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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Dunville

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Friends edit

Organizations edit

  • Mr. Dunville is identified as the personal secretary of Spencer Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire on 3 January 1898.[1]:Col. 2b

Timeline edit

1892 January 7, John Dunville Dunville and Violet Anne Blanche Lambart married.

1897 July 2, Friday, Lt.-Col. John and Violet Dunville attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (John Dunville is #649 on the list of people who were present; Violet Dunville is #650.)

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

Violet Dunville and John Dunville attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Violet Dunville edit

 
Violet Dunville as Edith Plantaganet. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Elliott & Fry's portrait (left) of "Violet Anne Blanche Dunville (née Lambart) as Edith Plantaganet" in costume is photogravure #120 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[2] The printing on the portrait says, "Mrs. Dunville as Edith Plantaganet."[3]

Newspaper Accounts edit

  • Violet Dunville's Edith Plantagenet costume: "apple green and gold brocaded loose gown, embroidered gold and pink jewels; jewelled girdle; corded silk cloak, embroidered."[4]:34, Col. 1c
  • "MRS DUNVILLE, as Edith Plantagenet, wore a loose robe of apple green and gold brocade, embroidered in gold, pink, and jewels; a jewelled girdle, and embroidered corded silk cloak, with long hanging sleeves; her hair was dressed in two long plaits, threaded with pearls, and she wore a jewelled crown, with long white silk chiffon veil."[5]:Col. 3a
 
John Dunville as the Emperor Yuan of China. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

John Dunville edit

Elliott & Fry's portrait (right) of "John Dunville as the Emperor Yuan of China" in costume is photogravure #121 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[2] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr. Dunville as the Emperor Yuan of China."[6]

John Dunville appears to be in racist yellow face in this portrait.

Yuan is a district and a river in China as well as a dynasty. The Yuan dynasty lasted from Genghis Khan (reigned 1206–1227) to Toghon Temür (reigned 1333–1368).[7] It is impossible to know if John Dunville was referred to any particular person with his costume.

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: John Dunville Dunville, Northern Ireland[8]

Family edit

  • Lt.-Col. John Dunville Dunville (20 October 1866 – 10 June 1929)[9]
  • Violet Anne Blanche Lambart (14 August 1861 – 7 March 1940)[10]
  1. Robert Lambart Dunville (18 February 1893 – )
  2. 2nd Lt. John Spencer Dunville, V.C. (7 May 1896 – 26 June 1917)[8]
  3. William Gustavus Dunville (13 June 1900 – )
  4. Una Dunville (22 February 1903 – )

Relations edit

  • Violet Lambart Dunville was the 7th child and 5th daughter of Lady Frances Conyngham, daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness Conyngham.[10]

Notes and Questions edit

  1. John Dunville Dunville was the personal secretary of Spencer Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire.

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ "The Prince and Princess of Wales at Chatsworth." Derby Mercury 5 January 1898, Wednesday: 2 [of 8], Col. 2b–c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000052/18980105/005/0002.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.
  3. ↑ "Violet Anne Blanche Dunville." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158482/Violet-Anne-Blanche-Dunville-ne-Lambart-as-Edith-Plantaganet.
  4. ↑ “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.
  5. ↑ “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.
  6. ↑ "John Dunville." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158483/John-Dunville-as-the-Emperor-Yuan-of-China.
  7. ↑ "Yuan dynasty". Wikipedia. 2021-11-12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuan_dynasty&oldid=1054932405.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_dynasty.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "John Dunville". Wikipedia. 2021-01-27. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Dunville&oldid=1003108913. 
  9. ↑ "Lt.-Col. John Dunville Dunville." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Violet Anne Blanche Lambart." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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