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Sometime in 1895

Sometime in 1895 "the first Japanese (Nippos Yusen Kaisha) steamship came to Europe" (Baring-Gould II 435).

Leonora Braham appeared as Lady Barbara Cripps in An Artist's Model at Daly's Theatre in 1895.

Oscar Wilde had two plays running in the West End, The Importance of Being Earnest (which opened Thursday, 14 February 1895, at the St. James) and An Ideal Husband (at the Haymarket Theatre).

Arthur Wing Pinero's The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith was running at the Garrick.

Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel moved to the Gaiety from Daly's.

January 1895

10 January 1895, Thursday

The Dorset Hunt Ball, with Mrs. Hughes-Onslow and Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow in attendance (Somerset Hughes-Onslow never married, so this is likely his brother's wife). This first article is from the Weymouth Telegram:

HUNT BALL AT DORCHESTER.

On Thursday evening, the annual hunt ball was held at the Municipal Buildings, Dorchester. About 340 tickets had been issued, and the hon. sec. (Capt. R. B. Foster) was obliged to refuse a number of applican[t]s. The Municipal Buildings were, as usual, magnificently fitted up for the occasion. The Corn Exchange was converted into a ball-room. The colours which were used in decorating the room were cinnamon, gold, and white. In each recess was worked a fan composed of these colours, with a hanging of the same down to the floor, and the walls were adorned with striped paper to match. Draperies were hung from the roof across to the buttresses, and there were other decorations of an effective character. Under the clock was displayed a magnificent palm (lent by Lieut. Gen. Henning. C.B.), and other plants from the same grower were also staged. The entrance to the hall proper was raised with a dais covered with crimson carpet, and on a table rested a splendid mirror standing six feet high. Choice plants also adorned the table. The ball room was illuminated with the incandescent light, which was supplied by the Gas Company. The decorations of the ball-room were carried out by Mr. G. J. Wood, who displayed great taste. The Town Hall was utilised as a supper room and was splendidly fitted up. The arrangement of the several tables was all that could be desired, and Mr. Bilham of the King's Arms Hotel, who was the caterer, well maintained the high reputation of the hostelry over which he so ably presides. Costly lamps adorned the tables, and these, together with the lamps which illuminated the stairway and tea room, were supplied by Messrs. Foster & Co. The plants were from Ilsington Gardens, and were lent by Lieut.-Colonel Brymer, M.P., and effectively arranged by the head gardener. Messrs. Hannah & Holland, of Cornhill, displayed considerable artistic taste in the decoration of the supper-room. A draped bordered dado was placed round the hall, and the windows were draped. Messrs. Hannah & Holland also had the arrangement of the tea room, which was made as cosy as possible, and the stairway which was covered with red cloth, and the handrail draped and festooned with muslins. The entrance to the Town Hall was converted into an ante-room, which contained lounges and easy chairs. The Petty Sessional Court was divided into two parts and made into cloak rooms. Dancing began shortly after ten o'clock to the music of Benzoni's band from Bournemouth. The following is a list of those present:— Captain, Mrs., and Miss Amyatt, Capt. and Mrs. J. Acland, Dr. Aruthen, H.M.S. Boscawen, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Archdale, Mr. H. T. Arnold, Mr. Allen, H.M.S. Alexandra, Mrs. and Miss Austin, Miss Troyte Bullock, Mr. and Madame Baillie, Lady Baker, Miss Baker, Mr. Brough, Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop Best, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Barkworth, Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Brymer, M.P., Colonel and Mrs. Bingham, Mr. G. P. Best, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bankes, Mr. E. Nugent Bankes, Miss Nugent Bankes, Miss Georgina C. Nugent Bankes, Miss Margaret H. Nugent Bankes, Mr. and Mrs. Dalglish Bellasis. Rev. W. and Mrs. Barclay, Mr. Bagshawe, Miss Bayley, Mr. Gerald D. Bond, Mr. Raymond Bond, Miss Leonora Bond, Miss Rachel Bond, the Hon. Ivan Campbell, Mr. Cardew, R.H.A., Mr. Evelyn Cecil, Major and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Edward Comberlege, Mr. F. Carbutt, Lady Margaret Campbell, Miss J. Creighton, Mr. J. E. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Colfox, Lieut-Colonel J. J. Congdon, R.A., Mr. Herbert Crosse, Mrs., Miss, and Mr. C. Clapcott, Mr. Currie, Captain Cotesworth, Mr. A. L. Collard (Hampshire Regiment), Mrs. Croke, Lord and Lady Digby, Major-General Denne, Miss Denne, Mr. J. W. G. Wingfield Digby, the Rev. A. and Miss Tyrwhitt Drake, Mr. E. Tyrwhitt Drake, Miss Devenish[,] Mr. Montagu Digby, Miss Katherine Digby, Mr. A. Doyle, Sir Robert and Lady Edgcumbe, Colonel and Mrs. Eliot, Lieut-Colonel and Mrs. Caledon Egerton, Mr. F. Earle, Lieut. Eagles, H.M.S. Alexandra, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fellowes, Mrs. James Fellows, Miss G. Fellows, Lord Fitz-Harris, Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh, Miss Blanche Fetherstonhaugh, Miss Agnes Farquharson, Mr. and Miss Fane, Miss Fenton, Mrs. Fyler, Miss Dora and Miss Ethel Fyler, Miss Fraser, Miss Violet Fraser, Miss Falls. Lieut-Comtuander Foley, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Faber[,] Lady Glyn, Miss Glyn, Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon, Mr. Smith Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gadesden, Mrs. Chafyn Grove, Mr. Drew Grimstone, Mr. John Goodden, Lieut.-General Henning, C.B., Mrs. and Miss Henning, Lionel Halsey, R.N., Count Edgar and Count [sic] Alexandra Hoyos, Countess Hoyos, Mr. P. Higginson, (85th Light Infintry [sic]), the Rev and Mrs. Claude Homan, Mr. and Mrs. Humbro, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hawkins, Mrs. and Miss Holford, Mr. A. O. Hood, Mr. Houston, Mr. Frederick Harford, Miss Charlotte Harford, Mr. Hickie, R.H.A.[,] Captain Hagan, R.N., Mr. Hulse, Miss Hunt-Grubbe, Mrs. J. Hargreaves, jun., Miss Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kindersley, Miss Fanny and Miss Katherine Kindersley, Mrs. Alfred Ker, Miss Ker, Misses Kathleen and Winfred Ker, Captain and Mr. Lushington, Major Long, R.H.A., Mr. Elliott Lees, M.P., and Mrs. Elliott Lees, Miss Lees, Miss Katherine Lees, Miss C. P. Lees, Miss Dorothea Lees, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. McLean, Mr. G. E. Llewhellin, Miss Lance, Lady Medlycott, Mr. H. Medlycott, Colonel and Mrs. Mansel, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Middleton, Mr. H. C. Middleton, Mr. A. D. Musgrave, R.A., Captain McMahon (85th K.L.I.), Mr. A. L. and Miss L. Morant, Miss Munro, Mr. Francis Mead, Mr. E. L. Mansel, Mr. Marriott, Mr. Maxwell, Miss Marker, Mr. Mosley, Miss Mercer, Mr. C. Marshall (K.L.I.), and Mr. J. L. Nickieson[sic], Mr. G. B. Napier, Miss Ella Nash, Capt. Neish R.H.A.. Mrs. Hughes Onslow, Mr. Somerset Hughes Onslow, Mr. and Mrs. Berkely Portman, Mr. and Mrs. Chandos Pole and Miss Pole, Mr. M. W. Portman. R.N., and Mrs. Portman, the Hon Gerald B. Portman, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Preston, Lady Parke, Miss Parke, Miss Dorothy Parke, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. H. Palairet, Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, Mrs. E. M. K. and E. V. Palairet, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pope, Mr. Alec Pope (3rd Dorset Regiment) and Mr. E. Alex Pope, Mr. W. A. W. Parke, Mr. Lionel Fox Pitt, Mrs. Fitzpatrick Praed, Mr. Ralph Paget, Captain Arthur Platt, Mrs. Pecklington, Captain Harold Platt, Mrs. Parry, Miss Peach, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Radelyffe, Mr. Raymond Radcliffe, Miss Radelyffe, Misses Grace and Violet Radelyffe, Mr. Garner Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Radcliffe, Mr. Percy Radcliffe, Mr. Ernest L. Radcliffe, Miss Radcliffe, Mr. Disney Roebuck, Capt. Rudyerd, Mr. F. F. Read (Royal Berks Regiment), Col. Slade, C.B., and Mrs. Slade, Mrs. and Miss Sheridan, the Bishop of Southwark, Rev. S. and Mrs. Spencer-Smith, Rev. S. and Mr. D. Spencer-Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. Critchly Salmondson, Mr. W. Critchly Salmondson, H. Henri B. de Satgé, Col. and Mrs. Skene, Miss Skene, Miss Hilda Skene, Col. Shakerley, Mr. and Mrs. S. Owen Swaffield, Lieut.-Col. O'Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stillwell, Miss Stillwell, Miss G. Stillwell, Major and Mrs. C. S. Shephard, Capt. Saunders, Mr. and Miss Hayne-Smith, Mr. F. Manners-Sutton, Miss Shrub, Miss Scott, Miss L. Shirley, Mr. Francis Stronge, Miss Mabel Silvertop, Mr. Scott, Miss Scott, Miss Sybil Scott, Mr. E. M. Sprot (85th K.L.I.), Miss A. C. Troyte Bullock, Mrs. R. D. Thornton, Mr. R. W. Trevan, Colonel and Mrs. Tweedie, the Rev. H. Van, Mr. Harry Verney, Col. and Mrs. Robt. Williams, Miss Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Williams, Mr. Ashley Williams, Mr. Berkeley Williams, Mr. Eustace S. Williams, Major and Miss Wynyard, Captain and Mrs. Wingfield, Mrs. H. D. Williams, Mr. H. Weld Blundell, Capt. Wrey, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Gibson Watts, Mr. R. W. Waller, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Walmesley, Miss Watson, Mr. R. Worthington, Mr. Beethom Whitehead, Mr. Weston, Mr. Wilkin, D.S.O., R.A., Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Watkins, Lady Barbara Yeatman, and Miss Yeatman.

Another version, with less description of the place, from the Western Gazette:

HUNT BALL AT DORCHESTER.

On January 10th the Dorset Hunt ball was held at the Corporation Buildings, Dorchester. The Corn Exchange was utilised as the ball-room, and a special floor was laid. The decorations, which were carried out with artistic taste, reflected the greatest credit on the designer, Mr. Woods. From the centre of the ceiling were depended graceful folds of light material, in white, yellow, cinnamon, these being the leading colours in the general decoration. The music was provided by Benzoni's Band, of Bournemouth. The Town Hall above was laid out as a supper room, the decorations, which were of a very effective character, having been carried out most skilfully [sic] by Messrs. Hannah & Holland. The supper and refreshments were supplied by the proprietors of the King's Arms Hotel, Messrs. Hodges & Sons supplying the wines. Captain R. B. Foster was the M.C., and the company, an unprecedentedly large one, numbered 350. Among those present were:— Captain, Mrs., and Miss Amyatt, Captain and Mrs. J. Acland, Dr. Aruthen, H.M.S. Boscawen, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Archdale, Mr. H. T. Arnold, Mr. Allen, H.M.S. Alexandra, Mrs. and Miss Austin, Miss Troyte-Bullock, Mr. and Madame Baillie, Lady Baker, Miss Baker, Mr. Brough, Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop Best, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Barkworth, Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Brymer, M.P., Colonel and Mrs. Bingham, Mr. G. P. Best, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bankes, Mr. E. Nugent Bankes, Miss Nugent Bankes, Miss Georgina C. Nugent Bankes, Miss Margaret H. Nugent Bankes, Mr. and Mrs. Dalglish Bellasis, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Barclay, Mr. Bagshawe, Miss Bayley, Mr. Gerald D. Bond, Mr. Raymond Bond, Miss Leonora Bond, Miss Rachel Bond, the Hon. Ivan Campbell, Mr. Cardew, R.H.A., Mr. Evelyn Cecil, Major and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Edward Comberlege, Mr. F. Carbutt, Lady Margaret Campbell, Miss J. Creighton, Mr. J. E. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Colfex, Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Congdon, R.A., Mr. Herbert Crosse, Mrs., Miss, and Mr. C. Clapcott, Mr. Currie, Captain Cotesworth, Mr. A. L. Collard (Hampshire Regiment), Mrs. Croke, Lord and Lady Digby, Major-General Denne, Miss Denne, Mr. J. W. G. Wingfield Digby, the Rev. A. and Miss Tyrwhitt Drake, Mr. E. Tyrwhitt Drake, Miss Devenish, Mr. Montagu Digby, Miss Katherine Digby, Mr. A. Doyle, Sir Robert and Lady Edgcumbe, Colonel and Mrs. Eliot, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Caledon Egerton, Mr. Bryan Egerton. Mr. F. Earle, Lieutenant Eagles, H.M.S. Alexandra, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fellowes, Mrs. James Fellows, Miss G. Fellows, Lord Fitz-Harris, Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh, Miss Blanche Fetherstonhaugh, Miss Agnes Farquharson, Mr. and Miss Fane, Miss Fenton, Mrs. Fyler, Miss Dora and Miss Ethel Fyler, Miss Fraser, Miss Violet Fraser, Miss Falls, Lieut.-Commander Foley, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Faber, Lady Glyn, Miss Glyn, Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon, Mr. Smith Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gadesden, Mrs. Chafyn-Grove, Mr. Digby Grimstone, Mr. John Goodden, Lieutenant-General Henning, C.B., Mrs. and Miss Henning, Lionel Halsey, R.N., Count Edgar and Count [sic] Alexandra Hoyos, Countess Hoyos, Mr. P. Higginson (85th Light Infantry), the Rev. and Mrs. Claude Homan, Mr. and Mrs. Hambro, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hawkins, Mrs. and Miss Holford, Mr. A. O. Hood, Mr. Houston, Mr. Frederick Harford, Miss Charlotte Harford, Mr. Hickie, R.H.A., Captain Hagan, R.N., Mr. Hulse, Miss Hunt-Grubbe, Mrs. J. Hargreaves, jun., Miss Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kindersley, Miss Fanny and Miss Katherine Kindersley, Mrs. Alfred Ker, Miss Ker, Misses Kathleen and Winifred Ker, Captain and Mrs. Lushington, Major Long, R.H.A., Mr. Elliott Lees, M.P., and Mrs. Elliott Lees, Miss Lees, Miss Catherine Lees, Miss C. P. Lees, Miss Dorothea Lees, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. McLean, Mr. G. E. Llewhellin, Miss Lance, Lady Medlycott, Mr. H. Medlycott, Colonel and Mrs. Mansel, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Middleton, Mr. H. C. Middleton, Mr. A. D. Musgrave, R.A., Captain (85th K.L.I.), Mr. A. L. and Miss L. Miss Morant, Miss Munro, Mr. Francis Meade, Mr. Ed. L. Mansel, Mr. Marriott, Mr. Maxwell, Miss Marker, Mr. Mosley, Miss Mercer, Mr. C. Marshall (K.L.I.), and Mr. J. L. Nickleson, Mr. G. B. Napier, Miss Ella Nash, Captain Neish, R.H.A., Mrs. Hughes-Onslow, Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow, Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Portman, Mr. and Mrs. Chandos Pole and Miss Pole, Mr. M. W. Portman, R.N., and Mrs. Portman, the Hon. Gerald B. Portman, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Preston, Lady Parke, Miss Parke, Miss Dorothy Parke, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. H. Palairet, Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, Misses E. M. K. and E. V. Palairet, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pope, Mr. Alec. Pope (3rd Dorset Regiment), and Mr. E. Alex Pope, Mr. W. A. W. Parke, Mr. Lionel Fox Pitt, Mrs. Fitzpatrick Praed, Mr. Ralph Paget, Captain Arthur Platt, Mrs. Pocklington, Captain Harold Platt, Mrs. Parry, Miss Peach, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Radclyffe, Mr. Raymond Radclyffe, Miss Radclyffe, Misses Grace and Violet Radclyffe, Mr. Garner Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Radclyffe, Mr. Percy Radclyffe, Mr. Ernest L. Radclyffe, Miss Radclyffe, Mr. Disney Roebuck, Captain Rudyerd, Mr. F. F. Read (Royal Berks Regiment), Colonel Slade, C.B., and Mrs. Slade, Mrs. and Miss Sheridan, the Bishop of Southwark, Rev. S. and Mrs. Spencer-Smith, Miss S. and Mr. D. Spencer-Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. Critchly Salmondson, Mr. W. Critchly Salmondson, M. Henri B. de Satgé, Colonel and Mrs. Skene, Miss Skene, Miss Hilda Skene, Colonel Shakerley, Mr. and Mrs. S. Owen Swaffield, Lieutenant-Colonel O'Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stilwell, Miss Stillwell, Miss G. Stillwell, Major and Mrs. C. S. Shephard, Captain Saunders, Mr. and Miss Haynes-Smith, Mr. F. Manners-Sutton, Miss Shrub, Miss Scott, Miss L. Shirley, Mr. Francis Stronge, Miss Mabel Silvertop, Mr. Scott, Miss Scott, Miss Sybil Scott, Mr. E. M. Sprot (85th K.L.I.), Miss A. C. Troyte-Bullock, Mrs. R. D. Thornton, Mr. R. W. Trevan, Colonel and Mrs. Tweedie, the Rev. H. Van, Mr. Harry Verney, Colonel and Mrs. Robert Williams, Miss Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Williams, Mr. Ashley Williams, Mr. Berkely Williams, Mr. Eustace S. Williams, Major and Miss Wynyard, Captain and Mrs. Wingfield, Mrs. H. D. Williams, Mr. H. Weld Blundel!, Captain Wrey, R.N., Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Gibson Watts, Mr. R. M. Waller, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Walmesley, Miss Watson, Mr. R. Worthington, Mr. Beethom Whitehead, Mr. Weston, Mr. Wilkin D.S.O., R.A., Rev. H. J. and Mrs. Watkins, Lady Barbara Yeatman, and Miss Yeatman.

22 January 1895, Tuesday

The Webbs organize a dinner "aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two Socialist groups," the Fabians and the ILP. The Webbs were there, as were Shaw, MacDonald, Smith, Hardie, Mann, and Pease (Gibbs 119).

24 January 1895, Thursday

Muriel Wilson was at the Eridge Hunt Ball:

An unusually large company assembled at the Eridge Hunt Ball, which took place on Thursday evening in the Pump Room, Tunbridge Wells. Among those present were the Marquis of Abergavenny, Marquis Camden, the Marchioness of Blandford and the Ladies Spencer-Churchill, the Earl of Tyrone, the Earl of Norbury, Viscount and Viscountess Cantelupe, Lord and Lady de L’Isle and Dudley, Lady Leconfield and the Hon. Miss Wyndham, Lord and Lady Henry Nevill and Miss Joan Nevill, Lord and Lady Brassey. Lady Violet Dangan, Lady Rose Leigh, Lord Lovat, Lady Ross, Lord and Lady William Nevill, Lord Richard Nevill, the Hon. T. A. and Lady Idina Brassey, the Hon. Arthur and Lady Clementine Walsh, the Hon. A. Harbord, the Hon. J. Mansfield, Lady Mary Sackville, the Hon. Violet White, the Hon. Cecil Brownlow, the Hon. Mrs Egerton, Sir George and Miss Stirling, Mrs Arthur Wilson and Miss Muriel Wilson, and Miss D’Arcy. Music was supplied by the Band of the Royal Artillery, and the ball-room was appropriately decorated with hunting trophies, palms, and flowers.

31 January 1895, Thursday

Muriel Wilson was a bridesmaid in the wedding between Allwyn Dudley Smith and Theodocia Elizabeth Egginton [sp?] at Tranby Croft church:

On Thursday afternoon the marriage of Mr Allwyn Dudley Smith, son of Mr Dudley Robert Smith of Messrs. Smith Bros., Bankers, Hull, and Miss Theodocia Elizabeth Eggington, of the Elms, Kirkella, was solemnised. The wedding took place from Tranby Croft, and the fashionable and large company assembled at the prettily decorated church included Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson, Mr Clive Wilson, and the Misses Wilson. The first portion of the marriage service was performed by the Rev. J. Foord, M.A., Vicar of Kirkella, at the Chancel steps, and the concluding portion of the service was rendered by the Rev. E. E. Willes, Rector of Calverton, Bucks, and uncle of the bridegroom, at the altar steps. The bride was attired in a magnificent costume of rich ivory satin duchesse, the bodice being trimmed with old Honiton lace. The bridesmaids were Miss F. Egginton and Miss L. Egginton (sisters of the bride), Miss Dudley Smith, and Miss C. Dudley Smith (sisters of the bridegroom) and Miss Muriel Wilson, and they wore most becoming gowns of “cafe au lait” caracul crepon, with pale blue velvet bodices, trimmed with embroidery, and antique china buttons. They carried choice bouquets of yellow flowers. Mrs Arthur Wilson was attired in a very handsome dress green chene silk, embroidered with jet. Mr M. Glyn acted as best man to the bridegroom. Immediately after the ceremony a merry peal was rung upon the bells, and after the wedding breakfast at Tranby Croft the happy pair left Hessle by the five o’clock train en route for Nice, where they will spend their honeymoon.

