Social Victorians/People/Walsh

Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Walsh
  • Baron Ormathwaite
    • Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite ( – 27 March 1920)
    • Arthur Henry John Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (27 March 1920 – 13 March 1937)[1]
  • Baronet Walsh
    • Arthur Walsh, 3rd Baronet Walsh (3 February 1881 – 27 March 1920)[2]

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: British[3]

Family edit

  • Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (14 April 1827 – 27 March 1920)[2]
  • Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset (30 August 1834 – 20 May 1914)[4]
    1. Hon. Margaret Blanche Walsh ( – 1 February 1925)
    2. Hon. Emily Gertrude Walsh ( – 10 December 1928)
    3. Arthur Henry John Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (10 April 1859 – 13 March 1937)
    4. Hon. Edith Katherine Walsh (c. 1861 – 7 May 1952)
    5. Major Hon. Charles Edward Walsh (3 July 1862 – 17 June 1909)
    6. George Harry William Walsh, 4th Baron Ormathwaite (3 December 1863 – 27 October 1943)
    7. Hon. Gerald Walsh (16 December 1864 – 18 May 1925)
    8. Hon. Guy Robert Walsh (24 December 1865 – 11 May 1883)
    9. Hon. Nigel Christopher Walsh (2 April 1867 – 10 September 1931)
    10. Reginald Walsh, 5th Baron Ormathwaite (17 July 1868 – 13 February 1944)


  • Arthur Henry John Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite (10 April 1859 – 13 March 1937)[1]
  • Lady Clementine Frances Anne Pratt (2 August 1870 – 13 January 1921)[5]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Organizations edit

  • Eton College[3]
  • Sub-Lieutenant and then Lieutenant, South Wales Borderers Militia (1876–1878)[3]
  • Second Lieutenant and then Lieutenant, 1st Life Guards, Regular Army (1878–1887)[3]
  • Member of Parliament, Conservative, for Radnorshire (1885–1892)[3]
  • Second Lieutenant, Royal East Kent Yeomanry (1887–1890)[3]
  • Equerry in Waiting, Household of Queen Victoria (1892–)[3]
  • Comptroller of the Household, Household of the Duchess of Teck (1897)[3]
  • Various positions, Household of King Edward VII and King George V (1902–1920)[3]

Timeline edit

1858 July 20, Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset and Arthur Walsh married.

1890 July 26, Lady Clementine Frances Anne Pratt and Arthur Henry John Walsh married.[5]

1897 July 2, Mr. and Lady Clementine Walsh attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1897 October 27, Mary, Duchess of Teck died; Arthur Henry John Walsh carried her coronet at the funeral.[3]

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

Arthur Henry John Walsh (at 522) and Lady Clementine Walsh (at 523) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.[6] Lady Clementina Walsh wore an Empire costume, with "white satin embroidery; rubies and diamonds, with epaulettes of chiffon, trimmed embroidered lace."[7]:36, Col. 1b

Notes and Questions edit

Footnotes edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Arthur Henry John Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 "Arthur Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite". Wikipedia. 2020-09-09. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Walsh,_3rd_Baron_Ormathwaite&oldid=977485977. 
  4. "Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Lady Clementine Frances Anne Pratt." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  6. "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  7. “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.