Social Victorians/People/Crewe-Milnes

Also Known As

• Family name: Crewe-Milnes, Crewe
• 1st Marquess of Crewe
• Marquess of Crewe
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1911–)
• Earl Crewe
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (1895–1911)
• The Lord Houghton, Baron Houghton: a subsidiary title for the Marquess of Crewe
  • Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1863 – 11 August 1885)
  • Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes (11 August 1885 –1895)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

Friends

• Richard Monkton Milnes: Florence Nightingale

Timeline

1880 June 3, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes and Sibyl Marcia Graham married.

1897 July 2, Friday, Lord Crewe (the Earl of Crewe) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1899 April 20, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes and Lady Margaret Etrenne Hannah Primrose married.

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

Robert Crewe-Milnes in costume as Philip II of Spain. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Felipe II, rey de España (Prado)

Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Robert Crewe-Milnes, Earl Crewe (at 169) sat at Table 6 in the first seating for supper:

• He "attended the ball as Philip II. of Spain," like the Earl of Harewood.
• "Lord Crewe was one of several Philips II."
• "Earl of Crewe as Philip II."
• "(Philip II.), crimson velvet doublet and trunks, slashed and puffed with black satin and embroidered with silver and passementerie; crimson velvet cloak with cape and front of light brown fur, embroidered same as doublet; crimson moiré ribbon with Order of the Golden round neck."

Frederick Hollyer's painted (rather than photographic) portrait of "Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe as Philip II of Spain" in costume is photogravure #205 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lord Crewe as Philip II of Spain."

Both Lord Crewe and Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood were dressed as Philip II. The portrait (right) of Philip II of Spain (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598) shows the king wearing colors similar to those in the Gentlewoman's description of Lord Crewe's costume. The hats are different in the two portraits, however, as are the Golden Fleece insignia, suggesting that this portrait may not have been the original for Earl Crewe's costume. The illustration of the jeweled necklace and pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece is also slightly different from the others. Earl Crewe's is hanging from a crimson ribbon, and the jewels in the chain worn by Philip II seem to be red rather than torquoise.

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Family

• Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (19 June 1809 – 11 August 1885)
• Hon. Annabella Hungerford Crewe ( – 24 February 1874)
  1. Hon. Amicia Henrietta Milnes ( – 4 July 1902)
  2. Hon. Florence Ellen Hungerford Milnes ( – 4 April 1923)
  3. Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (12 January 1858 – 20 June 1945)

• Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (12 January 1858 – 20 June 1945)
• Sibyl Marcia Graham ( – 19 September 1887)
  1. Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (31 August 1881 – 14 June 1948)
  2. Hon. Richard Charles Rodes Milnes (30 July 1882 – 20 Mar 1890)
  3. Lady Celia Hermione Crewe-Milnes (20 May 1884 – )
  4. Lady Helen Cynthia Crewe-Milnes (20 May 1884 – 15 June 1968)
• Lady Margaret Etrenne Hannah Primrose ( – 13 March 1967)
  1. Lord Richard George Archibald John Lucian Hungerford Crew-Milnes (7 February 1911 – 31 March 1922)
  2. Lady Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (23 March 1915 – 2 July 2014)

Writings

1. The Marquess of Crewe, Lord Rosebery, London, 1931.