February 1895

1 February 1895, Friday

A bal poudré was held at Warwick Castle, with Countess Warwick dressed as Marie Antoinette. Muriel Wilson was part of the house party as well as attending the ball, as was "Mr Caryl Craven, to whom so many thanks are due for the able way in which he assisted his charming hostess in carrying out her scheme, Mr Craven being quite an authority on eighteenth century French art and dress."

Daisy, Countess Warwick dressed as Marie Antoinette for the Duchess of Devonshire's 1897 fancy-dress ball as well.

Miss Beatrice Fitzherbert "wore a beautiful pearl necklace, with large diamond pendant, and two diamond sprays, all of which were given by George IV. to Mrs Fitzberbert." (Col. 4b)

The day of the ball, the Coventry Evening Telegraph published the following:

GRAND BAL POUDRE AT WARWICK CASTLE.

Writing this morning our Warwick representative says: Warwick Castle will tonight be the scene of a memorable spectacle, the Earl and Countess of Warwick having invited about four hundred guests to a bal poudre, in which the costumes were to be of the style of the Louis XIV. and XV. period. The event has been looked forward to with considerable interest by the élite of the fashionable world, on account of the prominent position occupied by the Countess in society. Great preparations were made the Castle, the greater portion of which has been most lavishly decorated in the light and airy French style of the period. The dancing will take place in the Cedar drawing-room, the adjoining rooms having been set apart as retiring rooms. Supper will be served in the Great Hall, where the whole of the guests will be able to sit down together. The decorations have been carried out under the personal supervision of the hostess, who has received the valuable assistance and advice of Mr. Caryll Craven. The dance music will be supplied by Worm's famous "White Viennese" Band, while Johnson's (Manchester) Band will discourse in the supper room. The hostess will be dressed as "Mary Antoinette," Queen of Louis XVI. Her costume will be of rose-coloured brocade with a gold pattern, and a sky-blue velvet train embroidered with gold fleur-de lys. Lady Warwick's relative, the Duchess of Sutherland, will appear as the wife of Louis XV. in a costume of white and silver with crimson velvet train and silver fleur-de-lys. Lord Warwick will be in the dress of a military officer of the period, while Prince Francis of Teck has signified his intention of appearing in the uniform of "the Royals" (of the period). Owing to the demise of Lord Randolph Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough will not be present.

The house party at the Castle included the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, the Portuguese Minister, Prince Francis of Teck, Prince and Princess Henry of Pless and Miss Cornwallis West, Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine, Duke of Manchester, Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Burford, Earl of Chesterfield, Countess Cairns, Lord Clifden, Lord Kenyon, Lady Gerard, Lord Grey de Wilton, Lord Royston, Lord Lovat, Lady Norreys, Lady Eva Greville, Lord Richard Neville, Hon H. and Lady Fedora Sturt, Hon. H. Stonor, Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, Mr. F. Menzies and Miss Muriel Wilson, Miss Naylor, Mr. Arthur Paget, Mr. Cyril Foley, Mr. C. de Murietta, and Mr. Layoock.

The following accepted invitations to the ball, and most of them brought parties with them, the guests numbering in all about four hundred:— The Earl and Countess of Aylesford, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stratford Dugdale, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlayne, Sir C. and Lady Mordaunt, Mr. and Mrs. Smythe, Lord and Lady Hertford, Lady and Miss Waller, Mr. J. and Mr. J. P. Arkwright, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dugdale (18), Mr., Lady Anne, and Miss Murray, Captain and Mrs. Brinkley, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Scott, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Irwin, Mr. and Miss Perry, Major and Mrs. Fosbery, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. R. Paget, Sir A. and Lady Hodgson, Mrs. Beauchamp Scott, Major and Mrs. Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Tree, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Granville, Mr. and Mrs. Joliffe, Captain and Mrs. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. E. Little, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Lakin, Officers 6th Reg. District, Mr. Batchelor, Hon. Mrs. and Miss Chandos Leigh, Colonel and Mrs. Paulet, Mr. F. Hunter Blair, Mr. J. Alston, Mr. and Mrs. Hutton, Captain and Mrs. Cowan, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and the Misses Allfrey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. W. Allfrey, Mrs. and Miss Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Mr. R. and Mr. J. Lant, Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and party, Captain Lafone, Sir F. and Lady Peel, Captain and Mrs. Keighly-Peach, Miss Nicol and party, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Cove Jones, Mr. and Lady G. Petre, Mr. R. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Ramsden, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Low, Mrs. Basil Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Thursby-Pelham, Mr. and Mrs. H. Chamberlain, Mr. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. West, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith, Officers 17th Lancers.

The report from the Morning Post the next day:

The Countess of Warwick's Bal Poudré at Warwick Castle last night was attended by a company of nearly 400 guests, and was a brilliant success. The magnificent suite of apartments was superbly decorated with choice flowers, while the many treasures of antiquity and historic interest which the Castle contains were displayed in the various rooms. The choice of costume was restricted to the period covering the reigns of Louis XV. and Louis XVI., with powdered hair or white wigs, but gentlemen were given the option of appearing in English Court dress with Louis XV. wigs. The Countess of Warwick, who represented Marie Antoinette, wore a dress of rose-coloured material brocaded with gold, with a train of sky-blue velvet, embroidered with fleur-de-lis. The Earl of Warwick was attired in a Maison du Roi costume of rich velvet, with gold and diamond buttons. Prince Francis of Teck wore the uniform of the period of his own regiment, the Royals. The Duchess of Sutherland, as the wife of Louis XV., was in a costume of white and silver, with a crimson velvet train embroidered with silver fleur-de-lis. Prince Henry of Pless wore a blue military dress of the period with red facings, while the Earl of Rosslyn donned the uniform of a Colonel of the reign of Louis XVI. The Hon. H. Sturt represented the Church of the period as an Abbé, and Mr. W. Low the stage as David Garrick. Amongst the other guests were the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, the Portuguese Minister, Princess Henry of Pless, Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Burford, the Earl of Chesterfield, Countess Cairns, Lord Clifden, Lord Kenyon, Lady Gerard, Lord Grey de Wilton, Lord Royston, Lord Lovat, Lady Norreys, Lady Eva Greville, Lord Richard Nevill, Lady Feodorowna Sturt, the Hon. S. Greville, the Hon. H. Stonor, Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, Mrs. Menzies, Miss Muriel Wilson [sic no comma] Miss Naylor, Mr. Arthur Paget, Mr. Cyril Foley, Mr. C. de Murrieta, Mr. Caryl Craven, Mr. Kennard, and Mr. Laycock. The Countess of Aylesford brought a large party from Packington Hall. Herr Würm's White Viennese Band occupied the orchestra. Dancing commenced at nine o'clock, and at midnight the entire company sat down to supper in the large banqueting hall. The assembly was undoubtedly one of the most brilliant which has ever been gathered together within the walls of the historic Castle.

The Leamington Spa Courier had the definitive story in the next issue, a week later:

THE GRAND BAL POUDRE AT WARWICK CASTLE.

A profound impression has been created throughout the country by the enormously successful bal poudre given by the Earl and Countess of Warwick at Warwick Castle on Friday night last week, a lengthy, but — owing to the exigencies of the occasion — necessarily incomplete record of which appeared in our issue on the following morning. It is conceded on all hands that it was unmistakably the most splendidly organised and artistically perfect function of the kind that has been given during the present century, and certainly unexampled in the annals of the county. In times past, the historic fortlace has been the scene of many gay and festive re-unions, but history gives no mention of one that in any way equalled in point of completeness of detail or magnificence that in which some 400 of the present Earl and Countess’s guests participated on Friday night. For the nonce, the prosaic modern gave place to the splendour of the past, and the luxurious and gorgeous conditions which prevailed at the Tuilleries during the glories of the regime of Louis XV., and the reign of his ill-fated successor and his beautiful consort, were revived in all their sparkling radiance, thus creating a pageant of unrivalled grandeur and beauty, and one that will be long retained in the recollections of those who took part in or were permitted to gaze upon it. Moreover, never, perhaps, had the old Castle had within its walls such a notable company, including as it did, some of the most distinguished personages of the day, connections of Royalty, Ambassadors, of foreign Powers, Dukes and Duchesses, Earls and Countesses, Lords and Ladies, representatives of the three great services of the State, Statesman, lawyers, and other ornaments of the highest and most aristocratic circles. The long suite of rooms, with the abundance of rich and historic art treasures therein contained, was most tastefully and effectively decorated, and the gilded and brocaded furniture and lovely fittings were arranged so as to form a replica of the interior of the Tuilleries at the period which the Countess had, with consummate judgment, selected for representation. Wide-spreading palms were placed at different points, and rare flowers of brilliant hues from Cannes and other parts of Southern Europe were seen on every hand. The whole was brilliantly illuminated by innumerable wax candles affixed to crystal chandeliers, in addition to the rays of the electric light, emitted from glow-lamps so constructed as to simulate candles, and having the bulbs hidden by delicately tinted shades; and when the guests in their picturesque costumes perambulated the apartments, the spectacle afforded was unique and enthralling. The most striking scenes, however, were witnessed in the Cedar Drawing-room when the dancing was in full operation, and again when the richly-dressed and white-wigged guests sat down to supper in the grand Banquetting-hall.

The guests commenced to arrive about half-past ten, and carriages continued to roll up until close upon midnight. The traffic was directed by the same staff of police who were in attendance at the recent concert, and these were also assisted by the Commissionaires. Under the instructions of the House Steward, Inspector Hall and his men guided the traffic most skilfully, notwithstanding that the entrance to the courtyard beneath the gateway and barbican is very narrow. Precaution had been taken to fix a large number of lamps along the approaches to the Castle, to minimise the danger of an accident. The guests did not use the grand entrance under the porch, but entered by the door at the other end beyond the chapel, over which a large striped awning served as a porch and a crush room, the interior being decorated with flowering and foliage plants, and splendidly lighted by pendant lamps. They then passed through the armour passage to the centre State Drawing-room, adjoining the ballroom, where they were received by the Countess, the train of whose lovely and charming costume, a la Marie Antoinette, was borne by her little daughter, Lady Marjorie Greville, and a young companion, Miss Hamilton, who were attired as imitation China shepherdesses in white broche silk, and large white satin hats, trimmed with roses and long ostrich feathers, and carried wands. Dancing commenced at a quarter to 11, the music being supplied by Herr Wurms’ Viennese band, the members of which wore the dress of the period carried out in white and gold, and were ensconced in an orchestra formed in one of the arched windows. The ball was opened by a quadrille, in which one set was made up of the Countess and Count Demyn (the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador), the Duchess of Sutherland and M. de Soverel [sic] (the Portuguese Ambassador), Princess Henry of Pless and the Earl of Warwick, and Prince Henry of Pless and Lady Feodora Sturt. The programmes of dance music were in book form, bearing a miniature medallion of Marie Antoinette on the one side, and Warwick Castle, set in a little Louis Quinze frame, on the other. The scene, while the dancing was in full swing, was replete with animation and splendid beauty. The infinite variety of costumes, flashing diamonds and other jewels, and a brilliance of colour ever changing with wondrous rapidity, as the dancers advanced and receded, or mingled in the crowd, backed by the cedar pannelling with the light falling from the candelabra and incandescent electric lights upon the fine Vandyck family portraits hanging round it, the large crystal chandeliers pending from the white and gold ceiling, and standing in each corner of the room and on either side of the great marble and alabaster mantelpiece, made up a picture at once quaint, full of life, animation, and picturesque beauty. Shortly after midnight, three trumpeters, correctly dressed in the gold-bedecked uniform of English heralds of the time of Louis XV., took up a position at the entrance to the banquetting hall and gave the signal that supper was served, by blowing a fanfare. Thereupon, a procession was formed, the Conntess [sic] of Warwick leading the way with Count Deym. M. de Soverel followed with the Duchess of Sutherland; then came the Earl of Warwick with Princess Henry of Pless, Prince Henry with Lady Feodora Sturt, the Earl of Lonsdale with Mrs Arthur Paget, and Lord Kenyon with Mrs Miller-Munday [sic for Mundy]. This party of 12 seated themselves at the centre table, other guests occupying the round and oval tables, about 14 in number, and each laid for eight. Special arrangements had been made for the serving of souper, which was supplied entirely from the Castle kitchens, and it was originally intended, when it was thought the number of guests would not exceed 240, that all should sit down together. But the applications from those who wished to be included in what may, without exaggeration, be termed an historical event in the social functions of Warwickshire, were so very numerous that it was necessary to divide the company into two sections. On the centre table was an imposing display of the handsome gold and silver family plate, including a celebrated gold cup modelled by Benvenuto Cellini, and the floral embellishments consisted of choice flowers from Cannes and magnificent orchids from Trentham. The round and oval tables were also handsomely decorated with silver plate. The meal was a truly sumptuous one, and the menu, which was printed inside a little white and gold Louis XV. screen, having a picture of Warwick Castle on one side and “Souper, Février 1, 1895,” on the reverse, included some triumphs of the culinary art. The dessert comprised strawberries, apricots, grapes, pineapples, and other fruits rare and expensive at this season of the year,[sic] The hall, with its shining coats of mail, the magnificent Beauvais tapestry forming portieres and hanging from the gallery, the massive silver candelabra on the tables, and the immense ecclesiastical candlesticks standing on the floor and bearing torches which towered far above the heads of the guests, constituted a truly marvellous sight, and one upon which the eye never tired to dwell. To render the picture more complete, the servants, who flitted about attending upon the wants of the guests, were clothed in the livery of the period, some in white and gold and red velvet, and others in sabre suits of black, all wearing knee-breeches, silk stockings, and white wigs. The staff of servants at the Castle was quite inadequate to carry out the various duties which devolved upon them in consequence of the ball, and Mr J. Hall (the House-steward) consequently found it necessary to engage a special staff of first-class waiters from London. A few privileged persons, to whom tickets had previously been issued, were admitted to the long narrow passage in the thickness of the wall near the roof, which was discovered at the time of the disastrous fire in 1871, to which access is gained through the oak and carnation rooms. After supper, dancing was resumed, and continued with unabated vigour until considerably after four o’clock, the Countess remaining during the whole of that time with her guests.

One of the guests made an unfortunate miss of the train which cost him a good deal of inconvenience, and his host and hostess some anxiety. The gentleman in question was taken as one of a large house party in the county to Warwick, and there was a special train chartered from Milverton to carry the guests back to a station near the host's residence. A short time before his party were returning home, the guest went into the smoke-room at the Castle, and though the heard the name of his host called, he thought it was the company of a lady of the same name who were wanted. In the end the gentleman was left behind, and then he drove to Leamington, but could get no train from there. All the hotels were [Col. a/b] full, and so it was no use to apply there for a bed. The consequence was he had to spend the night in a waiting room either at Leamington or Milverton Station, getting back to the country house on Saturday. He will long remember Lady Warwick’s ball.

Letters have been received from guests expressing satisfaction in regard to the efficient way in which the police carried out their duties. It may be stated that the numerous alterations and renovations at the Castle, especially in regard to the private apartments, have been carried out by Messrs Bertram and Sons, the great upholsterers, of Dean-street, Soho.

As one of the lady guests was alighting from her carriage at the Castle, on Friday night, a large diamond and turquoise ornament, valued at 200 guineas, became detached from her hair, and fell to the ground. The loss was quickly discovered, and, fortunately, the costly ornament was recovered intact.

Viscount Dungarven, whe was to have formed one of Mr W. M. Low’s party, was prevented by unforseen circumstances from attending the ball. Mr Perry (Bitham House) was also prevented attending by illness.

LIST OF GUESTS.

It has been found impossible to obtain a complete list of the names of the guests owing to the fact that the presentation of tickets was dispensed with, and we have, therefore, been compelled to rely on extraneous sources for information. The following is a list of the names of a large number of those present at the function:—

PRINCES [init caps large, rest sm] — Francis of Teck and Henry of Pless (Viscomte de Bragabene [Bragelonne?].)

PRINCESS — Henry of Pless (Adrienne Lecouvreur.)

EARLS — Clonmell (modern Court dress), Rosslyn (Duc de Nemours), Lonsdale (M. de Copinson, Keeper of the Koyal [sic] Stud, Louis XV.), and Chesterfield (Court costume.)

DUKE of Manchester (Marquis de Grammont.)

DUCHESS of Sutherland (Queen of Louis XV.)

MARQUIS of Hertford (Court costume.)

MARCHIONESS of Hertford (Court costume.)

COUNT Paiffy (costume Louis XV.)

COUNTESSES Cairns (Duchess de Bouillon) and Rosslyn (Marchande Coquette.)

COMTESSE Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (Dame de la temps Louis XVI.)

VISCOUNTS — Southwell (Court dress of the period), and Clifden (Court dress of the period ).

HIS EXCELLENCY the Portuguese Minister (Mousquetaire of the 2ud [sic] Company of the Royal Household, Louis XV.)

HIS EXCELLENCY the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador (English Court dress.)

LORDS — Burford (Mousquetaire), Cecil Manners (Court dress of the period), Churchill (Mons. de Brissac), Kenyon (officer of the Regiment du Roi, Louis XVI.), Clifton (officer of the Guards, Louis XV.), Lovat (Comte d’Artagnas), Richard Neville (Duc de Lauzun), Frederick Hamilton; Royston (Souis Brigadier of Mousquetaires, Louis XVI.), Grey de Wilton (gentlemen temps Louis XV.). and Doneraile (modern Court dress.)

LADIES — Norreys (Paysaune Galante), Ann Murray (Madame de Pompadour), Waller (Comtesse d’Artois), Peel (costume 1787), Chetwode, Angela St. Clair Erskine (Lady Mary Campbell), Eva Greville (Polichinelle, Louis (XV.), G. Petre, Feodora Sturt (Madame la Marquise de la Pompadour), Gerard (Duchess de Pognac), Edith Seymour (Lady of the reign of Louis XVI.), Mordaunt (Princess de Lambelle), and Churchill (French Marquise in the time of Louis XV.)

SIRS — Algernon Osborne (civilian costume, Louis XV.), Archibald Edmonstone (Mousquetuaire), Francis Burdett, Charles Mordaunt (gentleman of the time of Louis XVI.), and F. Peel.

HONOURABLES — Mrs Louis Greville (dress of the period), Dudley Ward (Mousquetaire), C. Finch (gentleman of the period of Louis XV.), Captain Alwyn Greville (Mousquetaire), Mr and Mrs Chandos Leigh, Mrs Alwyn Greville (Dame de la Court Louis XV.), Captain Hedworth Lambton (Courtier of Louis XVI.), Humphrey Sturt, M.P. (Abbé Bouvet), Mrs E. Lyon (à la Watteau), Mrs Dudley Ward, B. W. H. Stoner (Mousquetaire, Louis XVI.), Sidney Greville (officer of the Regiment of the Swiss Guards), Louis Greville (Mousquetaire, Regiment de Provence, Louis XV.), George Keppel (Mousquetaire), Mrs George Keppel (lady, t[i]me of Louis XVI.), Malcolm Lyon, Mrs Herbert Dormer (costume, Louis XV.), Mrs Frank Parker, and Cecil Freemantle (Court dress of the period).

BARONS — Macar (Court dress of the period) and Schimmelpennick Van der Oye (Court dress).

BARONESS — Schimmelpennick Van der Oye (costume Louis XVI.)

GENERAL — Arbuthnot (Court dress of the period).

COLONELS — Paulet and Mildmay Willson, C.B. (Scots Guards).

MAJORS — Armstrong (modern Court dress), Norris Fosbery (Mousquetaire), and Alston.

CAPTAINS — Molesworth (Mousquetaire), J. Barry (costume, Louis XVI.), Somerset (Mousquetaire), Brinkley (Court costume of the period), East (Mousquetaire), Granville (Mousquetaire), Cowan, Lafone, Keighly-Peach, Bruce Hamilton, H. Welman (Court dress), Grant, Towers Clark (Court dress), Allfrey (Court dress, Louis XV.), and Oxley, 60th Rifles.

MESDAMES — Armstrong (French Marquise), Gerald Arbuthnot (Court Dame), Armitage (Dame de la temps Louis XV.), H. Allfrey (Marquise, temps Louis XV.), Brinkley (Court Dame, Louis XV.), Frank Bibby (Lady of the Court of Louis XVI.), Everard Browne (Court Dame), Beech, Aubrey Cartwright, Chamberlayne (Court dress), Cowan, Cove-Jones, H. Chamberlain, George Cartland, Cartwright (Court Dame), J. S. Dugdale (Court lady), Blanche Drummond, Lindsay Eric-Smith (Pompadour costume), Fosbery, Wilson Fitzgerald, Fairfax-Lucy (Marquise Louis XV.), Granville, Graham, Gaskell (Grande Dame), Hulton (Court costume), Harvey Drummond, Irwin, Joliffe (Watteau), Edward Lucas (Lady of Court Louis XVI.), Morton P. Lucas (Court Lady, Louis XV.), E. Little, Leslie (of Balquhain), Lakin (Madame Roland), W. M. Low, Leslie (a la Watteau), Beresford Melville (Dame de la Court), J. Menzies (Duchess d’Angoulêne), Molesworth (costume Louis XVI.), Basil Montgomery (Marquise), Miller-Munday [sic] (Marie Therese, Queen of the Sicilies), Robert O. Milne (Dame de la Louis XVI.), Norris, Osborne (Madame de Pompadour), Arthur Paget (Duchess d’Orleans), Paulet, Ramsden (Madame de Colonne), Arthur Somerset (Shepherdess a la Watteau), Smythe, L. Gay Scott, Beauchamp Scott (Lady of time of Louis XVI.), Shaw, Sanders, Fred Shaw, S. C. Smith (Marquise temps Louis XVI.), Tree (Lady Louis XVI. period), Thursby-Pelham (Court dress), Tower (Duchess de Polignac), Towers-Clark (Lady of the Court of Louis XV.)[,] Francis Williams, Wheatley (Lady of time of Louis XV.), West [(]Court costume Louis XV.), and Francis Williams (Louis XV. costume).

