit source]

  • Albert Edward, Prince of Wales[2]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

Cecilia Annetta Baring, Lady Sheffield[edit | edit source]

  • Household of Queen Victoria, Lady of the Bedchamber[3]
  • Household of Queen Alexandra, Lady of the Bedchamber[3]

Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield[edit | edit source]

  • Liberal Party
  • Household of Queen Victoria, Aide-de-Camp (1868–1872)
  • Household of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Lord of the Bedchamber (1872–1901)[1]
  • Under William Gladstone, Master of the Buckhounds (February–July 1886)[2]
  • Master of the Robes, Coronation of King Edward VII and Alexandra (1902)[2]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1854 May 4, Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Cecilia Annetta Baring married.[3]

1897 July 2, Lord and Lady Suffield, and Miss Harbord attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1911 July 15, Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett married.[4]

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

Charles Harbord, Lord Suffield (at 535) and Cecilia Harbord, Lady Suffield (at 536) and their daughter Bridget Harbord attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.[5]

Miss Bridget Harbord[edit | edit source]

The Hon. Bridget Harbord (at 398) was dressed as the Bride of Abydos, from Byron's 1813 poem.

  • "The Hon. Bridget Harbord, as the Bride of Abydos, was in a pure white and silver Greek robe embroidered in pearls and diamonds and a little / Turkish cap."[6]:p. 3, Col. 3c–4a
  • "She was dressed "as 'The Bride of Abydos,' in a pure white and silver Greek robe, embroidered in pearls and diamonds, and a little Turkish cap."[7]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "Charming, too, was the Honourable Bridget Harbord, as 'the Bride of Abydos,' in a pure white and silver Greek robe embroidered in pearls and diamonds, and a little Turkish cap."[8]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "The Hon. Miss Bridget Harbord (Bride of Abydos), white and silver gauze, embroidered in diamonds and other precious stones."[9]:p. 40, Col. 2a

The Bride of Abydos[edit | edit source]

The 1813 poem by George Gordon, Lord Byron is set in Turkey. The bride is Zuleika, and she loves Selim, who is said to be her brother.

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p1723.htm#i17226.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield". Wikipedia. 2021-01-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Harbord,_5th_Baron_Suffield&oldid=1003734727.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harbord,_5th_Baron_Suffield.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Cecilia Annetta Baring." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p2869.htm#i28685.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p39058.htm#i390575.
  5. "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  6. “The Ball at Devonshire House. Magnificent Spectacle. Description of the Dresses.” London Evening Standard 3 July 1897 Saturday: 3 [of 12], Cols. 1a–5b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970703/015/0004.
  7. "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. A Brilliant Spectacle. Some of the Dresses." London Daily News Saturday 3 July 1897: 5 [of 10], Col. 6a–6, Col. 1b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18970703/024/0005 and https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000051/18970703/024/0006.
  8. "The Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Dress Ball. Special Telegram." Belfast News-Letter Saturday 03 July 1897: 5 [of 8], Col. 9c [of 9]–6, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000038/18970703/015/0005.
  9. “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.