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.

Questions and Notes

1. 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.