MADEMOISELLES—Allfrey, Armstrong (a laWatteau), Bromley Davenport, N. Booker (English lady of the Court of King George III.), Booker (Lady of time of Louis XV.), Muriel Bell, Nora Battye, Decapell Brooke, Spender Clay (Mdme Lamballe), Carleton (Watteau, Louis XV.), Chetwode, Anna Cassel, Carruthers (costume of the period Louis XV.), Champion, Hugh Drummond (Court costume), Constance Dormer (costume, Louis XV.), Beatrice Fitzherbert (Court Dame), Lucy (Mademoiselle de Montmirail), Granville, Gaskell (costume, Louis XV.), Hodgson (a la Watteau), Gladys Hankey (Marquese, reign Louis XV.), Irwin, Keighly-Peach akin (Dame de la Cours, Louis XV.), Lakin (a la Watteau), Lister-Kaye, Violet Leigh (Mdlle. de Chévreuse), Murray, Miller-Mundy (Court dress), J. Menzies (Duchess d’ Angoulêne), Naylor (Lady of the Court of Louis XV.), Nicol, Osborne (Mdme. de Pompadour, in garden dress), Perry, Constance Peel, Ramsden (Mdlle. de Colonne), E. N. Ramsden (Mdlle. de Coloane), Rushton (Lady of the Court of Louis XV), C. Starkey, Cicely Dudley Smith (Court dress, Louis XVI.), May Sanders (Louis XVI. costume), Cornwallis West (Mdlle. de la Court), Muriel Wilson (English costume of the period, Louis XV. and XVI.), Fleetwood Wilson (Lady, time Louis XVI.), and Waller (Fille de la Comtesse d’Artoix).

MESSIEURS — G. A. Arbuthnot (modern Court dress), W. C. Alston (Infanterie Regiment de Forés), Allfrey, J. Arkwright, W. Armstrong, J. P. Arkwright, Robertson Aikman, Frank Bibby, Bromley-Davenport, Brinckman, P. B. Vander Byl (Mousquetaire), Beaumont, 60th Rifles, L. Bethell (Mousquetaire), Bainbridge, A. E. Batchelor (Garde de la Porte), Everard Browne (gentleman, temps Louis XV.), R. Barnes, Battye, F. C. Hunter Blair (Mousquetaire), Beech (Garde au corps du Roi), C. B. Clutterbuck (Mousequetaire), Cassel (modern Court dress), Collings (modern court dress), Felix Cassel, Caryl Craven (military uniform of the period), Aubrey Cartwright, Chamberlayne, Bertram Chaplin, Cove-Jones, E. S. Chattock, H. Chamberlain, Drummond Chaplin (Court dress), G. Cartland, J. S. Dugdale (Recorder), M. Farquahar (Mousquetaire), Cyril Foley (officer du corps du Roi Pologne Stanilas), Kenneth Foster (Mousquetaire), S. M. Fraser (Mousquetaire), Fairfax-Lucy (Colonel George Lucy), J. S. Forbes (Mousquetaire), B. J. Fitzgerald (Mousquetaire), Francis Fitz-Herbert (Fusilier du Roi), J. B. Fitz-Herbert (gentleman, temps Louis XV.), Wilson Fitzgerald, R. Flower (modern Court dress), Francis, Flower (modern Court dress), Granville, J, Grenfell, Graham, G. de J. Hamilton (Mousequetaire), E. Harrington (Mousquetaire), Hutton, Head, H. T. Hickman (Court dress), Percival Hodgson (Court dress), Irwin, Joliffe, Joostens (Diplomatic Court dress), M. T. Kennard (Maison du Roi), F. Laycock (officer of Pondicherry Regiment), Morton P. Lucas (gentleman of the period), R. W. Lindsay (Court dress, late 18th century), E. Little, Lister-Kay, Lakin (modern Court dress), R. Lakin (the Duc de Brissac), Richard Lant (modern court dress), John Lant (M. Vauthier), H. G. Lakin (the Marquis de Breze), W. M. Low (David Garrick), Meyrick, Murray (Mousquetaire), C. de Murietta (Marechal Saxe), J. Moncrieffe (gentleman of the period), H. Mordaunt (gentleman, temps. Louis XV.), T. J. Meyrick (gentleman, temps. XV.), F. Menzies, H. Molesworth, Basil Montgomery (Courtier, Louis XV.), John Monckton, R. O. Milne (Chevan-le’ ger de la Garde du Roi, Louis XVI.), H. du C. Norris (Court dress, Louis XV.), J. Norris (Marquis of France), Norton (Louis XVI. costume), C. S. Paulet (modern Court dress), Quinton-Dick (Mousquetaire), Arthur Paget, Ralph Paget (dress of Louis XV.), Oswald Petre (modern Court dress), George Peel, W. R. W. Peel, G. R. Powell (Court dress), Mark J. Paget (gentleman of period of Louis XV.), Ramsden (Mons. de Calonne), L. G. Scott (Mousquetaire), H. Spender Clay (Court dress of the period), Smythe, Shaw, S. Sanders (Mousquetaire), F. Shaw, S. O. Smith (modern court dress), M. Oswald Smith (gentleman of the Court of Louis XVI.), Cameron Skinner, W. L. Thursby (Mousequetaire), C. J. H. Tower (officier Gardes Suisses), Tree, Thursby-Pelham, Tower (officier Gardes Suisses), J. H. Wheatley (modern Court dress), Read Walker (officier d'Infanterie), Francis Williams, Montague Wood, West, Gordon Wood and Anthony White.

DESCRIPTION OF COSTUMES.

Appended are descriptions of the chief costumes worn:—

EARL OF WARWICK.

Field Marshal, Louis XVI. — Military coat with the long skirts of the period, having turned-back revers of white cloth, laced, after the military fashion, with gold, white knee-breeches and silk stockings. The cravat and ruffles were of lace. A white wig in Louis XVI. style, and a three-cornered black beaver hat with gold braid all round the brim, which was edged with small white ostrich plumes, completed a handsome and artistic costume. A sword was worn in a swordbelt of the period.

COUNTESS OF WARWICK.

Marie Antoinette — Gala costume. Rich brocade dress, with a ground of a delicate tint of pearl, with a suggestion of pink in it, the design roses in gold, with gold foliage, lilies in white, some small blue flowers and clusters of pink blossoms, with bright old- world green as foliage. The skirt was quite plain, and the [b/c] bodice drawn into shaped points at the hips, so that it sat right out at either side. It was full, and yard on the ground at the back, The bodice was finished with points back and front, and was cut with absolute perfection. Round the shoulders were full soft folds of gold-flecked French silk muslin edged with beautiful gold lace. The sleeves were plain and tight to the elbow, whence they were finished with triple frills of the gold-flecked muslin, each bordered with gold lace, and with ruffles falling from beneath the frills of point d’Alençon lace. The frills were headed with bands of gold embroidery. At the back, suspended from both shoulders by gold cords, was a beautiful Court mantle of deep rich blue velvet, not so pale as turquoise nor so strong as the shade we call Royal, but a bright lovely colour. This was embroidered all over with a raised design of fleur de lys in dull and burnished gold, and was lined with the same blue velvet. The hair was dressed high with a magnificently embroidered head-dress. Her ladyship wore the Warwick family diamonds round her neck as a collar, a turquoise velvet cap clasped with jewels on her white coiffure and a bandeau of family jewels under her cap. Her court mantle was fastened at the shoulders with a tiara of diamonds widened out so as to clasp the cloak from shoulder to shoulder.

THE COMTESSSE AHLEFELDT.

Dame de Ia temps Louis XVI. — cream silk petticoat, with front of real ha[n]d-worked silk embroidery, done in the time of Louis XVI., the design being convolvulus and other flowers wrought in dull pink, blue, and green silks, and feathers tied with true lover’s knots. There was a bright shell pink tunic-shaped overdress, with Watteau back, edged with real Brussels, white silk stomacher, large pink bows in front and on each hip; and wreath of pink roses.

MRS GERALD ARBUTHNOT.

Brocade gown with Watteau back and paniers, cerise satin petticoat, studded with large blue satin bows, cerise velvet stomacher, fechu of Brussels lace; head-dress, cap of cerise velvet and blue plumes.

MRS ARMITAGE.

Dame de la temps Louis XV. — Light grey satin dress brocaded with bunches of cyclamen, roses with green leaves, and ornamented with velvet to match, and groups of yellow and cyclamen roses.

MRS ARMITAGE (KIRROUGHTEN).

Lady of the Court of Louis XVI. — Bodice and short train, with Watteau plait of pale heliotrope and green brocade, with large revers of heliotrope satin, and bodice trimmed with petunia velvet and petunia and yellow roses and lace; petticoat of heliotrope satin and lace flounces, diamond and sapphire ornaments; hair poudré, with heliotrope feathers.

MISS ARMSTRONG.

A la Watteau. — White watered silk, brocaded with stripes and clusters of roses. The front of the petticoat was draped with blue chiffon, and edged at the bottom with pink roses, bodice with blue satin bows in front, and on the shoulders and neck, and sleeves trimmed with full white chiffon and pink roses, powdered hair, wreath of roses and blue bow.

MRS ARMSTRONG. French Marquise. — Handsome cream coloured real old brocade with black velvet front, and trimmings of very old point de Venice, and festoons of pink roses.

MRS EVERARD BROWNE.

Brocaded satin with silver stripes.

MRS FRANK BIBBY.

Lady of the Court of Louis XVI. — White satin dress, with skirt draped with old lace, pink chiffon sash embroidered with silver; diamond buttons on corsage.

CAPTAIN BRINKLEY (WARWICK).

Court dress of the period — Claret-coloured coat and knee-breeches, white silk embroidered waistcoat, white silk stockings and old paste buckled shoes, Louis XVI. wig, and Court sword.

MRS BRINKLEY.

Marquise du Deffant — Train of white brocade embroidered in roses and forget-me-nots, the paniers lined and turned back with green satin and guipure; petticoat of pink satin and old Honiton lace, trimmed with pink roses; Louis XV. wig, with roses and diamonds.

THE EARL OF BURFORD.

Military costume of Louis XV.’s time — White cloth with pale blue facings, trimmed handsomely and effectively with gold.

MISS MURIEL BELL.

Princesse de Lamballe — Pink satin brocade, white petticoat, pink roses; hair poudré.

MISS N. BATTYE (LONDON).

English dress of the period — Light blue satin dress[,] lace fichu, large black velvet hat with white ostrich feathers.

MISS DE CAPELL BROOKE.

Lady of the time of Louis XV. — Pink figured silk, over white satin skirt, edged with gold gimp, Watteau back; hair powdered.

MR BEECH.

Garde du Corps du Roi — Crimson coat, white facings, and gold lace.

MRS BEECH.

Madame de La Fayette — Old brocade, with lace and crimson roses and black velvet bows.

MR F. C. HUNTER BLAIR (LEAMINGTON).

Mousquetaire Uniform Louis XV., in white, scarlet, and gold.

CAPTAIN JIM BARRY (LONDON).

Mousquetaire Louis XV. — Black knee-breeches, light blue coat and waistcoat, faced with white, and trimmed with gold lace.

MR CARYL CRAVEN.

Mousquetaire, Louis XVI. — White and gold.

THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.

Court costume — Coat of pale blue corded silk, the cuffs, pocket flaps, and fronts all richly wrought with gold, while the buttons were old paste and amethysts. The knee-breeches were blue silk, and the blue silk stockings were clocked with gold, and Court shoes were worn, with diamond buckles, The waistcoat was of yellow satin, brocaded with pink rosebuds, and having old paste and amethyst buttons. A jabot of old lace was pinned with a diamond brooch, and the ruffles were of similar lace. A white wig was worn with a three-cornered gold-laced and white-plumed hat.

COUNTESS CAIRNS.

Duchess de Bouillon — Dress of light-hued satin, with relief of pink diamonds, and pink roses in the hair.

MR CHAPLIN.

Court suit of green silk velvet, with embroidered vest and white wig.

LORD CHURCHILL.

Court costume — Blue brocade, with steel buttons and knot of ribbon, fringed with silver on one shoulder; white satin waistcoat and blue knee-breeches.

LORD CLIFTON.

Officer of the Guards, Louis XV. — Coat of pale green cloth, turned back with crimson, and laced with gold.

MISS SPENDER CLAY.

Madme. Lamballe — A pretty pink and white brocade dress in the style of Louis XV., and with large hat, trimmed with ostrich plumes and roses. She carried a white wand surmounted by roses.

MISS CARLETON.

Watteau, Louis XV. — Blue silk brocaded dress, with little pink roses, and pink satin petticoat with Watteau pleat, hair arranged with pink wreath of roses and pink feathers.

MRS CARTWRIGHT.

White satin dress, trimmed with sable and point de gaze lace; musseline de soie fichu edged with lace, and caught up with clusters of pink roses.

MISS CHAMPION (NORFOLK).

Dress of old brocade; petticoat of Rose de Barri satin, trimmed with pearls and lace; lace fichu, large rose hat with plumes, and pearl ornaments.

MRS CHAMBERLAYNE (STONEY THORPE).

Marquise Louis XV. — Pink satin petticoat, yellow flowered silk bodice, and train from the shoulders; pink satin ribbon and diamonds in the powdered hair.

MISS CARUTHERS (WARDINGTON, BANBURY).

Short-waisted dress of period Louis XV.; yellow brocade over yellow satin petticoat; old lace and roses.

MR BERTRAM CHAPLIN.

Period Louis XVI. — White satin coat and breeches, pink satin waistcoat.

MR QUENTIN DICK.

Officer of the Household of Louis XV. — White cloth uniform, faced with blue, and braided with gold.

MISS DRUMMOND (SHERBOURNE HOUSE).

A blue brioche, brocaded with pink roses and leaves, and gaily trimmed with pink Banksia roses, petticoat of white satin, flounced with lovely Brussels lace, bodice [sic] of bioche silk, with white front trimmed with roses and old-fashioned gauze, necklace of roses and pearls, and wreath of roses.

HON. MRS HUBERT DORMER (LONDON).

Court dress Louis XVI. — Petticoat of pink satin, point lace flounce; overdress of dark red satin, in paniers, looped with red and pink roses, diamond and pearl ornaments.

MR J. S. DUGDALE, Q.C.

Recorder’s Court dress of the period — Black silk gown with lace ruffles, black silk stockings, buckle shoes, and full bottomed wig.

MRS J. S. DUGDALE.

A very handsome bright blue silk brocaded with white, and made à la Pompadour, with white satin front trimmed with dark fur, the bodice made with pearl trimmings, and a white muslin fichu tied at one side under a bunch of pink roses, hair dressed with blue feathers, wreath of pink roses, and a tiara of diamonds in front.

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MISS CONSTANCE DORMER (HASTINGS.)

Marquise Louis XVI. — Gown of white silk brocaded with roses, Watteau back. Pearl ornaments.

LADY ANGELA ST. CLAIR ERSKINE.

Lady Mary Campbell — White muslin costume, with broad blue silk sash.

SIR ARCHIBALD EDMONSTONE.

Mousquetaire — White cloth uniform, faced with blue and showing a blue waistcoat, the whole having a large amount of silver military braiding.

MRS LINDSAY ERIC-SMITH (ELFINSWARD, HAYWARD'S HEATH. [sic no paren]

Pompadour dress, period Louis XVI. — Yellow brocade, and white satin petticoat.

MRS FAIRFAX-LUCY (CHARLECOTE).

A Marquise. — Rich white brocade dress, with blue and straw brocade saque, edged with Brussels lace, and Brussels lace flounce, Vandycked round, petticoat with pink roses, lace ruffles and fichu, and pink roses and diamonds in the hair completed the costume.

MR FAIRFAX-LUCY (CHARLECOTE).

Colonel George Lucy — Red lilac-coloured cloth suit, Court dress of the period, edged with silver lace, and belonged to Colonel G. Lucy in 1744; silk stockings of the same colour, high-heeled shoes, with diamond buckles, and knee buckles, lace ruffles, and cravat.

MR BASIL J. FITZGERALD.

Mousquetaire — Uniform of dark green cloth, faced with tan, and trimmed with silver, old point d’Alencon ruffles, tan silk sash, and cross belt of tan and silver.

MR B. FITZGERALD.

Mousquetaire — White uniform, with orange velvet facings braided with gold, crossbelt of white and gold, a yellow sash, and the high black leather boots of the period.

MRS WILSON-FITZGERALD.

Dress of the real old brocade of Louis XV.’s reign.

THE HON. CLEMENT FINCH.

Gentleman of the period Louis XV. — Coat of blue watered silk, with silver trimming, satin breeches to match, white satin vest, and black hat decked with silver.

MISS BEATRICE FITZHERBERT.

Dress of pale blue satin, lined with pink, with pink roses on the corsage, Louis XVI. period. She wore a beautiful pearl necklace, with large diamond pendant, and two diamond sprays, all of which were given by George IV. to Mrs Fitzberbert.

MAJOR FOSBERY (WARWICK).

Mousquetaire — Claret-coloured tunic, with salmon-colour cuffs, lace ruffles, &c.

MRS FOSBERY (WARWICK).

Marquise — Pink satin petticoat, covered with lace, grey and pink brocaded bodice and train, pink roses and ostrich plume in powdered hair.

LADY GERARD.

Duchess de Pognac — Dress of pale blue brocade, decked with small roses, with front of pink satin; fichu of muslin and lace, and stomacher of lace and roses.

LADY EVA GREVILLE.

Polichinelle, Louis XV. — White satin gown ornamented at the bottom with a trelliswork of silver, studded with small pink roses; corsage to correspond, and fastened across the stomacher by large diamond hooks and eyes.

THE HON. SIDNEY GREVILLE.

Officer of the Regiment of Swiss Guards — Coat of pale blue cloth, nearly bordering on green — quite a turquoise shade. The revers were white, and turned back from a white waistcoat braided with gold. The braiding was continued down the white revers of the coat and on the skirts; white satin knee-breeches, silk stockings, Court shoes, white wig, and three-cornered hat, trimmed with gold braid and white ostrich feathers, completed one of the most effective of military attires. A sword was, of course, worn.

THE HON. LOUIS GREVILLE.

Mousquetaire, Louis XV. — Claret-coloured coat, laced with gold over white; a white silk sash, sword-belt of red cloth with gold, white knee-breeches, Court shoes, silk stockings, and the wig and three-cornered hat of the time.

THE HON. MRS LOUIS GREVILLE.

Dress of the period — Petticoat of deep rose-petal pink satin, with a full flounce of white lace headed by trails of roses; over-dress of white satin, brocaded with a design of roses and lined with pale-green satin, pointed bodice showing a pink vest laced across, and ruffles and fichu of Mechlin lace to correspond with the flounce. The hair was powdered and dressed high, with an ornament of roses and diamonds at one side.

CAPTAIN THE HON. ALWYN GREVILLE.

Mousquetaire — Coat of scarlet cloth, cuffs and fronts turned back with white and laced with gold, and broad red silk sash, white knee-breeches, silk stockings, and Court shoes.

THE HON. MRS ALWYN GREVILLE.

Dame de la Court Louis XV. — Over-dress of pink mirror velvet bordered with dark fur, opening over a front of cream satin, long pink velvet sleeves with roses and fichu of fine old lace on the corsage; hair dressed a la Princess Lambale.

MRS GARKELL.

Grande Dame — Blue shot-satin dress adorned with point, d’Alençon lace, veiled with silver tissue under white gauze and tied up by a wide blue chiffon sash caught at the arm-holes with diamond buttons; ornaments, enamelled medallions set in diamonds.

MRS GASKELL.

Gainsborough costume — White satin and blue chiffon, Louis XVI.; old diamond necklace.

MISS GASKELL.

Costume, Louis XV. — Blue and pink costume of that period, with a very large black velvet hat, trimmed with blue feathers.

MISS GORDON.

All in white, lined with blue satin, the front of the bodice made of fine muslin, caught up with small pink roses; and a little wreath of pink roses in the hair, and diamonds.

MARCHIONESS OF HERTFORD.

Lady time of Louis XVI. — Black velvet dress and train, white satin front covered with old point lace; long pointed bodice with lace fichu, long velvet sleeves lined with white satin, front of dress covered with diamonds. White full-dress wig, with lace lappets and diamonds.

MRS ERNEST HUTTON (GROVE PARK, WARWICK.)

Marquise Louis XVI. — Overdress of light green satin brocaded with pink roses and faced with pale pink satin over white satin petticoat, with lace flounce beaded with pink roses. Pearl and diamond ornaments.

ERNEST HUTTON (GROVE PARK).

English Court dress — Black velvet, point lace ruffles.

