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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Harbord
  • Baron Suffield
    • Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (22 August 1853 – 9 April 1914)[1]

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: British[2]

Residences edit

Family edit

  • Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (2 January 1830 – 9 April 1914)[1]
  • Cecilia Annetta Baring (c. 1834 – 16 February 1911)[3]
    1. Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield (14 June 1855 – 10 February 1924)
    2. Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord (15 June 1856 – 6 October 1934)
    3. Hon. Alice Marion Harbord (23 June 1857 – 13 September 1940)
    4. Hon. Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord (23 February 1860 – 19 February 1956)
    5. Hon. Assheton Edward Harbord (20 January 1861 – 18 July 1929)
    6. Hon. Judith Harbord (12 June 1862 – 4 February 1942)
    7. Hon. Winifred Harbord (31 December 1864 – 6 January 1949)
    8. Hon. Eleanor Harbord (7 January 1868[2] – 12 July 1939)
    9. Hon. Bridget Louisa Harbord (20 December 1870[2] – 24 September 1951)
  • Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett ( – 2 April 1934)[4]

Relations edit

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Friends edit

  • Albert Edward, Prince of Wales[2]

Organizations edit

Cecilia Annetta Baring, Lady Sheffield edit

  • Household of Queen Victoria, Lady of the Bedchamber[3]
  • Household of Queen Alexandra, Lady of the Bedchamber[3]

Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield edit

  • Liberal Party
  • Household of Queen Victoria, Aide-de-Camp (1868–1872)
  • Household of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Lord of the Bedchamber (1872–1901)[1]
  • Under William Gladstone, Master of the Buckhounds (February–July 1886)[2]
  • Master of the Robes, Coronation of King Edward VII and Alexandra (1902)[2]

Timeline edit

1854 May 4, Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Cecilia Annetta Baring married.[3]

1897 July 2, Lord and Lady Suffield, and Miss Harbord attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1911 July 15, Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield and Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett married.[4]

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

Charles Harbord, Lord Suffield (at 535) and Cecilia Harbord, Lady Suffield (at 536) and their daughter Bridget Harbord attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.[5]

Miss Bridget Harbord edit

The Hon. Bridget Harbord (at 398) was dressed as the Bride of Abydos, from Byron's 1813 poem.

  • "The Hon. Bridget Harbord, as the Bride of Abydos, was in a pure white and silver Greek robe embroidered in pearls and diamonds and a little / Turkish cap."[6]:p. 3, Col. 3c–4a
  • "She was dressed "as 'The Bride of Abydos,' in a pure white and silver Greek robe, embroidered in pearls and diamonds, and a little Turkish cap."[7]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "Charming, too, was the Honourable Bridget Harbord, as 'the Bride of Abydos,' in a pure white and silver Greek robe embroidered in pearls and diamonds, and a little Turkish cap."[8]:p. 6, Col. 1a
  • "The Hon. Miss Bridget Harbord (Bride of Abydos), white and silver gauze, embroidered in diamonds and other precious stones."[9]:p. 40, Col. 2a

The Bride of Abydos edit

The 1813 poem by George Gordon, Lord Byron is set in Turkey. The bride is Zuleika, and she loves Selim, who is said to be her brother.

Notes and Questions edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p1723.htm#i17226.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield". Wikipedia. 2021-01-30. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Harbord,_5th_Baron_Suffield&oldid=1003734727.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Harbord,_5th_Baron_Suffield.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Cecilia Annetta Baring." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p2869.htm#i28685.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Frances Amelia Jesse Eliot Gabbett." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-30. https://thepeerage.com/p39058.htm#i390575.
  5. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  6. ↑ “The Ball at Devonshire House. Magnificent Spectacle. Description of the Dresses.” London Evening Standard 3 July 1897 Saturday: 3 [of 12], Cols. 1a–5b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18970703/015/0004.
  7. ↑ "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. A Brilliant Spectacle. Some of the Dresses." London Daily News Saturday 3 July 1897: 5 [of 10], Col. 6a–6, Col. 1b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18970703/024/0005 and https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000051/18970703/024/0006.
  8. ↑ "The Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Dress Ball. Special Telegram." Belfast News-Letter Saturday 03 July 1897: 5 [of 8], Col. 9c [of 9]–6, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000038/18970703/015/0005.
  9. ↑ “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.
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