Social Victorians/People/Stonor

Also Known As

• Family name: Stonor
• Marquis d'Hautpoul de Seyre
• Marquis d'Hautpoul
• Baron Camoys
• Lord Camoys

Organizations

Hon. Harry Julian Stonor

• Gentleman Usher and Quarterly Waiter in Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1883–1901)
• Gentleman Usher and Groom-in-Waiting to King Edward VII (1901–1910)

Timeline

1891 July 18, Julia Caroline Stonor and Pierre Louis Leopold d'Hautpoul, Marquis d'Hautpoul de Seyre married.

1897 June 28, Monday, according to the Morning Post, the Marquis and Marchioness d'Hautpoul were invited to the 28 June Queen's Garden Party, the official end of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London, as was Harry Stonor, who is listed in the legation from Rome.

1897 July 2, Friday, The Marquis and Marquise d'Hautpoul and Hon. Sir Harry Stonor attended the Duchess of Devonshire's Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Pierre, Marquis d'Hautpoul is #387 on the list of people who were present; Julia Caroline Stonor, Marquise of Hautpoul is #388; Hon. Harry Julian Stonor is #389.)

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

Pierre, Marquis d'Hautpoul, Julia Caroline Stonor, Marquise of Hautpoul and Hon. Harry Julian Stonor attended the Duchess of Devonshire’s 1897 Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Julia Stonor, Marquise of Hautpoul, sister, and brother the Hon. Julian Stonor attended the ball as Else and Lohengrin from an early 1890s production of the opera in Paris. This production, the first production leading to an actual run of the opera in Paris, opened at the Palais Garnier on 16 September 1891, with Ernest Van Dyck as Lohengrin and Rose Caron as Else.

Julia, Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre as Elsa from Lohengrin. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Opera soprano Rose Caron wearing the 1891 original of the costume worn by Julia, Marquise d'Hautpoul

Julia Caroline Stonor, Marquise of Hautpoul

Julia Caroline Stonor, Marquise of Hautpoul attended as Elsa from Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, dressed like soprano Mme. Rose Caron in an early 1890s production in Paris of the opera. Caron performed in the Parisian premiere of the opera, which opened in September 1892.

The 1892 Revue Encyclopédique: Recueil Documentaire Universel et Illustré has a long article about this production of Lohengrin, with the black-and-white photographs of the originals of the costumes worn by Julia Stonor (above right) and Harry Stonor (below right).

Lafayette's portrait of Julia Caroline (née Stonor), Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre) as Elsa from "Lohengrin" in costume is photogravure #29 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Marquise d'Hautpoul as Elsa from 'Lohengrin.'"

Newspaper Descriptions of Her Costume

• She was dressed as "Elsa, in 'Lohengrin.'"
• "The Marquise d'Hautpoul, who had selected the character of Elsa in Lohengrin, appeared in an exact copy of the costume of Madame Rose-Caron, who impersonated the part in Paris. Her robe was of fourreau old white silk, covered with gold embroidery, with a manteau of white Sicilian silk embroidered with gold, studded with rubies and pearls, and lined with pink silk. Her crown was of turquoise and pearls."
• She was dressed as "(Elsa in 'Lohengrin'), exact copy of the costume of Mme. Rose-Caron, who created the part in Paris; robe fourreau old white silk covered gold embroidery."
• This description accompanies a flattering line drawing of the Marquise de Hautpoul in costume (Top left drawing, full front, with flowing hair and cloak): "Made by Alias, 36, Soho Square. ... MARQUISE DE HAUTPOOL [sic], Elsa in “Lohengrin.” — An exact copy of Mme Rose Caron’s costume. Rose fourreau old white silk, covered with gold embroidery. Manteau of white silk, embroidered with gold, [rubies?], and pearls."

Pierre, Marquis d'Hautpoul

Pierre, Marquis d'Hautpoul was dressed as the painter Anthony Van Dyck.