MMR H. T. HICKMAN.

Court dress, time of Louis XV. — Black velvet coat, knee-breeches, trimmed with white lace.

MRS HUTTON.

Court costume — Dress with paniers of pale-green brocade over a white satin petticoat having a flounce of lace headed by roses.

MISS HODGSON.

A la Watteau — Sang de boeuf coloured satin petticoat, trimmed with old lace, caught up with roses; a corset and polonaise of rose figured satin, the latter trimmed with deep revers of green satin; white wig; ornaments, pearls and diamonds.

M. JOOSTENS (BELGIAN LEGATION, LONDON).

Courtier, Louis XVI. — White satin knee breeches, claret velvet coat and waistcoat, point lace ruffles.

MRS H. JOLIFFE (GOLDICOTE).

Marquise of Louis XV. — Blue silk brocaded dress with pink roses, the petticoat of pink satin trimmed with white lace and pink roses, and the over-dress turned back with green satin edged with gold embroidery.

LORD KENYON.

Officier of the Regiment du Roi, Louis XVI. — Handsome dress of white cloth faced with pale-blue and laced with gold.

THE HON. GEORGE KEPPEL (2,Wilton Crescent, London).

Mousequetaire — White cloth, with an exquisitely jewelled Order around his neck.

THE HON. MRS GEORGE KEPPEL.

Lady, time Louis XVI. — Gown of shell pink satin, pointed bodice, with full paniers, of antique brocade of the real deep rose shade known as du Barri sewn with silver thread and bouquets of roses. Full petticoat, of dull creamy-tinted satin, with a deep band round it of silver tissue embroidered with garlands of small leafless roses. The sleeves had long ruffles of old lace. The hair was powdered and dressed elaborately and high, with three rose du Barri feathers in it and a little cap of lace. The shoes were of pink satin, with diamond buckles.

THE EARL OF LONSDALE.

M. de Capuisan, Keeper of the Royal Stud, Louis XV. — Coat and knee-breeches were of ruby velvet, richly wrought with gold and with rare and valuable paste buttons on the former, while the vest was of pearl-white satin edged with very beautiful embroidery, white silk stockings, Court shoes with diamond buckles, lace ruffles and jabot with diamond brooch, jewelled hilted Court sword, and white wig with three-cornered hat with gold lace and white plumes.

LORD LOVAT.

Comte d’Artagnas — Military costume of the period in white, faced with blue and laced with gold; an embroidered pouch slung from his belt, embroidered in gold, silk stockings, Court shoes, white wig, sword, and three-cornered hat.

MMISS LUCY (CHARLECOTE PARK).

Madenoiselle de Montmirail — White satin petticoat, with deep flounce of Brussels lace, caught up with pompom; pink roses; witite brocade saque, laced with pearls; lace ruffles and fichu; large black velvet hat and plumes.

MISS LAKIN.

Watteau costume — White satin brocade with white satin petticoat, festooned with roses.

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THE PORTUGUESE MINISTER (DON LOUIE DE LOUVERAL [SOVERAL]).

Mousquetaire of the 2nd Company of the Royal Household, Louis XV. — Scarlet, laced with gold and relieved with white, high black Mousquetaire boots, a plastron [sic] embroidered with the Royal arms, white wig, three-cornered hat gold-laced and white-plumed, sword.

MR RICHARD LANT (NAILCOTE HALL, COVENTRY).

Present day Court dress, with Louis XV. white wig.

HON. MRS CHANDOS LEIGH.

The Duchesse de Polignac, period Louis XVI. — Petticoat of pale pink brocade, with corsage and train of sapphire blue velvet and lace fichu.

MISS VIOLET LEIGH.

Mdlle. de Chévreuse, period Louis XV. — Petticoat of white satin, with lattice work of pink roses, corsage with paniers and Watteau plait of sxy blue satin, lined with pale pink satin; powdered hair, with small wreath of roses, pearls, and white plume.

MRS ERNEST LITTLE (OF NEWBOLD PACEY).

Lady of the reign of Louis XV. — Train of brocade, in white and purple, over dress of satin, trimmed with old lace and pink roses.

MR LINDSAY (RED HOUSE, BARFORD).

Court dress late 18th century, composed of black velvet.

MRS EDWARD LUCAS (15, LENNOX GARDENS, LONDON)

Lady of Court Louis XVI. — Pink brocade, with green satin petticoat.

MRS MORTON P. LUCAS (THE OAKS).

Court lady, Louis XV. — Black velvet bodice and train; and white satin petticoat trimmed Brussels lace and roses.

Mr Morton P. Gentleman of the period—Black velvet Court dress, trimmed with steel, white satin waistcoat, and knee- breeches. Miss Listar-Kaye. Period Louis XVI.—Blue silk brocade, white petti- coat, pink roses. Me Lister Lisrer-Kare. Period Louis XVI.—Plum-coloured velvet coat and breeches, brocaded satin waistcoat, Mrs anp Hox. Mrs E. Lyon. A la Watteau—Dreases of white and gold flowered brioche, with plain white satin fronts handsomely the design being large, full blown pink roses and butterflies ; hip panniers, and the bodices were of id brioche, with white satin frunts trimmed with , lar pearls, and Cairngorm jewels, neck ruffles edged with pearls and gold, and aigrettes and velvet bew of pink and gold. Captain Tax Hon. Gourtier of Louis XVI.—Coat of bronze satin, richly- embroidered knee-breeches, and richly-embroidered waistcoat of pearl white corded silk, lace ruffles and jabot, and all the details to correspond. Dvuxg oF MANCHESTER. Marquis de Grammont—White satin knee-breeches, white silk stockings, shoes with paste buckles,a coat of real old Louis XVI. brocade, with a design of feathers in gold on a cream-coloured background and of pink rose sprays, the fronts, pockets, and cuffs all richly wrought in gold, and with fine old paste buttons. He also an exquisite real lace jabot, fastened with an antique diamond white satin waistcoat finel black three-cornered hat embroidered, white wig, and Str C. Morpaunt, Bart. Gentleman of the period—Coat and knee-breeches of black velvet, with waistcoat of black broché, all three trimmed with cut steel buttons; lace ruffles and necktie; white wig, three-cornered hat, gold-headed cane finished with red and green ribbons; black silk stockings, and shoes with silver buckles. Lapy Morpaust (Watton Hatt). Princess de Lamballe—Bodice and train of rich white brocade, trimmed with lace and wreaths of small pink roses, the train being edged with them all round; over pink satin petticoat, ornamented with bows of lace, lace flounce, and vandykes of pink roses. Hair powdered, over a cushion with curls in the neck, with wreath of pink roses, and loops of pink ribbon: White satin shoes, with pink heels and pink rosettes. Row of pearls round neck. Mr Basit of white cloth and Royal blue velvet, embroidered in gold. Me Gentleman of the period—Ooat of pale vieuzx rose brocade trimmed with silver, satin breeches to match, sea-green satin waistcoat lightly worked over in silver, ruffies and jabot of white lace. Mr Ropert O. Chevau léger de la Garde de Roi, Louis XVI.— Scarlet cloth coat, faced with gold lace, knee-breeches, three-cornered hat with ostrich feathers, large Hessian boots. Mr J. Moncrierre. Courtier Louis XV1.—Coat of yellow brocade, helio- coat. trope knee-breeches, and gold laced heliotrope waist- The coat had paste buttons, and the details as to wig, sword, ruffles, shoes, stockings, and three- cornered hat, were all correctly carried out. Mr H. Morpavunt (Watron). Courtier of period Louis XV. — Coat of mauve brocade, full skirted and embroidered with gold, the waistcoat of mauve satin embroidered in floral design, knee breeches of shot manve and gold, silk stockings, Court shoes, powdered hair, lace ruffies, jabot and sword made up a costume, correct in every particular, of one of Louis XVI.’s courtiers. Mrs Herbert Moctesworta (Devonrort, DEvon). Court dress of Louis XVI.—Yellow satin gown in roses, paniers, trimmed with light blue velvet and pink Diamond ornaments. Caprain ARTILLERY, Devon). Mousquetaire, Louis XV.—Claret velvet costume, with pink satin. Miss Murray (Dippineron Hatt). Short eau-de-nil satin skirt, trimmed band of passementarie, bodice and paniers of pink and white broché, looped up with pink satin bows; trimmed ruching of mousselaine-d e-soie over pink satin; white wig; pink roses ; ornaments, pearls an diamonds. Lapy ANN Morray. Madam de Pompadour (after La Tour).—Dress was of white and gold, brocaded with large sprays of coloured flowers satin and lace; white wig; lace cap, » trimmed with ruching of vieux rose with lappets and bow ; ornaments, pearls and emeralds. Pink dress with Iss MILLer-Munpay, fichu, Mrs (Shipley Hall, Derby). Court dress—Petticoat o: f yellow satin, draped with white silk muslin edged with little pink roses ; over- bodice low and double-breasted, of blue velvet with miniature and paste buttons, and revers faced with pale-hued brocade and finished with lace ; of head - dress of Marie Theresé, Queen the Sicilies, a silk handkerchief tied in a knot at one side, very like the portrait of Madame le Brun in the Louvre Gallery done by herself; also plumes and jewels. Mrs J. Menzigs. Duchess d’Angouléne—Dress of pink satin in a loose full skirt, with a frill round the hem, a white muslin bodice, and a blue sash. Her bonnet, one of the period, was of blue velvet, w ith purple and blue ostrich plumes. Mrs MELVILLE. Dress of green satin, lined with rose silk, and trimmed with roses and V. enetian point lace. Lorp Duc de Lanzun—Mili faced with white and b tary coat of violet cloth, stockings and knee-b reeches, a white satin raided with silver, violet silk embroidered waistcoat, gold- sword-belt, and all deta silver epaulets, a sword in ils to correspond, Rk H. Du C. Norris. Ma rquis of France, temps Louis XVI.—Coat and breeches rose silk, la tge diamond buttons to waistcoat, and superb diamon d buckles on shoes. Sword hilt jewelled in steel. Rg J. Norrts. i Marquis of Fran ce—Green br ‘ocade velvet coat and breeches, white satin t, diamond buckles to Mrs Madame de Pom silk dress, flowered with dandelions, and made with a Watteau back faced with pink, the petticoat of Rose du Barri silk w ith | flounces and jewelled tri mmings, bedice also trimmed with lace and jewels, and long puffed tulle | sleeves, drawn with narrow bi: jack ribbons; feathers in hair; gold and jewelled gird le. Miss OsBorneg. Madame de Pompadour—In coat with bandsof black velvet garden dress, pink petti- of white, atthe edge, andoverdress brocaded with small rosebuds, » large black velvet bow on one side under large pink Toses, ice en suite with lace and r, and black bow on the right shoulder, and large white chip hat, wreathed in roses, and with black velvet and roses under the brim. Str AL@ERNON Civilian costume—Black v; Priory, lace cravat, white wig and s elvet, with steel buttons, word, Princess Henry or PLEss. Adrienne Lecouvreur—A han dsome gown of i satin, the underskirt full, an d embr vory half a yard deep, all round with oidered, nearl amethyst, topaz, and briilia: nt jewelli gold, turquoi the up per skirt was caught back wi th tu ng: On the hip, satin similarly embroide Tquoise blue embroidered ues, Hair | were scalloped high and poudré ; orna- ments, diamond RINCE Henry or Vicomte de Bragebone—Green Officer of the uniform of an scarlet and relieved wi of Louis X VL, faced with braided wi the w elaborately .

14 February 1895, Thursday

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest opened at the St. James Theatre.

April 1895

12 April 1895, Friday

Good Friday

14 April 1895, Sunday

Easter Sunday

19 April 1895, Friday

"The anniversary, on April 19, of the death of Lord Beaconsfield, fourteen years ago, was celebrated by the display of primroses, the docoration of his statue at Westminster, and a meeting of the Westminster Conservative Association, at which Mr. Burdett-Courts was in the chair." (Home and Foreign News.Illustrated London News (London, England), Saturday, April 27, 1895; pg. 503; Issue 2923, Col. A)

26 April 1895, Friday

THE GERMAN HOSPITAL. The 50th annual festival of the German Hospital, Dalston, was held last evening at the Hôtel Métropole.— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, and among those present were his Royal Highness Prince Christian, the German Ambassador, the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Count Metternich, Count Koziebrodski, M. Gourko, Count Hadik, Baron von Schroder (Treasurer), Prince Stolberg-Wernigerode, Count H. Hatzfeldt, Karon von Deichmann, and nearly 200 other gentlemen.— After the usual loyal toasts the President proposed "The Foreign Sovereigns and Princes," and later on his Royal Highness gave the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the German Hospital.'' The Hospital, he said, was established in 1845. It might be asked what need was there for a hospital for a foreign nation in this country? But if such institutions were required at all they were needed as much for foreigners as for Englishmen. Indeed, if a foreigner fell sick in a foreign land he was especially in need of a hospital. The German Hospital was situated in a part of the Metropolis where such establishments were much wanted. It never shut its doors either to English or foreign sufferers, and he hoped therefore that Englishmen would feel as much called upon to help the German Hospital as any other. Their endowment fund unhappily was next to nil, their funds coming chiefly from that larger section of Germans who were in good commercial positions in London. Originally they had only 36 beds, but the number was now increased to 120. The sanatorium also was a valuable addition to the hospital. They had a deficit of £1,3192, a sum that he hoped would be greatly exceeded by the subscriptions, which he anticipated would be enough to secure efficient working for next year and to leave a good margin. In conclusion, his Royal Highness expressed his strong disapproval of the introduction of religious controversies in the management of the hospital, and he was happy to find that they were all of the same opinion on this subject.— Other toasts followed, "The Health of the Chairman" being received with much enthusiasm. Subscriptions and donations were announced amounting to £6,300, including £200 annually from the Emperor of Germany, £50 from the Emperor of Austria, £20 from the Chairman, £1,000 from Baron von Schroder, the Treasurer, £500 from J. Wernher, Esq., and £52 10s. from Messrs. Rothschilds.

May 1895

8 May 1895, Wednesday

Queen's Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace hosted by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales and attended by Baroness de Breinen and two of her daughters as well as Arthur Collins, among many others, of course.

22 May 1895, Wednesday

The Marchioness of Londonderry's Dance

THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY'S DANCE.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry by their company at dinner at Londonderry House last night. Among the guests invited to meet their Royal Highnesses were the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde and Lady Beatrice Butler, the Marquis and Marchioness of Zetland and Lady Maud Dundas, the Marquis of Winchester, Viscount Crichton, Viscount Royston, Viscount Milton, Lord and Lady Edmund Talbot, Lord Alington, Lady Gwendolen Little and Miss Chaplin, Lord Balvaird, Lord Lurgan, the Right Hon. David Plunket, M.P., the Right Hon. James Lowther, M.P., Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Sassoon.

The Marchioness of Londonderry afterwards gave a small dance. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide was among the guests who assembled after dinner.

There were also present— The Austrian Ambassador and Countess Deym and Countess Bianca Deym, the United States Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard, the Brazilian Minister, the Danish Minister and Madame de Bille, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess of Leeds and Lady Alexander Osborne, the Duchess of Abercorn, the Duchess of Newcastle and Lady Rossmore, the Duchess of Marlborough and Lord William Beresford, the Marquis of Abergavenny, the Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady Beatrice Fitzmaurice, the Marchioness of Blandford and Lady Norah Spencer Churchill, the Marquis of Tullibardine, the Marquesa de Santurce, Earl and Countess Annesley, the Earl of Tyrone, the Countess of Antrim and Lady Sybil M'Donnell and Lady Katherine Beauclerk, the Earl of Dunraven and Lady E. Wyndham Quin, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Countess of Listowel and Lady Margaret Hare, Victoria Countess of Yarborough, the Countess of Ancaster and Lady E. Willoughby, the Countess of Lonsdale, Countess Howe, and Lady E. Curzon, the Earl and Countess of Erroll, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Countess of Powis, the Countess of Latham and Lady Bertha Wilbraham, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Margaret Villiers, the Countess of Sefton and Lady Rose Molyneux, Count Koziebrodski, Count Hadik, Count Gleichen, Georgina Countess of Dudley, Count Hermann Hatzfeldt, Elizabeth Countess of Wilton and Mr. Pryor, Countess Cadogan and Lady Sophie Cadogan, the Earl and Countess of Arran, the Countess of Coventry and Lady Anne Coventry, the Earl and Countess of Ilchester and Lady Muriel Fox-Strangways, the Countess of Clanwilliam and Lady Beatrice Meade, the Countess of Derby and Lady Isabel Stanley, the Countess of Ravensworth and Miss Cresswell, Viscountess Newport and Hon. Helena Bridgeman, Viscount Falmouth, Viscount Milton, Viscount and Viscountess Curzon, Viscountess Emlyn and the Hon. Miss Campbell, Viscount and Viscountess Grimston and Miss Mackintosh, Lord and Lady Henry Nevill and Miss Nevill, Lord and Lady Alexander Paget, Lord and Lady Ashbourne and the Hon. Violet Gibson, Lady Anne Murray and Miss Murray, Lady Cicely Gathorne-Hardy and Miss Gathorne-Hardy, Lady Gerard, Lady de Trafford, Lord Richard Nevill, Lady Eva Greville, Lady Hastings, Lord Herbert Scott, Lady Edward Cecil, Lady Henry Bentinck, Lady Emily Van de Weyer, and Miss Van de Weyer, Lord and Lady William Nevill, Lord Ennismore, Lady Chesham and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady George Hamilton, Lord Willoughby, Lady Jeune, Miss Stanley and Miss Goschen, Lady Mary and Lady Evelyn Parker, Lady St. Oswald and Miss Forbes, Lady Clementine Walsh, the Hon. Lady Cotterell and Miss Cotterell, Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach and Miss Hicks-Beach, Lord and Lady Morris and Miss Morris, Lady Alington, Lord Brackley, Lady and Miss Bonham, Lady Hindlip and Miss Hackett, Lady Tweedmouth, Lord Lovat, the Hon. George Curzon, M.P., and Mrs. Curzon, the Hon. Arthur Coventry, the Hon. Humphry Sturt, M.P., the Hon, Martin Morris, the Hon. Arthur Meade, the Hon. Sidney Greville, the Hon. Henry Trefusis, the Hon. Mrs. Hill and Miss De Winton, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker, the Hon. Lionel Holland, the Hon. Derek Keppel, the Hon. Mrs. Oliphant, the Hon. Arthur Brodrick, the Hon. Kenneth Campbell, Captain the Hon. H. Lambton, the Hon. Cecil Brownlow, the Hon. Mrs. Bampfylde, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Ellis and Miss Ellis, the Right Hon. Akers Douglas, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Douglas, the Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, the Right Hon. Sir Matthew White Ridley, M.P., and the Hon. Lady and Miss Ridley, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Lady and Miss O Brien, Captain and Lady Sarah Wilson, Mr. and Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, Mr. and Lady Louisa Loder and Lady Sybil Beauclerk, Sir Algernon Borthwick, M.P., and Lady Borthwick, Sir William and Lady Eden and Miss Grey, Sir H. Calcraft, Sir William and Miss Walrond, Sir Frederick Milner, M.P., and Lady Milner, Sir Samuel Scott, Sir John Banks, Sir Horace Farquhar, Sir Henry Hamilton, Sir Arthur Edmundson, Colonel Howard Vincent, M.P., and Mrs. Vincent, Colonel Crichton and Miss Crichton, Colonel and Mrs. Gerald F. Talbot, Major Cosmo Little, Captain and Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Wrightson, M.P., Mr. Penrose Fitzgerald, M.P., and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mr. Charteris [sic no comma] Colonel Edgcumbe, Mrs. Smith Barry, Colonel and Mrs. Henry Fludyer, General and Miss Thesiger, Mr. Williamson, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Coventry, Mr. and Mrs. Menzies, Mr. E. Trotter, Mr. G. Trotter, Mr. Herbert Praed, Mr. Hamilton Aidé, Captain E. Milner, Mrs. John Domvile, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James, Mrs. Delacour, Mr. C. H. Pollen, Captain and Mrs. Fowler, Mr. S. Onslow, Mrs. Adair, Captain and Mrs. Gerard Leigh, Captain Maurice Burke, Mrs. W. H. Grenfell, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. Erskine, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oppenheim, Mr. and Mrs. R. Laurie, Mr. Algernon Peel, Mr. Victor Seymour Corkran, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sanders, Mr. Glynn, Mr. Hamilton, Mrs. Harry Burke, Mr. A. M'Donnel, Captain Pilkington, Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, Mr. Carson, M.P., and Mrs. Carson, Mr. C. Ramsden, Captain Arthur Bagot, Mr. George Phipps, Major-General Stracey, Mr. Longley, Mr. Frank Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. Moberley Bell, Mr. Francis Fitzgerald, Mr. V. Hussey Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. Orde and Mrs. Hornsby, Captain Orr Ewing, Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P., Captain and Lady Sarah Wilson, Mr. Marker, Mr. Cavendish, Captain Shute, Mr. W. C. Jamison, Mr. F. Gathorne-Hardy, Mr. Seymour Gore, Mr. Lister, Mr. Wombwell, and many others.

29 May 1895, Wednesday

Derby Day at Epsom Downs, so the Luise Friederike Auguste Montagu, Duchess of Devonshire hosted a ball at Devonshire House that night?

