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6 de may. de 2024 · Although mistress of no fewer than three stately homes, it was at Mount Stewart that the Marchioness of Londonderry allowed her personality to truly flourish, creating an oasis of colour and contrast that delighted her well-to-do visitors.
23 de abr. de 2024 · The imposing ‘All Around Diamond’ Londonderry tiara, set with 1,141 brilliant cut diamonds weighing 482 ½ carats, had been designed for Frances Anne Vane, 3rd Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-1865), by the Crown jeweller Garrard in 1854.
Hace 5 días · Abstract. The decline and fall of the British aristocracy looked headlong and irreversible in the twentieth century yet many grandees tried to preserve their power, wealth and influence by every means - and with some success.
The examples drawn on here (the five wives of British envoys to Persia between 1815 and 1853, Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, and Senora Calderon de la Barca) go some way to exploring this world. It is, however, a world that needs much more study.
Hace 4 días · Signature. Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart [3] or Mary I of Scotland, [4] was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
5 de may. de 2024 · As such, it is hardly surprising that popular folklore in County Durham has tended to cast the Londonderrys in a negative light. Much of that was forged in the era of the third marquess. On 8 February 1915, the collieries were inherited from the sixth marquess by his thirty-six-year-old son, Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart.
Hace 4 días · Lord Robert Cecil was born at Hatfield House, the third son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and Frances Mary, née Gascoyne. He was a patrilineal descendant of Lord Burghley and the 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief ministers of Elizabeth I. The family owned vast rural estates in Hertfordshire and Dorset.
