Social Victorians/People/Portman

Also Known As

• Family name: Portman
• Mr. Arthur B. Portman

Demographics

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Timeline

1897 July 2, Arthur B. Portman (#233 in the list of people who were present) attended the the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

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

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mr. Arthur B. Portman was among the Suite of Men in the "Oriental" procession. Nothing is known of his costume.

Questions and Notes

1. Three slightly difficult-to-identify men were among the Suite of Men in the "Oriental" procession: Gordon Wood, Arthur B. Portman and Wilfred Wilson. Confidence in the identification of Gordon Wood and Wilfred Wilson is high because of contemporary newspaper accounts; Arthur Portman appears in a number of similar newspaper accounts, but none of them mentions his family of origin. The Hon. Algernon Bourke is also in the Suite of Men, but he is not difficult to identify at all.