According to the Morning Post, "Arrangements for This Day" included the following: <quote>The Prince of Wales's dinner to the Members of the Jockey Club, at Marlborough House. / Viscountess Halifax's dance. / Lady Tweedmouth's second reception at Brook House. / Baroness Henry de Worms's Derby Tea, 4.30 to 7. / Mrs. Barber-Starkey's evening party at the Grafton Gallery. / Mrs. Carlisle-Carr's musical reception at 44A, Maddox-street, 4. / Epsom Races — Derby Day.</quote> ("Arrangements for This Day." The Morning Post Wednesday, 29 May 1895: p. 7 [of 12], Col. 7A).

June 1895

1895 June, founding of the Trafalgar Bicycle Club:

That cycling has for months past been advancing with giant strides in the affection of "the classes" has been very generally asserted, but if final confirmation of the fact were needed it is forthcoming in the establishment of a West End club formed solely for their benefit. We had the pleasure a week or two since of assisting at the inaugural ceremony, which by the daily press is thus reported: —

"The opening of the Trafalgar Bicycle Club yesterday afternoon brought together a brilliant company in the pretty grounds of Catherine Lodge, Trafalgar Square, South Kensington. Among the company assembled were the Duchess of Marlborough and Lord William Beresford, Countess Howe and the Ladies Curzon, Lord and Lady Arthur Paget, Lord and Lady Curzon, Lord Rowton, Lord Hindlip, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley Bonteim, Mrs. Leo de Rothschild, Lord and Lady Albert Kennedy, Lady Feo and the Hon. Humphrey Sturt, Mrs. Bischoffsheim, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson, Miss Muriel Wilson, Mr. Gerald Paget, Sir William and Lady Call, Georgina Countess of Dudley, Sir Henry Calcraft, Lord and Lady St. Oswald, Mrs. Adair, Mrs. Smith Barry, Mrs. Maxwell and Miss Heron, Lady Sarah Wilson, Madame Von Andre, Major Wynne Finch, Lady de Trafford, Mr. Montague Guest, Lady Eden, and many others. Races for special prizes were run in the open track in the square, but society preferred to foregather on the pretty lawn surrounding the covered velodrome. Tables were scattered about, and tea, coffee, and ices were dispensed. The ladies wore their brightest dresses, and the occasion was agreeably prophetic of a successful career for the club."

We may add that all arrangements for the supply of machines are vested in the hands of Messrs. Humber and Co., Ltd., whose interests are safe in the keeping of Mr. Walter Creswick, their courteous representative. ("Society and the Wheel")

1 June 1895, Saturday

C.S. Schreiber was present at the annual regimental dinner of the 1st Life Guards hosted by the Prince of Wales:

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was present on Saturday evening at the annual regimental dinner of the 1st Life Guards, held in the Whitehall Rooms, Hôtel Métropole. The chair was taken by the Earl of Caledon, and during dinner the string band of the regiment played a selection of music in the vestibule. There were present General Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (Colonel), the Duke of Beaufort, Lord de Ramsey, Lord de Ros, General Duncombe, Captain A. E. Duncombe, Captain Walter Duncombe, Captain the Hon. Cecil Duncombe, Captain Sir W. Fraser, Lord Greville, Viscount Grimston, Captain Holford, Surgeon-Colonel Hensman, Mr. H. V. Higgins, Captain T. J. Levett, Lord Magheramorne, Lord North, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord Ormathwaite, Major J. Reid, Mr. Scott Murray, Major St. J.Taylor, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir S. Lockhart, Mr. Martin Mence, Mr. Lyon, Lord Templemore, Major C. N. Miles, Major T. C. P. Calley, Captain Gordon Carter, Captain the Hon. R. F. Greville, Captain J. R. G. Cotterell, Captain the Hon. C. E. Bingham, Captain G. Milner. Captain E. B. Cook, Lieutenant E. W. Clowes, Lieutenant H. C. Fraser, Lieutenant the Marquis of Hamilton, Lieutenant H. M. Walker, Lieutenant H. M. Grenfell, Lieutenant B. D. A. Corbet, Lieutenant the Hon. C. Wyndham, Lieutenant C. S. Schreiber, Lieutenant P. B. Cookson, Lieutenant the Hon. J. Tufton, Riding-Master D. Hall, Quartermaster W. Wragg, Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Forrester, Surgeon Captain Cross, and Veterinary Captain Edwards.

2 June 1895, Sunday

Whit Sunday

26 June 1895, Wednesday

The Times reported the following:

Under the auspices of the Society of Authors a complimentary dinner to Sir Walter Besant was given last night in the King's-hall of the Holborn Restaurant. Sir W. Martin Conway took the chair, and the guests, who numbered nearly 250, included Lady Besant, Major-General Sir F. Goldsmid, Sir W. T. Charley, Sir H. Gilzean [Gilzoan?] Reid, Mr. Hall Caine, Mrs. F. Hodgson Burnett, Mr. Austin Dobson, Sir Henry Bergne, "Annie S. Swan," Mr. Walter Wren, "Sarah Grand," Mr. H. Rider Haggard, Mr. E. M. Underdown, Q.C., Mr. J. M. Barrie, Mr. Henry Norman, Mr. A. W. à Beckett, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, "Helen Mathers," Mr. Moncure D. Conway, Mr. J. M. Lely, the Rev. T. G. Bonnney, the Rev. E. C. Hawkins, Miss May Crommelin, Mr. I. Zangwill, Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Mr. Douglas Sladen, Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, Mr. W. Morris Colles, Mrs. Needell, Mr. J. Ashby Sterry, Mr. F. E. Beddard, Mr. Oswald Crawford, Mr. F. Frankfort Moore, Mr. A. W. Dubourg, Mr. W. H. Rideing, "Annabel Gray," Mr. G. Manville Fenn, Mr H. Cox, the Rev. C. H. Middleton Wake, Mr. C. Herbert Thring, the Rev. C. Voysey, and Mr. B. L. Farjeon.

Mr. Hall Caine, in proposing the health of the guest of the evening, first read the following telegram from Mr. John Ruskin: -- "I am in true sympathy with you to-night. Convey my respectful greetings to all present, who are doing well-deserved honour to Sir Walter Besant, to whom please give my heartfelt congratulations." Proceeding, he said that in drinking the health of Sir Walter Besant they drank to a novelist of old and assured renown, of high aim and noble achievements, a novelist who had given the world of his best and never yet written a line which modesty or morality could wish him to blot. (Cheers.) They also drank to a reformer who had brought solace and cheer through so many years to so many thousands, who had kindled good impulses of benevolence and charity, thrift and self-help, and had been so happy as to see, while he was still in the meridian of life, a practical realization of one of his imaginary pictures in the People's Palace of London. (Cheers.) But there was a claim which came closer than those, and in drinking the health of Sir Walter Besant they drank to the father of the profession of literature in their time as a profession and to the first cause and founder of the Society of Authors. (Cheers.) In founding the Society of Authors and in directing the line of its conduct he had done a great service to literary people of every class and country by carrying forward the rights of literary property one long step towards just and equitable international law. (Cheers.)

Sir Walter Besant, in responding, said the honour conferred upon him was an honour conferred upon their society. It was a recognition of the society. (Cheers.) To use Lord Rosebery's words, it was an honour offered for "services rendered to the dignity of literature." And those services would be futile -- a mere beating of the air -- were it not for their own organizaiton. They might be Radical or Tory, but let them remember that Lord Rosebery was the first Prime Minister who had ever given a thought to the dignity of literature and the first who had ever recognized that literature was a profession at all. (Cheers.) The first thing and the main thing for authors was to achieve the independence of authors. Three persons were concerned with the production of literature -- the author, the man in the middle, and the bookseller. The man in the middle -- the publisher -- had got the whole of the business in his own hands. He wrapped up the business in profound secrecy. How, then, could the independence of the author be achieved? First, and above all, by getting at a knowledge of the facts and by clearing their minds of prejudice and misinformation. They had to teach the public that a book was not an inexhaustible mine to begin with, nor was it, on the other hand, a dynamite shell charged with deadly risk. He urged that a pension fund for authors should be established. (Cheers.) It was his highest hope that on such a work as that and in everything else that belonged to the dignity, the honour, and the glory of literature was that he was with them a craftsman in letters, a brother in the craft, a member of the guild, a worker in the fraternity, might live to take a larger part in that cause and to do more work for that cause than in the past. (Cheers.) [new paragraph] The only other toast was that of "The Chairman," which was proposed by Mr. Henry Norman and responded to by Sir W. Martin Conway." ("Banquet to Sir Walter Besant." The Times, Thursday, 27 June 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34614; col G))

There was apparently a regular celebration of Arthur Collins' birthday, 26 June, by Bret Harte, George Du Maurier, Arthur Sullivan, Alfred Cellier, Arthur Blunt, and John Hare (Nissen, Axel. Brent Harte: Prince and Pauper: 239. [1]). Choosing 1885–1902 as the dates because those apparently are the dates of the close relationship between Harte and Collins, ending in Harte's death in 1902. Pemberton quotes a letter from Harte to Collins dated the 25th that says he couldn't make it: <quote>"My Dear Arthur, What do you mean by having a Jubilee at a time when I can't attend? For I am afraid it will not be possible for me to get away from here (where I am visiting with a friend) before Monday next, much as I should enjoy meeting you with your friends, and gladly as I would throw over [281/282] any social engagement for that purpose. But I am here on business, of which sometime I will tell you further. [skip one paragraph; new paragraph] "Why haven't I seen you? I sent over form the Club the other day to try and caputre you at 24 St. James' Street, that you might lunch with me, but the manager brought back word that you would not return before the afternoon. Do let me hear from you. I was so sorry I could not come to Hare's dinner, but I had accepted an invitation from the Chappells for the following Sunday to meet him...." </quote> (T. Edgar Pemberton, The Life of Bret Harte. London: C. Arthur Pearson: 1903. Page 282.)

27 June 1895, Thursday

Mr. Kenneth Wilson and Miss Hackett marry in London, very fashionable wedding

London, Thursday.

The handsome church of St. Peter's, Eaton-square, was tastefully decorated and thronged with a large and fashionable congregation this afternoon to witness the marriage of Mr. Kenneth Wilson, son of Mr. Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, to Miss Hackett, daughter of Mr. Hackett, of Moor Hall, Warwick, and niece of Lady Hindlip. The service was fully choral, and the ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Byron, uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. F. E Wallis, rector of Hindlip, and the Rev. John Storrs, vicar of St. Peter's. Lord Hindlip gave the bride away, while the bridegroom was supported by his brother, Mr. Clive Wilson, as best man. The bride wore a rich ivory duchesse satin gown, made with a plain skirt, the bodice being arranged with sashes of ribbon coming from high up under the arms, crossing the front, and falling in two long ends to the hem of the skirt, which was fringed with orange blossom. A small bouquet of orange blossom fastened the sash at the waist. The sleeves were loosely slashed, terminating in a point at the wrist, and the neck of the bodice was finished off with fine Alençon lace. Her bridal veil was of tulle, and surmounted a coronet of natural orange blossom. The seven bridesmaids were Miss Muriel Wilson, sister of the bridegroom, Lady Anne Coventry, Lady Lilian Spencer-Churchill, Miss Evelyn Ellis, Mis. Sibell Bass, Miss Clara Palmer Morewood, and Miss Nancy Green They were attired alike in charming costumes of white muslin over white silk with large Marie Antoinette fichus, edged with Valenciennes lace and large puffed sleeves. The full skirts were edged with narrow flounces to match the fichus. They wore white chip hats, with chiffon drawn crowns and trimmed with blue, and carried bouquets of roses. The bridegroom's presents to them were diamond and ruby sword brooches.

Among the invited guests were the Earl and Countess of Coventry, the Marquis Camden, Victoria Countess of Yarborough and Mr. Richardson, M. P., Sir John Dickson Poynder, the Hon. Cecil Brownlow, Lady William Nevill, Lady Settrington, Lady Edith Curzon, Mr. and Lady Clementina Walsh, Lady Norreys, Mr. and Lady Barbara Smith, Lord and Lady Lurgan, Mr. and Mrs. F. Pease, Sir Savile and Lady Crossley, Mr. Stephen Wombwell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Alwyn-Smith, Captain and Mrs. FitzGeorge, Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson [probably the son], Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wilson and the Misses Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Lycett Green, Mr. Berkeley Levett, the Hon. J. C. Maxwell Scott, Captain the Hon. Arthur and Mrs. Somerset, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Farrer, Mr. Reginald Coventry, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson, the Hon. Mrs. Keppel, Mr. R. Remington Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sykes, Mr. and Mrs. G. Duncombe, Sir W. and Lady Clarke, Mr. Frank Green, Mr. Rupert Beckett, Sir Henry and Lady Boynton, Mr. and Miss Warton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sykes, Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, Mr. Arthur Lambert, Sir Charles and Lady Ross, Mr. and Mrs. R. Woodhouse, Mr. A. Newbald, Colonel and Mrs. Peppercorn, Lady Arthur Grosvenor, Mr. Arthur Portman, Mr Christopher Heseltine, the Earl of Yarborough, Mr. and Mrs. Travers, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bentley, Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Stratheden and Campbell, Mr. W. P. Hughes, Lady Dorothy Coventry, Mr. William James, Mr. Arnold Morley, Mrs. Hwfa Williams, Mrs. J. Hackett, Mrs. Bischoffshiem, Lady Lilian and Lady Norah Spencer Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Athlumney, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meyer, Captain Pilkington, Mr. Claude Cobham, Mr. Lancelot Smith, Miss Jenkins, Lord and Lady Churchill, Mr. Cecil Fane, Major Shuttleworth, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bentley, Mrs. Roundell, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Morewood, Mr. Hungerford, the Hon. Alexander McDonnell, Mr. de Winton, Mr. Fitzroy Farquhar, the Hon. Charles Allsopp, Mrs. Chandos Leigh, Major Seymour Wynne Finch, Mr. Charles Hoare, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruree, Lady Sarah Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. William Champion, the Hon. George Allsopp, Mr. Harry Levett, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cumming, Miss Elsie Robartes, Lady Kathleen Cole, the Earl and Countess of Essex, Lady Fairbairn, Lord H. Scott, Sir Phillip and Lady Grey Egerton, Sir George Chetwynd, Lady and Miss Blois, the Earl and Countess of Craven, Baron Hirsch, Miss Lena D'Arcy, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Smith, &c.

The ceremony concluded with the hymn "Thine for ever God of Love," and after signing the marriage registers, the bride and bridegroom left the church, amid the strains of Mendelssohn's time-honoured Wedding March. The bridal party then drove to the town house of Lord Hindlip, in Hill Street, Mayfair, where the wedding reception was held. Later in the afternoon the newly married couple left town for Bayham Abbey, Sussex, kindly placed at their disposal for the honeymoon by the Marquis Camden. The bride's going-away dress was of white alpaca with a pale blue silk body trimmed with open work of French muslin and cream Valenciennes lace, white alpaca coat with large revers of silk and silver buttons, large brown chip hat trimmed with blue satin ribbon, and black ostrich feather plumes fastened by a paste buckle.

