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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Walker
  • Baron Wavertree
    • William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (27 October 1919 – 2 February 1933)[1]
  • Hall Walker

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Organizations edit

  • Harrow School[1]
  • Member of Parliament, Conservative Party, for South-West Lancashire (1900–1919)[1]

Timeline edit

1896, Grand National horse race, Walker owned the horse that won.

1897 July 2, Friday, Mr. (#583 in the list of people who attended) and Mrs. (#584) Walker were present at the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

 
Mrs. Sophie Walker as Vivien; William Hall Walker as Merlin. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.

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

Mrs. Sophie Walker and Mr. Hall Walker attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.[2]:p. 12, Col. 4b

Lafayette's portrait (right) of "Sophie Florence Lothrop (née Sheridan), Lady Wavertree (later Fisher) as Vivien; William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree as Merlin" in costume is photogravure #250 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[3] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr and Mrs Hall Walker as Merlin & Vivian."[4]

Newspaper Reports edit

  • "Mrs. W. Walker was a pretty Vivien, in lurid and sinuous draperies. Her husband, Major Walker, was Merlin."[5]:41, Col. 2b
  • "The pretty costumes of Merlin and Vivian worn by Mr and Mrs Willie Walker at the Devonshire House Ball, were made by Mme. Ellis, 16, Upper George-street, Bryanston-square."[6]

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: British[7]
 
Aisla (yacht owned by Andrew Barclay Walker) by W. E. Miller, Vanity Fair 21 May 1896

Family edit

  • Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt. (15 December 1824 – 27 February 1893)[8]
  • Eliza Reid ( – 20 March 1882)[9]
    1. Sir Peter Carlaw Walker, 2nd Bt. (7 May 1854 – 18 October 1915)
    2. John Reid Walker (4 June 1855 – 6 March 1934
    3. William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (25 December 1856 – 2 February 1933)
    4. Mary Carlaw Walker (20 March 1858 – 17 December 1933)
    5. Arthur Carlaw Walker (4 May 1859 – 13 August 1907)
    6. Andrew Barclay Walker (24 June 1865 – March 1930)
    7. James Monro Walker (26 December 1866 – 24 June 1920)
    8. Ethel Lisette Walker (29 September 1872 – 18 April 1949)


  • William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree (25 December 1856 – 2 February 1933)[1]
  • Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan (19 September 1873 – 27 November 1952)[10]

Relations edit

  • Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet, was a brewer and yachtsman.[7]
  • The caricature of Andrew Barclay Walker (right), brother of William Hall Walker and 5th son of the 1st Baronet, is one of the "Men of the Day," Number 650.
  • Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan was a direct descendant of Richard Brinsley Sheridan[7] and Elizabeth Linley Sheridan, whom Lady Victoria Innes-Ker was dressed as at the ball.[11]

Notes and Questions edit

  1. More about horses, sports and art than family?
  2. William Hall Walker was apparently called Hall Walker.
  3. Hall Walker bred horserace and collected art; Sophie Walker was also a sports fan, lawn tennis and tennis.

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "William Hall Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08. https://www.thepeerage.com/p34156.htm#i341555.
  2. ↑ "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12 [of 20], Cols. 1a–4c [of 6] The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  3. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  4. ↑ "Mr and Mrs Hall Walker as Merlin & Vivian." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158613/Sophie-Florence-Lothrop-ne-Sheridan-Lady-Wavertree-later-Fisher-as-Vivien-William-Hall-Walker-1st-Baron-Wavertree-as-Merlin.
  5. ↑ “Girls’ Gossip.” Truth 8 July 1897, Thursday: 41 [of 70], Col. 1b – 42, Col. 2c. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002961/18970708/089/0041.
  6. ↑ Holt, Ardern. "Dress and Fashion. To Correspondents." The Queen 24 July 1897, Saturday: 54 [of 88], Col. 1a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002627/18970724/271/0054.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "William Walker, 1st Baron Wavertree". Wikipedia. 2021-06-07. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Walker,_1st_Baron_Wavertree&oldid=1027419441.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker,_1st_Baron_Wavertree.
  8. ↑ "Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Bt." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2024-01-26. https://www.thepeerage.com/p11746.htm#i117456.
  9. ↑ "Eliza Reid." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2024-01-26. https://www.thepeerage.com/p11746.htm#i117457.
  10. ↑ "Sophie Florence Lothrop Sheridan." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08. https://www.thepeerage.com/p17370.htm#i173694.
  11. ↑ "Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05. https://www.thepeerage.com/p2422.htm#i24211.
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