Newspaper Descriptions of His Costume

• "in a Vandyck dress, [and] among the picturesque contingent."
• "Marquis d'Hautpoul [was] Vandyck, in fawn and black."
• dressed "as Vandyke," wearing a "doublet, fawn velvet, embroidered with black velvet flower pattern all over, edged in front with broad black velvet; the shoulders puffed and scalloped in black velvet; large black velvet mantle; Vandyke collar and cuffs; light grey felt Vandyke hat with large white ostrich feather."

Hon. Harry Julian Stonor

Sir Harry Stonor as Lohengrin. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

Van Dyck as Lohengrin, early 1890s

Ernest Van Dyck (Lohengrin)

Hon. Harry Julian Stonor came dressed as Lohengrin.

Lafayette's portrait (left) of "Sir Harry Stonor as Lohengrin" in costume is #170 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Hon. Harry Stonor as Lohengrin."

Ernest Van Dyck starred as Lohengrin (both photographs, right) in what seem to have been the same performances as Mme. Rose Caron that Julia Stonor's costume was copied from. The color photograph is from a color photogravure originally published in a book in 1895 and gives a feel for how the costume's colors worked; the black-and-white photograph shows the shield the singer carried.

Newspaper Descriptions of His Costume

• "personating Lohengrin."
• as Lohengrin, wearing a "tunic, white cloth, with silver embroidery; studded armour, chain mail cap-à-pie; helmet, steel, with winged swan's head in front; silver hunting-horn worn on right side attached to girdle; mantle, turquoise colour, fastened on each shoulder with silver brooches; shield, large, edged with silver."

Demographics

• Nationality: British

Family

• Thomas Stonor, 3rd Lord Camoys (22 October 1797 – 18 January 1881)
• Frances Towneley (prior to 1802 – 5 April 1880)

1. unknown child
2. unknown child
3. unknown child
4. Hon. Charlotte Stonor (15 May 1822 – 28 February 1875)
5. Hon. Catherine Frances Stonor (29 August 1823 – 25 March 1907)
6. Hon. Thomas Edward Stonor (29 October 1824 – 28 May 1865)
7. Hon. Francis Stonor (5 January 1829 – 10 January 1881)
8. Hon. Eliza Stonor (23 July 1830 – 24 July 1860)
9. Most Rev. Hon. Edmund Stonor (2 April 1831 – 28 February 1912)
10. Hon. Maria Stonor (2 April 1832 – 20 January 1914)
11. Hon. Agnes Stonor (8 October 1833 – 6 September 1887)
12. Hon. Harriet Stonor (5 April 1836 – 17 May 1914)
13. Hon. Caroline Stonor (24 May 1837 – )
14. Hon. Margaret Ann Stonor (8 August 1839 – 7 July 1894)
15. Hon. Eleanor Lucy Stonor (16 January 1842 – June 1886)

• Hon. Francis Stonor (5 January 1829 – 10 January 1881)
• Eliza Peel (c. 1832 – April 1883)

1. Francis Robert Stonor, 4th Lord Camoys (9 December 1856 – 14 July 1897)
2. Hon. Sir Harry Julian Stonor (17 November 1859 – 5 May 1939)
3. Hon. Julia Caroline Stonor (1862 – 4 February 1950)
4. Hon. Edward Alexander Stonor (16 October 1867 – 12 May 1940)

• Hon. Julia Caroline Stonor (1862 – 4 February 1950)
• Pierre Henri Louis Leopold Fernand d'Hautpoul Marquis d'Hautpoul de Seyre (26 August 1857 – 11 March 1934)
  1. Unknown daughter (9 March 1902 – 9 March 1902)

Notes and Questions

1. David Cannadine says of courtiers with aristocratic connections and long careers, "Sir Henry Stonor, brother of the fourth Lord Camoys, ... served every sovereign from Queen Victoria to King George VI." (245)