The presents included the following: — The bridegroom to bride, diamond ring, sapphire ring, diamond and blue enamel heart, diamond and pearl pin, turquoise and pearl chain and heart, diamond and pearl bar brooch; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, turquoise and diamond brooch, and turquoise and diamond hair comb; Miss Sophie Sheridan, heart and chain; Mrs. Roundell, pearl swallow brooch; Mr. J. W. Lloyd, old beaten silver tankard; Lady de L'lsle and Dudley, tortoise shell handled umbrella; the Hon. Mrs. Baillie, of Dochfour, fur rug; Lady Randolph Churchill, parasol; Mrs. Percy Laming, peacock fan; Mr. Charles Bruce, writing pad and table; Viscount Cantelupe, silver mirror in case; Mr. Palmer Morewood, cheque; Mr. and Mrs. Amos, silver tea spoons and sugar tongs in case; the Earl and Countess of Huntingdon, china tea set; the Misses Evelyn and Olive Ellis, clock letter weight; Mr. G. H. Moore-Brown, embroidered table cloth; Lady de Trafford, silver box; Mrs. Chaine, china pot-pourri jar; Captain and Mrs. Lyon, silver tea caddy; Mr. G. L. Hacket, silver waistband made of rupees; Mr. Davies, carriage rug; the Earl and Countess of Dudley, diamond turquoise ring; Mr. Hungerford and Miss Barker, silver powder box; Mrs. Hacket, cheque and Brussels lace; the Hon. Alexander McDonnell, silver and tortoise-shell inkstand; Mr. H. Spencer Clay, travelling bag; Mr. De Winton, silver cigarette lighter; Miss Naylor, silver bon-bon dish; the Misses Elise and Augusta Bruce, silver sugar sifter; the Hon. Mrs. Stirling, silk-covered box; Viscount Lycestre and Lady Violet Talbot, pearl and diamond brooch; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, diamond and sapphire crescent; Mr. and Mrs. Graham Menzies, emerald and diamond pendant; the Earl and Countess of Home, large gilt photo frame; Lady Brougham and Vaux, large copper tray; Mrs. Fitzroy Farquhar, set of three frames; Sir Henry Calcraft, diamond and sapphire pin; the Earl and Countess of Coventry, chippendale card table; Lady Hindlip, diamond and sapphire bracelet; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hamar Bass, two silver bowls; the Hon. Charles Allsopp, old blue enamel and paste buttons; Lord Hindlip, cheque; Mr. and Mrs. Wrayham, silver and tortoiseshell box; Mr. Charles Hoare, pair of silver candlesticks; Miss Violet Chandos Leigh, green leather purse mounted with pearl initial "M"; Major Seymour Wynne Finch, silver tray; the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bruce, old chippendale tray; the Earl Beauchamp, clock; the Hon. and Rev. William Byron, pair of gold and bronze candlesticks; Lady Sarah Wilson, silver mounted salts bottle; Mr. and Mrs. William Champion, pair of silver bon-bon dishes; the Hon. George Allsopp, silver teapot; Mr. Clive Wilson, silver teapot; Lord Houghton, aquamarine enamel and diamond pendant; the Hon. George Allsopp, muff chain set with pearls and emeralds; Mr. S. and Miss Mabel Wombwell, scent burner with silver top; Miss Elsie Robartes, heart-shaped box; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cumming, scent satchet; Mr Harry Levett, white ostrich feather fan; Lord Edward Somerset, pair of silver gilt-mounted scent bottles; Lady Chetwode, pair of old empire salt cellars; Mr. Ernest Cunard, old red enamel paste buttons; Mr. and Mrs. John Hackett, silk tapestry photo screen; Lady Kathleen Cole, silver heart-shaped box; Miss Binnie and Miss Beatie Smith, blue enamel snake pin; the Earl and Countess of Essex, French lamp shade; Lady and Miss Blois, silver pen tray; Lady Fairbairn, silver salts bottle; Lord H. Scott, silver spoon for making tea; Sir Geo. Chetwynd, two brooches of diamonds, emeralds, and rubies; the Rev. F. and Mrs. Wallis, pair of silver fruit spoons; Miss Edith Lewis, old silver box; Sir Philip and Lady Grey Egerton, silver card case; Lady Fitzhardinge, silver tea strainer; Miss E. Lake Benthnall, lace pocket handkerchief; Miss Ashcroft, silver and tortoiseshell paper knife; Sir Ralph Blois, silver-mounted cut-glass scent bottle; Miss Blois, old silver box; Miss Lena D'Arcy, black feather fan; Miss Sibell Bass, pair of silver bon bon dishes; the Earl and Countess of Craven, card case; the Hon. Walter and Mrs. Bagot, old silver sauce pan and ladle; Baron Hirsch de Gerenth, diamond and sapphire bracelet; the Hon. Mrs. Launcelot Lowther, gold pencil case set with rubies and diamonds; Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Smith, fan; Mr. Hugh C. Fraser, gold and red enamel heart-shaped box; Mrs. Forrest, volume of Browning's poems; Miss Dunn, case of scissors; Mrs. Betts, glass bottle mounted with gold bird's head; the Hon. William Coventry, fan; Miss M. A. Wright, pair of china vases; Mr. and Mrs. Beresford Melville, pair of silver candlesticks; the Hon. Percy Allsopp, diamond and sapphire fly brooch; the Countess of Wilton and Mr. A. Pryor, set of silver menu holders; Lady Kathleen Cuffe, gold snuffbox; the Hon. Humphrey Sturt, green leather blotting book with gold initials; Miss Mabel Wilkinson, emerald and diamond heart; the Earl of Onslow, Chinese silver buckle; Miss W. Brand, pottery bowl; Mr. Jack Robarts, silver and tortoiseshell paper cutter; Mr. Hubert Coulton, pair of opera glasses; Mr. R. L. Angus, silver pencil case; the Rev. J. S. and Miss Chesshire, pair of silver candlesticks; Mrs. and Miss Hamilton, silver butter dish and knife; Miss Blanch Cobham, pair of silver pin trays; Mr. John Cobham, long scent bottle with silver top; Mrs. Arthur Paget, old fan; Lady Stratheden and Campbell, green and gold book stand; Mr. and Mrs. R. Sneyd, safely pin with pearl and diamond heart; Mr. M. [? 'nest ?], gold glove button hook, set with ruby, diamonds, and sapphire; Mr. W. P. Hughes, old Worcester tea set; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, diamond and pearl tiara; Mr. Kenneth Wilson, three rows of pearls ; Lady Dorothy and Lady Anne Coventry, pair of old paste brooches; Miss E. M. Walker, black fan; Miss Moore, Prayer Book in ivory cover; the servants at Hindlip and in London, large old silver salver; Mr. William James, long silver button hook; Mrs. Grogan, screen for letters; Mr. Hwfa Williams, antique fan; Lord and Lady Churchill, pair of Dresden china candlesticks; Mrs. Napier, cherry wood stick with silver mount; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meyer, pair of large cut glass, silver mounted; Mrs. Claude Cobham, lace pocket handkerchief; Mr. Launcelot H. Smith, silver salver; Mrs. J. Hacket, cheque; Mrs. McDonald, silver-mounted salts bottle; Miss Muriel Wilson, turquoise and diamond aigrette; Mr. Walter Calthorpe, tortoiseshell beziqre [?] box; Lady Winnington, letter weight; Capt. Pilkington, silver photo frame; Lady Mildred Ashley, silver taper stand; Mr. Arnold Morley, travelling clock; Mrs. Bischoffshiem, old scent bottle; the Earl of Chesterfield, old paste buttons; Mr. Arthur Coventry, tortoise-shell-mounted umbrella; Lady Lilian and Lady Norah Spencer Churchill, fan; the Duke of Marlborough, diamond marquise ring; Mrs. Williams, blue silk lined basket; Miss Jenkins, four glass vases; Mr. Cecil Fane, gold snake bangle with emerald head; Miss Bridget Bulkeley, old enamel box; Major Shuttleworth, four silver and crystal salt cellars; Lord Athumley, old silver box; Lady Helm-ley [sic Helmsley?], silver and glass vinaigrette; Mr. Arthur Portman, diamond pin; Miss Reynolds, silver dish; Lady Sheffield, china inkstand; Mr. and Mrs. Lycett Green, old Chippendale writing desk; Lady Arthur Grosvenor, pair of antique silver salt cellars; Mr. Christopher Heseltine, turquoise links; Mr. and Mrs. B. Haworth Booth, hunting crop; Mr. H. Rimington Wilson, pair of liqueur decanters; Mr. F. Constable, pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. A. E. Mitchell-Innes, silver matchbox; Mrs. Hacket, old Egyptian lamp; Sir Edward Green, silver spoons and forks; the Earl of Yarborough, walking stick; Mr. and Mrs. Travers, silver inkstand; Miss Wilkinson, silver dish; Mr. Brinsley Fitzgerald, luncheon bag; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bentley, barometer clock; Miss Naylor, walking stick; Miss Musgrave, two pearl pins; Mrs. Clarke, visitors' book; the Hon. Lady Filmer and Miss Filmer, coffee service; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson, pony cart; Miss Jane Thornwell, seal; M . J. Elwell, flower stand; Lord and Lady William Nevill, oyster forks; Mr. Clive Wilson, photo frame; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lambert, pair of fruit dishes; Mr. Sidney Lane, cigarette box; the farmers of the Holderness Hunt, three silver entrée dishes; the captains of the Wilson Line, a Steinway grand piano; the clerks of the Wilson Line, silver tea and coffee service; the Hon. Mrs. Keppel, writing table books; Sir William Hosier, silver bowl; Mr. L. J. Pease, cream jug and sugar basin; the Hon. S. R. Beresford, sugar basin and spoon; Mr. and Mrs. Siltzer, old snuff box; Major Candy, coffee set; Mr. Frank Dugdale, lamp; Mr. and Mrs. R. Ringrose, clock; Mr. and Mrs. R Lawson, four silver vases; Mr. and Mrs. E. Wade, silver candelabra; Mr. and Mrs. H [?]. Sykes, photo frame; Mr. and Mrs. J. Simons Harrison, silver salt cellars; Mr. W. R. Chaine, pair of sauce boats; Miss Hinckman, picture; Mr. R. Remington Wilson, knife; Captain and Mrs. R Greville, pair of champagne decanters; Mr. C. H. Wilson, six large silver salt cellars; Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Duncombe, cigarette holder; Sir W. and Lady Clerke, barometer; Mr. Archibald Smith, ash tray; Mr. Frank Green, antique silver jug; Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, biscuit box; the servants at Tranby Croft, silver salver; Commander Bethell, R.N., silver flask; Colonel and Mrs. Peppercorn, bronze writing set; Mr. Rupert Beckett, smoking-room table; Miss Henniker, pair of silver salt cellars; Mrs. Menzies, clock; Captain Samman, silver pepper and mustard pot; Sir Henry and Lady Boynton, glass bell for dining table; Lord and Lady Rossmore, small Chippendale table; Mrs. Turner, photo frame; Mr. and Miss Warton, pair of sporting pictures; Mr. Wilfred Harrison, travelling clock; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sykes, brocaded chair; Miss Sykes, miniature box; Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, screen; Sir Percy and Lady Pile, chased silver blotting book; Mr. and Mrs. W. Menzies, letter box; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harrison, photo frame; Mr. and Mrs. P. Holden, four silver dishes; Mr. H. Oppenhiem, silver bowl; Mr. Arthur Lambert, pair of George III. silver bowls; Sir Charles and Lady Ross, silver ornament; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wilson, Louis XV. cabinet; Mr. and Mrs. Holden, pair of silver salt cellars and pepper pot; Mr. G. L. Davis, decanter; Mr. and Mrs. W. Ringrose Vosse [?], bread knife; Messrs. H. Phillipson and J. G. Walker, cigar cutter; Mrs. Hill, small mirror; the Misses Hill, needlework picture; Mr. A. Newbald, pair of silver pepper pots; Mr. and Mrs. R. Woodhouse, antique silver cup; the Hon. Cecil Brownlow, curb chain bracelet, with diamood and sapphire bracelet; the Hon. Geoffrey Brown Guthrie, antique fan; Lady Norreys, silver miniature frame; Lady William Nevill, silver tray; Lady Edith Curzon, gold and green photo frame; Mr. and Miss Blundell, silver heart-shaped box; Lady Settrington, long silver pencil case; M. and Madame Van Audre [or Andre?], gold-mounted scent bottle; Mrs. Harry Lawson, Sheraton show table; Mr. and Lady Clementina Walsh, green enamel heart; Mr. and Lady Barbara Smith, diamond and ruby aigrette; Mr. Reggie Coventry, diamond and turquoise brooch; Mr. Chandos Leigh, photo in frame; Lord and Lady Lurgan, umbrella; Miss Enid Wilson, antique miniature frame; Mr. Hakes, pair of opera glasses; Mr. and Mrs. Frasci, pair of silver dishes; Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson, cigarette case; Mr. and Mrs. F. Pease, silver dish; Mr. William Maxwell, silver dish; Sir Savile and Lady Crossley, diamond foxhead pin; Mr. James Guthrie, silver cart for cigarettes; Mr. Stephen [Col. 6c/Col. 7a] Wombwell, silver ash tray; Miss Pereia, silver box; Mr. and Mrs. Twiss, Worcester china vase; Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, dessert service; Mr. Mrs. F. Palmer, pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. and Mrs. Alwyn Smith, breakfast service; Captain and Mrs. Alwyne Greville, pair of [? Links ?]; Captain and Mrs. FitzGeorge, silver matchbox; Lady de Trafford, walking stick; the Hon. J. C. Maxwell Scott, silver bowl; Mr. J. C. Brunton, bezique table; Mr. T. Wickham, silver cigarette lighter; Mr. K. Hill Dawe, silver card case; Mrs. Sanderson, set of tea spoons; Mr. and Mrs. W. Hodgson, silver bowl; Mr. F. Menzies, Louis Quinze settee; Mr. F. Menzies, Louis Seize banquette; Mr. H. Witty, silver-gilt sugar basin; Capiain Phillip Langdale, silver card case; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Menzies, a buhl hall chiming clock; the servants at Etton Kennels, travelling clock; Miss Hackett, ruby and emerald links, sapphire pin, diamond pin, and gold and enamel links; Col. and Mrs. MacGeorge, green leather bezique box and two silver ash trays; Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp, Louis XV table; Mr. and Mrs. and the Misses Strickland Constable, silver sugar basin and cream jug; Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, gold pencil; Blanche Countess of Rosslyn, book slide; Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Somerset, silver crumb scoop and ladles; the agents of the Wilson line, brougham and horse; the Marquis Camden, two brass candelabra; Capt. Daly, bezique table; Miss Browne, cigarette case; Sir Samuel Scott, pair of links; Mr. and Mrs. Veilst [? Veilat ?], cigarette holder in gold case; Mr. J. Hope Vere, glass decanter; Mr. and Mrs. K. Hodgson, embroidered photo frame; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Farrer, drinking horns in case; Mrs. Bovill, hunting crop; Mr. A. H. Backworth, carved oak stool; Mr. George Keppel, Chippendale chair; Mr. James Harrison, silver snuff box; Victoria Lady Yarborough and Mr. Richardson, walking stick; Mr. and Mrs. Ellershaw, lamp; Mr. Cecil Brownlow, cigarette lighter; Sir John Dickson Poynder, large silver match box; Mr. R. Lestrange, decanter; Mr. F. Gregson, early breakfast set; Mr. Reginald Coventry, umbrella; Mr. Ernest Hatch, cigarette box; Mr. C. P. Colnaghi, old mustard pot; Mr. Berkeley Levett, four silver candlesticks. (1895-06-28 York Herald)

29 June 1895, Saturday

Giacomo Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots was in regular performance in the 1890s at Covent Garden, but this performance attracted notice, apparently:

ROYAL OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN

On Saturday, June 29th, Meyerbeer's Opera

"LES HUGUENOTS"

Valentina . . . Madame ALBANI

Urbano . . . Signorina GUILIA RAVOGLI

Dama d'Onore . . . Mdlle. BAUERMEISTER

Margherita di Valois . . . Madame MELBA

Marcello . . . Mons. PLANCON

Conte di Nevers . . . Signor ANCONA

Conte di St. Bris . . . Signor V. ARIMONDI

Huguenot Soldier . . . Signor PELAGALLI-ROSSETTI

Tavannes . . . Signor IGINIO CORSI

Meru . . . Signor DE VASCHETTI

De Cosse . . . Signor PELAGALLI-ROSSETTI

Raoul de Nangis . . . Signor TAMAGNO

It has been frequently remarked of late years that "Meyerbeer was played out," but this opera attracted last Saturday night one of the most crowded houses of the season. It was the second of Meyerbeer's brilliantly successful grand operas performed in Paris. Robert le Diable was produced in 1831, of which Mendelssohn said, "There are dances and the devil in it, so the Parisians are sure to like the opera." Les Huguenots came out in 1836, and speedily was produced in all the opera houses of Europe. It had the advantage last Saturday of a remarkable cast, the most successful artists being Madame Melba and Signor Tamagno. Probably the music of Margherita di Valois has never been rendered so exquisitely as by Madame Melba, whose reception was unusually enthusiastic. Her artistic skill In executing the chief passages given to Margherita di Valois excited both astonishment and admiration, and the delightfully sympathetic quality of her voice enhanced the effect caused by her graceful delivery of the music. There is not much scope for acting, but Madame Melba is always charming and always intelligent. Signor Tamagno was extremely powerlul as usual, and although there were instances when he has been surpassed vocally, his surprising energy and power, combined with very effective acting, never failed to awaken stormy enthusiasm. Admirable also was M. Plançon as the old Puritan soldier Marcello. M. Plançon played with much dignity of style, and sang the music with freedom and fine quality of tone. Signor Ancona was excellent as the Conte di Nevers, and Signor Arimondi was effective as the Conte di St. Brie. Among the lighter characters the page of Signorina Giulia Ravogli takes the first place. Her Urbano was a charming performance, as it has ever been; and her rendering of "Nobil Signor" produced its old effect. Last but not least Madame Albani was most warmly greeted as Valentina, a character in which she could hardly be surpassed. The breadth of her style, associated with pure tone and admirable acting, made her Valentina one of her most successful characters. To Madame Albani a large share of the favour with which the opera was received may be awarded. The smaller parts were adequately sustained, and the chorus generally deserved praise.

July 1895

3 July 1895

GARDEN PARTY AT CLARENCE HOUSE.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha gave a garden party in the grounds attached to Clarence House, and those adjoining St. James's Palace, yesterday afternoon. Near the entrance to the garden was erected a marquee reserved for the many Royal guests present, a covered way connecting it with the platform at which the illustrious visitors alighted. It was carpeted with blue kalmuck, lined with yellow Oriental fabrics, and was surrounded on three sides by a corridor fitted with reed curtains. From the centre was suspended a large basket of ivy geraniums, fuchsias, and pyrethrum. The tent was also banked on each side with palms, Harrissil lilies, etoile d'or marguerites, and edged with coleus and vinca. Refreshments were served here at small tables, the general company being supplied at a long buffet under a marquee attached to the house and facing the lawn. The buffet was adorned with handsome gold and silver plate. A number of canopies were placed along the south side of the grounds, and a smoking tent was also provided. At the St. James's Palace end the full band of the Grenadier Guards was stationed, and, under the báton of Lieutenant Dan Godfrey, performed a brilliant selection of music during the afternoon.

The invitations were from half-past four to seven o'clock, and during that time a large body of police was actively engaged in regulating the continuous stream of carriages, which, after setting down company, were parked in the Mall.

Among the Royal guests attending were....

5 July 1895, Saturday

Mr. Schreiber and Miss Schreiber attended a ball at Lord and Lady Wimborne's house in Arlington Street. They were not invited to the dinner, which was small.

LADY WIMBORNE'S BALL.

Lord and Lady Wimborne entertained at dinner yesterday evening at Wimborne House, Arlington-street, the Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Isobel Stanley, the Earl of Kenmare, Earl Beauchamp and Lady Mary Lygon, Count Hermann Hatzfeldt, Viscount and Viscountess Somerton, Viscount Curzon, Lord R. Nevill, Lady Margaret Ker, Lord Rothschild and the Hon. Evelina Rothschild, Lady de Ramsey, Lord and Lady de L'Isle and Dudley, Lord Lovat, Lord and Lady Burton, the Right Hon. Joseph and Mrs. Chamberlain, Mr. and Lady Florence Astley, the Hon. Owen Ponsonby, Ceneral the Hon. Charles and Miss Thesiger, and Lieutenant Hervey.

Lady Wimborne afterwards gave a ball. Lady Wimborne received her guests in the conservatory at the entrance to the ball-room. Among the company present were : —

The Lord Chancellor, Lady Halsbury and the Hon. Miss Giffard, the Duchess of Roxburghe, the Marchioness of Ormonde and Lady Beatrice Butler, the Marquis of Tullibardine and Lady Helen Stewart Murray, the Marchioness of Bute and Lady Margaret Crichton-Stuart, the Marquis and Marchioness of Zetland and Lady Maud Dundas, the Marchioness of Bristol and Lady Alice Hervey, Earl Cairns, Earl and Countess Amherst, the Countess of Ancaster, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Margaret Villiers, Countess Howe and Ladies Edith and Evelyn Curzon, the Countess of Lindsay and Lady Evelyn Bertie, the Countess of Kenmare, Countess Manvers and Lady Mary Pierrepont, the Countess of Enniskillen and Lady Kathleen Cole, the Countess of Mayo, Viscount and Viscountess Duncannon, Viscountess Boyne and Lady Florence Hamilton Russell, Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse and the Hon. Susan Baring, Viscount Cole, Viscount and Viscountess Deerhurst. Viscountess Newport and the Hon. Miss Bridgeman, Lord and Lady Ampthill and the Hon. Constance Russell, Dowager Lady Ashburton and the Hon. Miss Baring, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady Aline Beaumont, Lady Penrhyn and the Hon. Miss Douglas Pennant, Lady Mary Willoughby and the Hon. Charles Willoughby, Lady Victoria Lambton and Miss Lambton, Lady Gerard, Lady de Trafford, Lord Garioch, Lady Louisa Egerton and Miss Egerton, Lord Henry Vane-Tempest, Lord Cecil Manners, Lady Audrey Buller and Miss Howard, Lord Lovat and Hon. Miss Fraser, Lord and Lady Edward Churchill and Miss Churchill, Lady Moreton, Lady Rose Molyneux, Lady Emily Van De Weyer and Miss Van De Weyer and Lady Anne Coventry, Lady Alexandra Osborne and Lord Albert Osborne, Lord and Lady William Nevill, Lady Morris and Miss Morris, Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach and Miss Hicks-Beach, the Hon. Lady Ridley and Miss Ridley, Captain and Lady Rose Leigh, Lord Molyneux, Lord Swansea, Lord and Lady Henniker and the Hon. Miss Hennniker, Lord Abinger, Lady Muriel Fox-Strangways and Miss Roche, Lady Alice Shaw Stewart and Miss Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Cremorne, the Hon. George Peel, the Hon. Mrs. Lumley, Miss Wilson Patten and Lady Beatrix Taylour, the Hon. E. J. Mills and the Hon. Miss Mills, the Hon. Mrs. Brougham, Captain the Hon. E. Dawson, the Hon. William Maxwell, the Hon. A. and Lady Dorothy FitzClarence, the Hon. K. Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. Eliot and Miss Eliot, Captain the Hon. E. Dawson [repetition sic], the Hon. E. Thesiger, the Hon. T. and Mrs. Dundas, the Hon. F. Dawnay, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Lennox and Lady Edith Montgomerie, the Hon. A. Saumarez, the Hon. Cecil Campbell, the Hon. J. Crichton, Colonel the Hon. Heneage Legge, the Hon. F. Browne Guthrie, the Hon. Lady Cotterell and Miss Cotterell, the Hon. Sydney Peel, the Hon. R. Hill Trevor, the Hon. Henry Littleton, Mr. and Lady Margaret Douglas, Captain and Lady S. Gilmour, Sir Hubert Miller, Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Sir E. Doyle, Lady Eden and Miss Grey, Lady Meysey-Thompson, Colonel and Mrs. Robert Williamson and the Misses Williamson, Captain Jenkins, Major Morris, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Maguire and the Hon. Ella Peel, M. de Falbe and Miss Keith Fraser, Mr. Evelyn Cecil, Mr. W. Goschen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James, Mr. Schreiber and Miss Schreiber, Mrs. Du Cane and the Misses Du Cane, Mr. Forbes, Mrs. Gerard Leigh, Mr. E. Sebright[,] Mr. and Mrs. E. Sasaoon, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Guy Stevenson, M[r.?] Hamilton Aidé, Mrs. Adair, Mr. Lancelot Smith, Mrs. and Miss Lees, Mrs, and Miss Gartside, Mr. Walter Hervey, Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Arthur Meade, Mr. and Mrs. Adeane, Mrs. and Miss Hugh Smith, Mr. L. Smith, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Clarence Walker, Mr. Oppenheim, Mr. J. Decrais, Mr. Macdonaid, Mr. Somerset, Captain Majendie, Mrs. Graham Menzies, Mr. Wombwell, Mr. Curzon, Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Miss Muriel Wilson, Mr. Du Cane, Mr. Christopher Sykes, Mr. Charles Bruce, Mr. Lionel Earle, Mr. and Mrs. Hulse, Mr. Jocelyn Persse, Captain Milner, Mr. Biddulph, Mr. Arthur Guest, Mr. Wilbraham, Mr. Adrian Hope and Miss Hope, Mrs. Ronalds, and many others.

