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Also Known As

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  • Family name: Borthwick
  • Lord Glenesk
    • Sir Algernon Borthwick, Bt. (12 July 1887 – 1895)[1]
  • Baron Glenesk
    • Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (16 November 1895 – 24 November 1908)[1]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Friends

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  • Lord Randolph Churchill

Organizations

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Algernon Borthwick, Lord Glenesk

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  • Owner of the Morning Post
  • Conservative Party
  • House of Commons, 1885–1895

Timeline

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1870 April 5, Alice Beatrice Lister and Algernon Borthwick married.[2]

1893 November 15, Lilias Borthwick and Seymour Henry Bathurst married at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.[3]

1895 November 16,[4] David Cannadine says, "In 1895 the first press baron was created, when Algernon Borthwick became Lord Glenesk."[5]:200

1897 July 2, Friday, Algernon and Alice Borthwick and Oliver Borthwick attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House; also attending was their son-in-law, Henry Bathurst, 7th Earl of Bathurst, but Lilias Borthwick Bathurst is not mentioned by any of the newspaper as having attended, but she may not have been seen or recognized. (Algernon Borthwick is #87, on the list of people who attended; Alice Borthwick is #88; Oliver Borthwick is #89.)

 
Alice, Lady Glenesk in costume as Egeria. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
 
Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk in costume as Lord James Murray. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

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

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Alice Borthwick, Lady Glenesk

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At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Alice Borthwick, Lady Glenesk was dressed

  • as "a Greek."[6]:p. 5, Col. 7c
  • as "Egeria."[7]:p. 8, Col. 1b; 7, Col. 4c [8]:Col. 2c
  • in a "Greek Classical Costume, Long tunic crépe de chine mauve rose, the border of which is very handsomely embroidered with gold studded amethysts. Manteau drapery of mauve seutenu crépe de chine; border embroidered gold and studded turquoises. Crown, gold laurels."[9]:p. 2, Col. 7a
  • in a "(Greek classical costume), long tunic crêpe de Chine mauve rose, embroidered with gold, studded amethysts; manteau / drapery of mauve soutenu crêpe de Chine; border broidered gold and studded turquoises."[10]:p. 40, Col. 3a–3c

Robert Faulkner & Co.'s portrait (above right) of "Alice Beatrice (née Lister), Lady Glenesk as Egeria" in costume is photogravure #67 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[11] The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Glenesk as Egeria."[12]

Algernon Borthwick, Baron Glenesk

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Algernon Borthwick, Baron Glenesk was dressed as Lord James Murray in the Queen Elizabeth procession.[7]:p. 8, Col. 1b; p. 7, Col. 4c [8]:Col. 2c The Gentlewoman says, "Lord Glenesk" followed in the wake of Lady Edmonstone's Mary Queen of Scots.[10]:p. 34, Col. 1a Robert Faulkner & Co.'s portrait of "Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk as Lord James Murray" in costume is photogravure #68 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[11] The printing on the portrait says, "Lord Glenesk as Lord James Murray."[13]

Borthwick appears to be wearing some kind of honors insignia in his photograph. If the right Lord James Murray is dressed as James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (28 September 1690 – 8 January 1764), then Borthwick was dressed as a Scot who joined the Duke of Cumberland's army, fighting on the side of the British in the Jacobite uprising.[14]

Oliver Borthwick

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Oliver Borthwick (at 89) was dressed as "Marshal Turenne"[7]:p. 8, Col. 1b [8]:Col. 2c or an "officier d'lnfanterie."[10]:p. 40, Col. 2a

Demographics

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  • Nationality: British[1]

Family

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  • Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (27 December 1830 – 24 November 1908)[4]
  • Alice Beatrice Lister Borthwick ( – 28 March 1898)[2]
  1. Hon. Lilias Margaret Frances Borthwick Bathurst (12 October 1871 – 30 December 1965)
  2. Hon. Oliver Andrew Borthwick (2 March 1873 – 23 March 1905)

Relations

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Questions and Notes

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  1. No immediate relationship to Gabrielle Borthwick in the Golden Dawn.

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk". Wikipedia. 2020-07-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algernon_Borthwick,_1st_Baron_Glenesk&oldid=970330890. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alice Beatrice Lister." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. ↑ "Hon. Lilias Margaret Frances Borthwick." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Algernon Borthwick, 1st and last Baron Glenesk." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  5. ↑ Cannadine, David. The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy. New York: Yale University Press, 1990.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "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.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 “Additional Costumes Worn at the Duchess of Devonshire’s Fancy Ball.” The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper17 July 1897, Saturday: 63 [of 97 BNA; p. 138 on the print page], Col. 2a–3a [3 of 3 cols.]. British Newspaper Archive  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002627/18970717/283/0064.
  9. ↑ “A Jubilee Ball. Brilliant Scene at Devonshire House. Some of the Costumes Worn.” The London Echo 3 July 1897, Saturday: 2 [of 4], Cols. 6a – 7a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004596/18970703/027/0002.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 “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.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "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.
  12. ↑ "Alice Beatrice (née Lister), Lady Glenesk as Egeria Alice Beatrice (née Lister), Lady Glenesk as Egeria." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158421/Alice-Beatrice-ne-Lister-Lady-Glenesk-as-Egeria.
  13. ↑ "Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk as Lord James Murray." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158422/Algernon-Borthwick-1st-Baron-Glenesk-as-Lord-James-Murray.
  14. ↑ "James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl". Wikipedia. 2021-10-10. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Murray,_2nd_Duke_of_Atholl&oldid=1049276419.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray,_2nd_Duke_of_Atholl.
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