Social Victorians/People/Portman
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- Family name: Portman
- Mr. Arthur B. Portman
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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 edit
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mr. Arthur B. Portman was among the Suite of Men in the "Oriental" procession.[1][2]
Questions and Notes edit
- Four slightly difficult-to-identify men were among the Suite of Men in the "Oriental" procession: Gordon Wood, Arthur B. Portman, Wilfred Wilson, and Hon. Algernon Bourke. Confidence in the identification of Gordon Wood and Wilfred Wilson is high because of contemporary newspaper accounts; the Hon. Algernon Bourke is not difficult to identify at all; Arthur Portman appears in a number of similar newspaper accounts, but none of them mentions his family of origin.
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.