19 July 1895, Friday

Lord and Lady Cadogan hosted a dinner and dance:

COUNTESS CADOGAN'S DANCE.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York honoured the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Countess Cadogan with their company at dinner on Friday evening at Chelsea House. There were present to meet their Royal Highnesses the Russian Ambassador, the Duchess of Devonshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and Lady Helen Stewart, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Charles Montagu, Lord Stanley and Lady Alice Stanley, Lord Henry Vane Tempest, Lord and Lady Lurgan, Lord Houghton, Lord and Lady Wolverton, Lord and Lady Alington, Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, the Hon. H. Stonor, the Hon. Sydney Greville, Lady Bulkeley and Miss Bulkeley, Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild, Mrs. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sassoon, and Captain the Hon. Derek Keppel and Lady Mary Lygon in attendance on the Duke and Duchess of York. Subsequently Lady Cadogan gave a dance, which was honoured by the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales and the Princesses Victoria and Maud, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, and attended by Major-General Ellis and Lady Suffield, and her Imperial Highness the Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria, with Counters Palffy and Baron Gudenus in waiting. Other guests included —

The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Countess Deym and Countess Isobel Deym, the Italian Ambassador, the French Ambassador, the Brazilian Minister, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess of Portland, the Duchess of Abercorn, Lady Alexandra Hamilton and Lady Susan Beresford, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Moyra Beauclerk, the Duchess of Leeds and Lady Ada Osborne, Prince Esterhazy, the Marquis and Marchioness of Zetland and Lady Maud Dundas, the Marchioness of Hastings and Miss Lilian Chetwynd, the Marchioness of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey, the Marquis Maffei, the Earl and Countess of Craven, the Earl and Countess of Dunraven and Lady Aileen Wyndham Quin, Earl and Countess Howe, Earl Beauchamp, Countess Granville and Lady Victoria Leveson-Gower, the Countess of Coventry and Lady Dorothy Coventry, the Countess of Enniskillen and Lady Kathleen Cole, Count Gleichen, Count Hadik, Count Salern, the Countess of Antrim and Lady Sybil M'Donnell, the Countess of Derby and Lady Isabel Stanley, Countess Grosvenor, and Lady Mary Willoughby, the Earl and Countess of Arran, Lady Edith Curzon, Elizabeth Countess of Wilton and Mr. Pryor, the Countess of Yarborough, the Countess of Rosslyn and Lady Angela St. Clair Erskine, the Countess of Warwick, Count Koziebrodski, the Countess of Ilchester and Lady Muriel Fox-Strangways, the Countess of Listowel and Lady Beatrice Hare, the Earl of Scarborough, Evelyn Countess Craven and Lady Helen Craven, the Countess of Powis, Viscountess Helmsley and the Hon. Miss Duncombe, Viscountess Newport and the Hon. Helena and the Hon. O. Bridgeman, Viscount and Viscountess Deerhurst, Viscount and Viscountess Curzon, Viscountess Downe, Viscount Crichton, Lord Hyde, Lord and Lady Skelmersdale, Lord Wimborne and the Hon. Elaine Guest, Lord Kenyon, Baron Eckhardstein, Lord H. Vane-Tempest, Lord Abinger, Lord and Lady Iveagh, Lady Tweedmouth, Lady Ashbourne and the Hon. Violet Gibson, Lord Richard Nevill, Lady Magdalen Bulkeley, Lady St. Oswald and the Hon. Maud Winn, the Hon. Lady and Miss Ridley, Lady Fitzgerald, Baron de Hirsch, Emily Lady Ampthill and the Hon. Miss Russell and Lady Edith Wilbraham, Lady Anne Coventry, Lady Margaret Maitland and Miss Maitland, Lady Gerard, Lady Barbara Smith, Mr. and Lady Emily Van de Weyer and Miss Van de Weyer, Lady Borthwick, Lady Halsbury and the Hon. Evelyn Giffard, Dowager Lady Ashburton and Miss Baring, Lady Lucy and Miss Hicks-Beach, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brett, the Hon. Mrs. Lowther, the Hon. C. Willoughby, the Hon. Schomberg M'Donnell, the Hon. Cecil Cadogan, the Hon. Hugh Grosvenor, the Hon. Miss Harbord, the Hon. Mrs. Bagot and Miss Dyke, the Hon. Reginald Coventry, the Hon. Algernon Stanley, the Hon. Humphrey Sturt, the Hon. Francis Bertie, the Hon. G. Brown Guthrie, Sir Edward and Lady Colebrooke, Sir Edward Hamilton, Sir Algernon and Lady Borthwick, Sir Condie Stephen, Sir Frederick Verney, Sir Hubert Miller, Sir George Arthur, Sir Horace Farquhar, Colonel Oliphant, Colonel and Mrs. Seymour Corkran and Miss Corkran, Colonel Forester, Colonel Brabazon, Mr. Martin Kennard, Captain Ricardo, Mr. Ridley, Captain Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White, Mr. Dudley Smith, Mr. C. H. W. Wilson, Mr. Craven, Mr. Victor Seymour Corkran, Mr. Claude Yorke, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Egerton, Mr. William Van de Weyer, Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. C. Kinloch Cooke, Mr. W. H. Fisher, Mr. C. Heseltine, Mr. Mansfield, Mrs. Stead, Mrs. Sandford, Mr. C. P. Little, Mr. H. Petre, Mrs. W. Lawson, Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Miss Wilson, Mr. Charles Bruce, Mr. Robert Bruce, Mr. Mordaunt, Mrs. W. James and Miss Forbes, Mr. Quintin Dick, Mr. Macnamara, Mrs. Hartmann and Madlle. de Jaucourt, Mr. Alfred Oppenheim, Mr. William Jones, and others.

20 July 1895, Saturday

Lady Eva Sarah Louise Greville and Frank Dugdale were married in a very fashionable and very large wedding. This article from the Leamington Spa Courier focuses on the gifts they received, which were lavish and expensive; the gifts from the bride's mother must have been extremely expensive. Some offer interesting details, perhaps about these people. They got books from several people, which is unusual in these lists, a lot of clocks, and a number of things made of "old silver" — antiques, perhaps?

MARRIAGE OF FRANK DUGDALE AND LADY EVA GREVILLE.

BRILLIANT SCENE IN ST. MARGARET'S WESTMINSTER.

[From our Special Correspondent.] [sic square brackets]

The marriage of Mr Frank Dugdale, second son of the late Mr James Dugdale, J.P., and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Warwick, of Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire, and Lady Eva Sarah Louisa Greville, Lady-in-waiting H.R H. the Duchess of York, only daughter of the late Earl of Warwick and the Dowager Countess of Warwick, and sister of the present Earl Warwick, was solemnised on Saturday at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in the Presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales and Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Prince Adolphus of Teck, and a large and distinguished assembly. Unfortunately, the weather was most unpropitious to the occasion. From early morning rain fell in a steady torrent, and though at noon rifts in the laden clouds gave hopes of a fine afternoon, the anticipation was not destined to be realised. Although, as the hour appointed for the wedding approached, the rain ceased fall, dark, threatening clouds swept across the sky and, for a summer's day, the prospect could hardly have been more drear. Within the church, however, the scene was one of great animation and exceeding brilliance, and in the dim, religious light of St. Margaret's, it mattered little that the elements were so unfavourable. Interested spectators, who had been fortunate enough obtain cards of admission began to arrive at the church soon after one o'clock, and were accommodated with seats in the side aisles, which were quickly filled. Meanwhile the relatives and friends of the bride and bridegroom, who entered by the north door, were conducted to places in the central aisle. Every seat in the sacred edifice, except those reserved for the Royal guests, were quickly occupied, and a pleasing combination of delicate colour was supplied by the beautiful tints of the gowns worn by the ladies present, most of whom appeared in summer attire. The floral decorations of the church were carried out admirable taste. Only white blooms, palms, and ferns were used. The approach to the north entrance was lined with tall palms, and white flowering plants were grouped round the front opposite the main entrance to the building. The chancel rails were hidden with lilies, hydrangia, spirea, Marguerites, and other white blossoms set in banks of delicate fernery. In the chancel itself four tall palms spread their graceful leaves o'erhead, with lilies and ferns at their base; white flowers were ranged along the foot of the choristers' stalls, and on the altar rails some beautiful white orchids were introduced among the other blooms and foliage. The altar vases contained white bouquets, and on the first step leading to the chancel there was a delicate tracery of tiny leaved foliage. The Hon. Alwyn Greville and the Hon. Sidney Greville, who arrived at the church at an early hour, personally superintended the arrangements for the ceremony and received the guests. While the latter were taking their places, the marriage bells rang out a merry peal, and when all was in readiness tor the arrival of the bride and bridegroom, Mr J. Baines (the organist) played selections from Haydn's "The Seasons." Mr Frank Dugdale, the bridegroom, arrived shortly after two o'clock, and proceeded at once to the vestry. He was accompanied Mr J. P. Arkwright (joint Master of the North Warwickshire Hounds), of Hatton House, Warwick, who supported him as "best man." Shortly afterwards their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York entered the church by the chancel entrance, and were received by the Hon. Alwyn Greville and the Hon. Sidney Greville. They were at once conducted to the vestry. The Duchess of York was attired in a lovely gown of petunia silk, ornamented with beautiful cream lace, and wore a bonnet to match. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Lyon and Miss Tufnell, while the Hon. Derek Keppel was in attendance upon the Duke of York. The next of the Royal guests to arrive were the Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Princess Adolphus of Teck, who, together with the Duke and Duchess of York, were then conducted by the Hon. Alwyn Greville to their seats in the central aisle. Shortly afterwards the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, and attended by General Ellis, Lady Suffield, and Miss Knollys, entered the church by the chancel entrance, where the Hon. Alwyn Greville and the Hon. Sydney Greville were in waiting to receive them. Their Royal Highnesses were at once conducted to seats in the front pew facing the altar. The Princess of Wales wore a simple gown of black and white silk, trimmed with chiffon, with jet to match, and a bonnet of pale mauve flowers. The Princesses Victoria and Maud were attired alike in pink glacé silk, with lace collars embroidered with jet, and wore toques of shaded pink roses. The officiating clergy — the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ripon, the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury, the Rev. Thurston Rivington, M.A. (Vicar of St. Nicholas, Warwick), and the Rev. H. G. Willacy, M.A. (Chaplain of Wroxall Abbey) — had 'ere this taken their places in the chancel, and the choir were already installed in their seats. So admirably were the arrangements carried out that, as soon as the Royal guests had taken their seats, and punctually at a quarter past two o'clock, the bride, who — accompanied by her brother, the Earl of Warwick — had driven from Warwick House, St. James's Palace, entered the sacred building by the north door. She looked very charming in a wedding gown of white satin, with a full Court train, cut in one with the skirt. The bodice was arranged with soft folds of mousseline de soie, caught in with trails of orange blossoms in foliage. Sprays of orange flowers were fastened in her hair with diamond pins, and a fine tulle veil enveloped her in soft and graceful folds. Her ornaments were a superb pearl necklace (the joint wedding gift of Sir Charles Cust, Sir Francis de Winton, the Hon. Derek Keppel, and Canon Dalton) and a diamond butterfly, and she carried a handsome bridal bouquet of rare exotics, with floral trails, and tied with streamers of white satin. At the entrance to the church she was met by her eight bridemaids — Miss Edith Dugdale and Miss Rosy Dugdale (sisters of the bridegroom), Miss Clare Susa Charteris (daughter of Lady Louisa Charteris, of Tree Chase, Hayward's Heath, Sussex), Lady Anne Savile (daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mexborough, of Metley Park, Leeds), Miss Evelyn Pelly (daughter of the late Sir Henry Castains Pelly and Mrs H. F. R. Yorke, of 22, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.) and Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendolen Finch (daughter of the seventh Earl of Aylesford and Edith Countess of Aylesford, of Honeys Twyford, Berks) (cousins), Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville (niece of the bride and daughter of the Earl and Countess Warwick, of Warwick Castle, Warwick), and Lady Angela Selina Bianca St. Ciair Erskine (daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Rosslyn, and half-sister to the Countess of Warwick, of Dysort House, Fife, N.B ) The bridesmaids were charmingly gowned in white Ottoman silk, with fichus of mouseeline de soie, bordered with frills of Mechlin lace. They wore neck bands of pale blue satin, and satin sashes of the same hue tied in bows on the left side at the waist. They also wore white "Picture" hats of French crepe straw, trimmed with white ostrich plumes, three falling towards the front and three to the back. The crowns were encircled with two bands of blue satin, terminating in loops caught with paste brooches, and a cluster of Malmaison carnations nestled under the brim. The hats were fastened with gold sword hat pins, with diamond and turquoise hilts — the presents of the bridegroom — and they carried bouquets of Malmaison carnations, tied with pile blue ribbons, and a "nosegay" of the same bloom appearing on the bodice. Two nephews of the bride — Master George Gordon Francis Greville (son of the Hon. Mr and Mrs L. G. Greville, of 35, Berkeley-square), and Master Charles Henry Greville (son of the Hon. Mr and Mrs A. H. Fulke Greville, of 4, Upper Brook-street) acted as pages. They looked exceedingly pretty in picturesque costumes in blue satin of the Louis XVI. period. They each carried black wands, with bunches of carnations fastened with blue satin, and the bride's presents to them were diamond and turquoise pins. As the bride, supported by the Earl of Warwick, who was to give her away, and followed by her bridesmaids and little pages, passed down the central nave to the chancel, the choir sang "Lord, who hast made homelove to be," a hymn composed by the Lord Bishop of Durham, set to music by Mr Walter Parratt, organist of Sr. George's Chapel, Windsor, and dedicated her Majesty the Queen. The bridegroom had already taken up his position at the chancel steps, supported by Mr J. P. Arkwright, and as the last strains of the beautiful hymn died away, the Lord Bishop of Ripon, in solemn and earnest tones, began the impressive service. Music soft and sweet filled the sacred fane as the bride and bridegroom clasped each other's hand and repeated the marriage vows. Then the choir chanted "Blessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways," the bridal pair ascended into the chancel and knelt on the altar steps in prayer. The assembly afterwards joined in singing "O God, our help in ages past," and the ceremony concluded with the Benediction. Then as the organ pealed forth the strains of the National Anthem, the newly-married couple proceeded to the vestry to sign the register, and were quickly followed thither by the Royal party, who offered them their sincere congratulations. The gladsome strains of the Wedding March resounded through the church as Mr Fiank Dugdale and Lady Eva Dugdale re-entered the chancel and passed down the central nave to the north entrance, where, in spite of the inclement weather, a large crowd bad assembled to witness their departure. The Royal party soon afterwards left by the chancel entrance, and the other guests by the north door. [Col. 1c–2a]

The Countess of Warwick afterwards held a reception Warwick House, which was very largely attended. Early in the afternoon, and amid the hearty congratulations of their relatives and friends, Mr Frank and Lady Eva Dugdale left en route for Paris, where their honeymoon will be spent. The bride's costume de voyage was of white alpaca, with blue bodice covered with cream applique embroidery, and a drapery of blue chiffon and blue satin ribbons. The "Marie Antoinette" hat was of light brown straw, trimmed with black and white Lisso frill, with tall aigrette at the side, choux of black and pale-blue velvet, and trails of pink and red roses falling over the hair at the back. Among those present at St. Margaret's and Warwick House were T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by General Ellis and Lady Suffield, T.R.H. the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, attended by Miss Knollys, T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York, attended by the Hon. Derek Keppel, Lady Mary Liggow, and Miss Tufnell, H.R.H. Princess Mary Duchess of Teck, H.H. the Duke of Teck, T.S.H. the Prince and Princess Adolphus of Teck, Prince Francis of Teck, the Dowager Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Warwick, Mr and Mrs Charles Dugdale, Miss Helen Maguire, Hon. Mrs Magure, Miss Gereldine Magure, Hon. Dudley and Mrs Leigh, Lady Sophie Macnamara, Hon. Louis and Mrs Greville, Misses Mostyn, Mrs Fane, Miss Jessie Scott, Lady Trevelyan, Mrs Thorold, Mr and Lady Margaret Douglas, Mrs Willacy, Mrs and Miss Mason, Lord Leigh, Hons. Miss A. and C. Leigh, Hon. Chandos and Mrs Leigh, the Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, Hon. Ethel Cadogan, Sir Edward and Lady Harland, Mrs G. H. Richardson Fox, Dowager Countees of Aylesford, Earl of Aylesford, Lady Hilda Finch, Miss Houghton, Miss B. Dugdale, Lady Louisa Charteris, Miss Charteris, Captain Armitage, Mr and Mrs Greaves, Major and Mrs Hunter, Rev. Vincent and Mrs Fortescue, Mrs Fosberry, Captain and Mrs Walter Clonmel, Lady Mary Cari Glyn, Lord and Lady Camoys, Mr J. Guthrie, Mr Low, Mr and Mrs Walter Maudsley, Miss Johnson, Mr and Mrs Herbert Arkwright, Mr Lort Phillips, Countess of Leven and Melville, Mr and Mrs Fred Walker, Lady Frances Legge, Captain the Hon. Alwyne and Mrs Greville, Lady Eden, Colonel and Mrs Ingo Jones, Captain and Mrs Brand, Mr Charteris, Mr Fuller, Viscountess Helmsley, Hon. Mrs Bingham, Countess Chetwynd, Mr and Lady Jane Repton, Mr Guy Repton, Miss Curzon, Misses Duff Gordon, Hon. Alexander Hood, Lord and Lady Crawshaw, Lady Margaret Jenkins, Mr A. D. Dugdale, Countess of Mexborough, the Ladies Savile, Countess Cairns, Mrs Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wilson, Dowager Lady Vernon, Lady Iveagh, Sir Francis de Winton, Lord and Lady Edward Somerset, Lady B. Taylor, Mr and Mrs Cecil B. Tennant, Viscountess Pollington, Mrs Radcliffe, Mrs Ricardo, Major and Mrs C. Molyneux, Lady de Trafford, Mrs T. Menzies, Mr and Mrs Charles Stewart, Lady Margaret Charteris, Captain Peel, Sir George Arthur, Blanche Countess of Rosslyn, Captain Hon. Walter and Mrs Forbes, Mr W. James Adams, Hon. Mrs Percy Mitford, Hon. Sybil Leigh, Mr and Mrs Miller Monday, Hon. Mary Byng, Viscount and Viscountess Boyne, Miss Bromley Davenport, Lady Henry Somerset, Mrs Arkwright, Mr Woodhouse, Colonel Hon. George and Mrs Napier, Mrs Lucy and the Misses Lucy, Lady Norreys, Sir Francis and Lady Knollys, Hon. George and Mrs Keppel, Mr and Mrs Fletcher of Saltoun, Sir Philip and Lady Grey Egerton, Miss E. Browne, etc., etc.

The presents, which numbered over 400, were exhibited in the drawing room at Warwick House. They included the following:—

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, diamond and turquoise bracelet; their Royal Highnesses Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, gold jewelled bangle; their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, sapphire and diamond brooch and earrings, diamond half-sun shaped brooch and white feather fan with mother-of-pearl sticks; the Duke and Duchess of Teck, the Prince and Princess Adolphus of Teck, Prince Alexander of Teck, Prince Francis of Teck, pearl and diamond pendant; the Duchess of Albany, silver and glass bell; the Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lorne), glass and silver bowl; bride to bridegroom, gold and pearl watch chain, sapphire and diamond pin, pearl pin, diamond heart, Russian cigarette case set with diamonds; bridegroom to bride, diamond wing tiara, sapphire and diamond ring, diamond lettered bangle, diamond watch bangle, pearl watch bangle, sapphire and diamond horse-shoe pin, ruby and diamond horse-shoe pin, diamond and red enamel heart shaped brooch; Dowager Countess of Warwick to bride, turquoise and diamond tiara, turquoise and diamond necklace, turquoise and diamond pendant, sapphire and diamond bracelet, sapphire and diamond hoop bracelet, ruby and diamond ring, diamond ring, emerald and diamond ring; Dowager Countess of Warwick to bridegroom, ruby and diamond star pin; the Earl and Countess of Warwick, Captain the Hon. Alwyne and Mrs Greville, Hon. Louis and Mrs Greville, and Hon. Sydney Greville, pearl and diamond tiara; and Mrs Brinkman, four sliver spoons; Miss Tufnell, green leather bezique box; Mr and Mrs F. Fane, copper dish warmer; Mrs Adrian Hope, silver inkstand; Mr James Bibby, large silver tea tray; Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville, two silver candlesticks; Mrs Reginald West, tortoiseshell and silver box; Viscountess de Veacé [?], silver wool winder; Hon. Agnes Leigh, books; Hon. Mrs Grantham Scott, silver scissor case; Lady Margaret Levett, small photo frame; Viscountess Pollington, tortoiseshell clock and date case; Mrs Richards, small bookstand; Lady Wantage, photo frame; Lord and Lady Burton, clock and thermometer; Miss Pope, books; Hon. Theresa Digby, two enamel and pearl pins; Lady Katharine Coke, glass and silver bell; Ladies Scott, two silver candlesticks; Hon. Mr and Mrs Dudley Leigh, old painted fan; Lady Ponsonby Fane, glass and silver sugar basin; Sir Stafford and Lady Northcote, opera glasses; Miss Alice Duff Gordon, small barometer; Mr and Lady Louisa Loder, clock; Viscountess Chetwynd, tortoisesheil and gold box; Mr Ward Coke, ivory paper knife and pencil; Lady Sophia Macnamara, two silver dishes; Mrs Antrobus, small silver egg and toast rack; Lord Leigh, diamond pin; Lady Leigh, gold spoon; Colonel and Mrs Howard Vincent, 12 Mother of Pearl handled tea knives; Mr Gordon Cunard, silver card case; Misses May and Lizzie Dugdale, brown sardinieres; Mr Sidney and Mr Henry Dugdale, Japanese panel; Miss Ethel Ismay Dawpool, silver photo frame; Mr and Lady G. Petre, silver box; Miss Evelyn Moreton, two-leaved Chippendale and silk screen; Mrs B. Lucy, three little silver chairs; Count Hoxisbrodski, silver and glass bell; Sir S. and Lady Crossley, silver bowl; Major and Mrs O'Beirne, large champagne decanter; Mrs Banbury, tablecloth; Mr and Mrs Fenwick, two silver candlesticks; Mrs Davies, small silver box; Mr and Mrs Cecil Tennant, four old silver spoons; Countess Compton, violet and pearl pins; Viscountess Duncannon, small clock in tortoisesheli case; Eleonora Lady Trevelyan, silver tea caddy; Mr and Mrs H. Williams Wynn, tortoiseshell and silver box; Hon. Mary Thesiger, turquoise pin; Mr and Lady Beaumont, tortoisesheli and silver paper knife; Lord Grey de Wilton, gun metal and diamond watch; Hon. Sybil Leigh, "Thomas à Kempis;" Misses Thorniwell, two small silver pepper pots; Mrs Penn Curzon, silver box; Hon. Mrs Douglas Pennant, old silver matchbox; Mr and Mrs Frank Gaskell, driving whip; Mr and Mrs Ismay, silver inkstand; Misses and Rose Linton, 12 coffee cups and saucers; Hon. Mrs Tom Brand, books; Miss Mabel Landon, pearl scarf pin; Captain and Hon. Mrs H. C. Dugdale, silver George II. tea tray; Captain A. Milne, eight silver spoons; Mrs Turton, tortoiseshell and silver tray; Hon. David Curzon, gold and green box; Lady Henry Somerset, oriental necklace; Lady Margaret Ismay, silver looking-glass; Misses Linton, silver tea caddy; Adeline, Duchess of Bedford, diamond and sapphire brooch; Mrs Holford, two silver baskets; Lord Edward Somerset, silver-mounted liqueur bottles; Mr Oswald Petre, silver mounted blotter; Mr and Mrs Beach, buhl clock; Mr and Mrs Farquharson, gold sleeve links; Mrs Sandford, silver match box; Basil Hanbury, silver lamp; Mr J. F. Mason, bookcase; Dowager Countess of Morton, diamond and sapphire brooch; Major Shuttleworth, diamond and enamel watch; Lord and Lady Moreton, photo frame; Lady Jane Dundas, pearl necklace; Hon. Alex Wood, chain bracelet; Mr and Mrs Leopold de Rothschild, pansy brooch; Mrs Bamfylde, metal and pearl box; Captain and Hon. Mrs H. Grenfell, two silver baskets; Miss Low, two silver baskets; Mr and Mrs Mason, silver bowl; Lord and Lady Crawshaw, four silver baskets; Mr and Mrs Marshall Dugdale, three silver dishes; Hon. Mrs Bass, two silver sauce boats; Mr and Mrs Morton Lucas, two silver dishes; Mr and Mrs W. M. Low, two silver candelabra and six candlesticks; Colonel and Mrs Ralph Vivian, diamond and amethyst bonnet pin; Hon. Mrs P. Mitford, silver box; Mrs Dundas, two amethyst pins; Mr and Mrs Beauchamp Scott, six silver-handled tea knives; Mr and Mrs Colmore, two small Sevrés vases; Walter Cunliffe, silver tankard; Mr Davies, blue carriage rug; Rev. Edgar Sheppard, cut-glass bottle with gold top; Mrs Fletcher, embroldery; Misses Mostyn, silver photo frame; and Mrs Stratford Dugdale, four silver dishes; Mr and Mrs Fletcher, of Saltowl, small silver lamp; Hon. Mrs Sutton, Nelthorpe, glass vase; Mr and Mrs Hambro, silver inkstand; Rev. Vincent and Hon. Mrs Fortescue, silver cigarette case and match box; Mr and Mrs Stanley Wilson, blotter and paper case; Mrs Arthur Wilson, Dreyfus cabinet; Hon. Tom Kennard, silver cup; Mr and Mrs W. James, two silver bowls; Mr and Mrs E. Hambro, two silver candlesticks; Major and the Hon. Mrs Tennant, two china candlesticks; Hon. Mrs P. Crutchley, silver-mounted paper knife: Duke and Duchess Westminster, enamel brooch; Mrs Arkwright, diamond Mother-of-Pearl duck brooch; Mr Remmington Wilson, gold knife; Mr F. Lort Phillips, writing table; Earl and Countess [? no names in article], two silver candlesticks; Mr Wilmot Cave, match tray; Mrs Torre Morton, china box; Mr and Mrs Hay Newton, Portuguese oak chest; Mrs and Miss Magniac, cushion; Marquess and Marchioness of Hertford, silver candelabra; Hon. H. and Lady Flo Sturt, green writing case; Major and Mrs Fosbery, silver tea kettle; Colonel and Mrs Finch, diamond bow brooch; Mr and Mrs Percy Wormald, two silver salvers; Mr James Foster, clock; Lady Elizabeth Taylor, cushion; Mr Daniel Cooper, red enamel sleeve links; Mrs Bromley-Davenport, fan; Mrs lnigo Jones, old china tea and coffee set; Mr Frank Fitzherbert, silver-mounted claret jug; Mr and Mrs J. Lionel Dugdale, six silver coffee cups; Mr Kenneth Wilson, claret jug; Mr and Mrs Stirling Stuart, silver sugar sifter; Col. and Mrs Alfred Bibby, walking stick; and Mrs Walter enamelled horn ornament; Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, diamond bow brooch with pearl drop; Mr and Mrs C. T. Dugdale, two silver candlesticks; Earl and Countess [?names missing], pearl bracelet; Lady Lindsay, silver bottle; Miss Mare Lindsay, silver match box; Mr and Mrs Guy Scott, silver ash tray; Vicar of Kensington and Lady Mary Glyn, screen; Mrs Cox, two silver mugs; Colonel the Hon. G. and Mrs Napier, walkingstick [sic]; Mr and Mrs T. Dugdale, silver sugar basin and spoon; the Misses Verney, silver buckle; Mr F. Arkwright, two plated dishes; Mr Arthur Dugdale, two silver flower pots; Major and Mrs Maxwell, silver-mounted jug and tumblers; Miss Pelly, books; Mrs and Miss Lucy six silver handled knives; Hon. Mrs R. Verney, barometer; Lady Abercrombey, silver cream jug; Miss Bibby, furniture; Rev. H. Torre Morton, china ornament; Mrs Lucy and Miss Lucy, old spoon; Mr B. Fitzgerald, clock; Hope Vere, decanter; Mrs Horace Walpole, silver and tortoisesheil bookmarker; Mr and Mrs H. Jefferson, old silver cup; Colonel and Mrs Paulet, three silver dishes; Earl of Chesterfield, silver-gilt box; Mr Matthews and Mrs Tait, two silver candlesticks; Mr and Mrs Fairfax-Lucy, two silver dishes; Lady Margaret Jenkins, Morocco bag for cards; Miss B. Johnson, silver toast rack; Mr and Mrs West, silver salts and spoons; Mr C. Majoribanks, old card table; Mrs Walter Forbes, walkingstick; Mrs Helen Megniac, seal; Mr J. Guthrie, clock; Earl and Countess Leven and Meville, gilt topped smelling bottle; Hon. W. and Mrs Brooks, silver mounted bowl; Lady Grey Egerton, Dresden china vase; Lady Anne Savlle, turquoise and diamond pin; Lord and Lady W. Cecil, photo frame; Lady Louisa Charteris, drawing; Earl and Countess of Jersey, ivory paper knife; Mr and Mrs Robert Benton, blue satin table centre; the Hon. Chandos and Mrs Leigh, bookstand; Mrs Theodore Brinkman, two silver [souffliers? illegible]; Mr and Lady Margaret Douglas, two sliver flower stands; Mrs Hall, brass tankard; Lady Louisa Wells, silver-gilt tea set and diamond bracelet; the Hon. A. Greville, silver cigarette, and match boxes; Mrs Arthur Paget, ormolu inkstand; Mrs Gordon Dugdale, tortoiseshell and sliver paper knife; Lady Auckland, old looking glass; Mr W. G. Middleton, two silver candlesticks; Mrs Radcliffe, silver salver; Captain P. Gerald Leigh, silver and glass cigarette box; Mrs R. Charteris, walkingstick; Mr James Alston, silver-mounted jug; Major and Mrs Hunter, brass clock; Mr and Mrs George Baird, books; Mrs Rodgett [?], silver inkstand; the Hon. G. and Mrs Adderley, writingcase; Mr and Mrs R. Greaves, four silver dishes; Mr and Mrs Bruce Ismay, silver fish slice; Captain and Mrs Arthur Chambers, visitors' book; Mrs Roger Cunliffe, two silver baskets; Sir Charles and Lady Hartopp, green enamelled buttons; Captain and Mrs Edward Baird, two silver-gilt spoons; Mr and Mrs Frederick Walker, silver dish; Mr and Mrs Arthur James, table; the Hon. Marshall Brooks, table; the 8th Troop of the Warwickshire Yeomanry, large silver salver and silver cigarette case; Sir F. and Lady Stapleton, rams-horn paper knife; Viscountess Helmsley, diamond and sapphire scarf pin; anonymous, blotting case; Mrs Charlotte Knollys, Russian cigarette case; Mr and Mrs Clamner, oak and silver inkstand; Mr Burroughs, silver match box; Mr and Mrs Hobbs, six silver coffee spoons; Mr, Mrs, and Miss Miller Munday, silver-mounted claret jug; Captain the Hon. Cecil and Mrs Bingham, silver sugar sifter; the Hon. Mark Bouverie, two old silver candlesticks; the Hon. F and Mrs Parker, two silver menu holders; Lady Iveagh, diamond and turquoise brooch; Major Davidson, two silver baskets; Blanche Countess of Rosslyn, green enamel and gold links; Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, tortoisesheil and silver paper knife; Dowager Countess, of Aylesford, asparagus tongs; Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddaie, silver box; Master George Greville, silver cup; Mr R. Charteris, silver soup tureen; Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, six small Russian cups; Lady Margaret Charteris, enamel and diamond brooch; Hons. Maud and Constance Hamilton Russell, silver photo frame; Rev. T. Rivington, books; Countess Manvers, china plate; stablemen at Wroxall, driving whip; Sir Francis de Winton, Rev. Canon Dalton, Hon. Derek Keppel, and Sir Charles Cust, pearl necklace; Lady Lilian Yorke, tortoiseshell paper knife; servants of Hon. Captain A. Greville and Hon. L. Greville, two silver candlesticks on tray; Hon. A. and Lady C. Walsh, silver photo frame; Viscount and Viscountess Boyne, table; Lady Jane Repton, silver prayer book; Mr Herbert Arkwright, silver cream jug; Mr Philip Stanhope and Countess Tolstoi, gold and jewelled pencil; Lady Lilian Wemess [?], diamond framed miniature brooch; Mrs Stanley Clarke, books; Mr Leonard Brassey, old silver, sugar basin and spoon; Lord Rendlesham, two silver candlesticks; Mr and Mrs Lycett Green, large looking glass and candlesticks; Lady Hilda Finch, old silver wine cooler; Mr Robert Yerburgh, M.P., silver cigarette case; Mr Charles Rose, silver salver; Hon. L. Greville, two large china lamps; Sir Reginald Cathcart, travelling clock; Mr and Lady B. Taylor, inkstand (silver mounted) and blotting book; Lord and Lady Binning, silver cream jug; Major-General and Mrs Stanley Clarke, inlaid table; Mr and Hon. Mrs Freeman Thomas, bezique box; Countess of Aylesford, old silver cream jug; Mr J. T. Arkwright, silver bottles and glasses; Lord and Lady Camoys, silver inkstand; Lord and Lady Alexander Gordon Lennox, table; Lord and Lady William Neville, silver cream jug; Sir Guy and Lady Campbell, smelling bottle; Sir Francis and Lady Knollys, silver inkstand; Earl and Countess of Albermarle, visitors' book; Lady Francis Legge, silver clasps; Lord and Lady Saltoun, silver bell; Hon. Mrs Reginald Corbet, small inlaid case and smelling bottle; Ear! of Norbury, gold safety pin; Mr Repton, diamond bracelet; Duke of Norfolk, amethyst and diamond safety pin brooch; servants at York House, two silver salts and spoons; servants at Easton, silver salver and cruet; Countess Cairns, small table; Sir Francis Montifiore, silver pincushion; Earl of Aylesford, large silver looking glass; Sir Dighton and Lady Probyn, silver handled umbrella; Dowager Countess of Dartmouth, silver tea caddy; Lord and Lady Churchill, silver basket; Sir George Arthur, picture; Mr and Mrs Arthur Hay, two silver peppers; Mr Kenneth Howard, gilt salts bottle; Mrs Grahame Menzies, silver pencil case and seal; Mrs Rogers, silver dish; Mr E. Cassel and Miss A. Cassel, covers for dishes; Mr and Mrs Manley Sims, silver looking glass; Major and Mrs Chesshvre [sic?] Molyneux, small sliver bowl snd spoon; Mrs Weyland, flower glasses in silver stands; Captain Cotterell, gold-mounted stick; Captain Peel, two silver candlesticks; Mrs Battye, six silver-handled tea knives; Hon. George and Mrs Keppel, silver-mounted glass tureen for iceing fruits; Earl of Warwick, tortoisesheil and diamond sleeve links; Mrs E. Greaves, old silver jug; Captain Coote, silver pepper grinder; Mr and Mrs Walter Maudsley, silver and crystal paper knife; Lord Kenyon, set of silver drinking cups; Mr and Mrs J. B. Dugdale, silver-mounted dressing bag; Mr and Mrs Digby, four silver dishes; Mr Robert Woodhouse, four silver candlesticks; Dr and Mrs Bullock, small silver tray; Captain Arthur Doyle, gun metal cigarette case; Mr John Hargreaves, two silver candlesticks; Mrs Edward Dutton, matchbox; Mrs John Follett, silver-mounted engagements tablet; Misses Rose and Edith Dugdale, large silver tea kettle and teapot, coffeepot, and hot milk jug; Captain J. Orr Ewing, silver travelling clock; Mr and Mrs Silver, silver sugar tongs; Major Stamner, silver pencil case; Mrs Dudley Smith, large Dutch spoon; Mrs Wilfred Marshall, old French thermometer; Captain and Mrs Walter Campbell, work table; Colonel Cuthbert Larkin, clock; Miss Annie Murray, cushion; Mr Elms and Mr Whitehead, photo of Earl of Warwick in frame; Mr A. Lloyd, two china figures, &c., &c.

22 July 1895, Monday

Muriel Wilson was a bridesmaid in the wedding of T. E. M. Swinnerton-Pilkingten and Lady Kathleen Cuffe: <quote>AtSt. Mark’s Church, North Andley-street, London, on Tuesday-afternoon, with choral service, the marriage took place of Capt. T. E. M. Swinnerton-Pilkingten, eldest son of Sir Lionel M. Swinnerton-Pilkington, of Chevet Park, Wakefield, and Lady Kathleen Cuffe, only daughter of the fourth Earl of Desart. The Rev. Burton, M.A., uncle of the bridegroom, officiated, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Ayre, Vicar of St, Mark’s. The Earl of Desart gave his daughter away. Mr. Aubrey Harcourt acted as groomsman. There were 10 bridesmaids — Misses Aimee and Veronica Milborne Swinnerton-Pilkington (sisters of the bridegroom), Miss Cuffe, Miss Sybil Cuffe, Hon. Cicely Henniker, Hon. Rachel Calthorpe (cousins of the bride), Miss Mildred Seymour, Miss Goldschmidt, Miss Elsa Stern, and Miss Muriel Wilson. They wore white muslin gowns, with cherry-coloured sashes, and white fichus, copied from. Romney’s portrait of Lady Edward Fitzgerald, and white straw Directoire hats with white feathers and cherry bows. The bridegroom’s presents were brooches with “K. and T.” threaded the stalks a white “York” rose, and a green shamrock and nosegay [?] of pink and white sweet pea. Miss Fitzgerald, only daughter of the Knight of Kerry and Lady Fitzgerald (cousin of the bride), acted as trainbearor in a child’s replica of the bridesmaids’ dresses. The bride selected a “wedding gown” of white satin, trimmed with old Brussels lace and fichu, her fine tulle veil being fastened by a comb of orange blossoms and diamond pins, the gift of the bridegroom’s father, and her bouquet was of white blooms in foliage. The reception at Bute House, South Audley-street, W., the residence of Mrs. Bischoffsheim, was very largely attended, and afterwards Captain and Lady Kathleen Swinnerton-Pilkington left for Nuneham Park for their honeymoon, kindly lent by Mr., Aubrey Harcourt.</quote> (1895-07-27 Barnsley Chronicle) [check year on this: it's 1895 but not 1897?]

25 July 1895, Thursday

<quote>In All Saints' Church, Ennismore-gardens, on Thursday, Mr Reginald Bernhard Loder, son the late Sir Robert Loder, Bart., was married to the Lady Margaret Hare, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Listowel. The bride was led to the altar by her father, and was followed by eight bridesmaids : The Lady Beatrice Hare, her sister, Miss Florence Heneage and the Hon. Catherine Beresford, her cousins, Miss Sybil Burrell, Miss Norman Loder, Miss Patience Loder, nieces of the bridegroom, Lady Kathleen Cole, and Miss Crichton. Lord Albert Godolphin Osborne acted as groomsman. Mr and Lady Margaret Loder subsequently left for High Firs, the residence of Mr Alfred Loder, brother the bridegroom, near Harpenden, Herts. Among the guests who assembled at the ceremony and At Home afterwards were the Duchess of Leeds and the Ladies Godolphin Osborne, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, Victoria Countess of Yarborough and Mr Richardson, Lady Decies, Mrs Arthur Wilson and Miss Muriel Wilson, and Mrs Thynne.</quote> (1895-07-27 Yorkshire Gazette)

August 1895

26 August 1895, Monday

Summer Bank Holiday

October 1895

6 October 1895, Sunday

Sir Henry Wood founded the London Promenade concerts.

18 October 1895, Friday

The Prince of Wales paid his usual annual visit to the Earl and Countess of Warwick; a number of people were there, also as usual, including Muriel Wilson. Almost everybody left by the 10 a.m. train on Monday morning. <quote>Besides the Prince of Wales and Captain Holford, the Earl and Countess entertained large house party at the Lodge from Friday to Monday, among the guests being the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, Lord and Lady Rookwood, Lord de L'lsle, Lady A. St. Clair Erskine, Lord Herbert Vane Tempest, Lady L. Wemyss, Col. Lockwood, M.P., and Mrs. Lockwood, Mr. Beit, Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse, Mrs. Sreyd, Mr. and Mrs. Menzies, Miss Muriel Wilson, and Col. Paget.</quote> (1895-10-18 Essex County Chronicle)

31 October 1895, Thursday

Halloween.

November 1895

5 November 1895, Tuesday

Guy Fawkes Day

17 November 1895, Sunday

According to Dr. Watson's opening of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1908 "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, "In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses. ... But when ... we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade's impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer" (Baring-Gould II 432).

30 November 1895, Saturday

Muriel Wilson was a bridesmaid in the wedding of Miss Ida Forbes to Sir Archibald Edmonstone, of Duntreath (1895-12-02 Times). Muriel Wilson was one of 8 bridesmaids; the others were Miss Gathorne Hardy, Miss Flo Farquharson, Miss Dudley Ward, Miss Graham Murray, Miss Lutzow, and Miss Millicent James.

December 1895

Sir Henry Irving and Mr. Bram Stoker were amongst the guests who attended the marriage of Mr. Gilbert Parker to Miss Van Tine in New York early in December last. The engagement was announced some months back, but little attention seems to have been paid to the fulfilment." "Table Talk," The Literary World (3 January 1896), Vol. 53, p. 14, col. 2. (Accessed 9 October 2009 in Google Books.)

17 December 1895, Tuesday

<quote>THE PRINCE OF WALES at HIGHCLERE CASTLE. This week the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have had the honour of entertaining the Prince of Wales at their picturesque seat, Highclere Castle, which has consequently been the scene of much life and festivity. His Royal Highness, who was attended by Captain the Hon. Seymour Fortescue, drove from Marlborough House on Tuesday afternoon to Paddington, and left by special train, which was in charge of Mr. Hart, the G.W.R. Superintendent for the London division. The train made a quick run via Reading and Newbury junctions to the Highclere station of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, where the Prince was met by the Earl of Carnarvon, and conveyed from there in a carriage and pair. Unfortunately the weather proved dull and damp, and somewhat foggy, but by a thoughtful arrangement a large number of red and green lamps had been fixed on either side of the winding drive through the park between the London Lodge and the Castle, which was reached at a few minutes after seven o'clock. The guests who had been invited to meet his Royal Highness, and who had arrived by special train earlier in the afternoon, included Lord and Lady Westmorland, Lord and Lady Burghclere, Lord and Lady Chelsea, Lord and Lady Howe, Lady Dorothy Neville, Lady De Trafford, Hon. Mrs. Lowther, Sir Edward and Lady Colebrook, the Russian Ambassador (M. de Staal), the Brazilian Minister (Chevalier de Souza Correa), M. Boulatzell, Mr. Alfred Cooper, and Mr. James McCraw. Dinner was served eight o'clock, music being provided by Herr Gottlieb's Viennese orchestra. A short time since the necessary works for installing the electric light the Castle were commenced, but it was found impossible to complete them in time for the Royal visit. However, all the principal rooms and other portions of the interior were brilliantly illuminated with lamps. On Wednesday the weather showed little, if any, improvement, but the Prince, attended by one of his gamekeepers from Sandringham, and accompanied by his noble host and several of the distinguished visitors, spent several hours in shooting over Biggs' Beat and the Warrens, on the south side of the estate, with the result that notwithstanding the unfavourable day excellent sport was obtained. The Royal guest, who much enjoyed his stay at Highclere, terminated his visit on Thursday morning, when Lord Carnarvon drove the Prince to Highclere station, where a special train was in waiting, which conveyed his Royal Highness to town. The rest of the visitors also left by another special. The Russian Ambassador, who arrived with the rest of the visitors by special train on Tuesday afternoon, went to town on Wednesday morning, but returned to Highclere Castle in the evening in time to dine with Lord Carnarvon's party. After luncheon on Wednesday the party, including the Prince of Wales, were photographed by Mr. Righton, of Northbrook-street, Newbury. </quote> (Reading Mercury 1895-12-21).

25 December 1895, Wednesday

Christmas Day

26 December 1895, Thursday

Boxing Day

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