BLYTHSWOOD, LADY
Neg. No: (SF) G 8322
Neg. Size:12"x15"
Neg. Date: 7-8-1923

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Subject: Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles and others at Blythswood House, Renfrewshire.

Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles and others at Blythswood House, Renfrewshire.

Sitters:

Front row left to right:

Violet Evelyn, Countess of Stair (d. 1968), née Harford; only daughter of Col. Frederick Henry Harford; m. (1904) (as first wife) 12th Earl of Stair.
Lady Alice (Emma) Shaw-Stewart, née Thynne (d. 1942); C.B.E. cr. 1920; daughter of 4th Marquis of Bath; m. (1883) Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw-Stewart 8th Bt.
HRH Princess (Victoria Alexandra Alice) Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, later Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965); cr. Princess Royal 1932; only daughter of King George V; m. (1922) 6th Earl of Harewood.
Evelyn, Baroness Blythswood, née Fletcher ( ); m. (1895) 4th Baron Blythswood.
Henry George Charles Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947).
Helen Hermione, Viscountess Novar, née Blackwood (1865-1941); G.B.E. cr. 1918; daughter of 1st Marquis of Dufferin and Ava; m. (1889) 1st and last Viscount Novar.

Back row includes:
Archibald Campbell, 4th Baron Blythswood (1870-1929).
John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair (1879-1961).
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860-1940); Governor of Queensland 1895-1901 and Bombay 1903-1907.
Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson, 1st & last Viscount Novar (1860-1934); Soldier; Liberal MP; General and Commander-in-Chief of Australia 1914-1918; Secretary for Scotland 1922-1924.
Sir (Michael) Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Bt. (1854-1942); Soldier, Conservative M.P. Renfrewshire East 1885-1906; Lord Lieutenant for Renfrewshire 1922-1942.
Sir (Windham) Frederick Carmichael-Anstruther, 11th Bt. (1902-1928); an Hereditary Master of the Household for Scotland (?)
Hon. Olive Campbell, later Hon. Mrs Laurence Paul Methuen-Campbell (d. 1940); dau of 4th Baron Blythswood; m. (1927) Hon. Lawrence Paul Methuen.
Lady Hermione Herbert CK BURKES 1920S
Hon. Miss Kenyon-Slaney CK BURKES 1920S
Hon. Lawrence Paul Methuen, (1898- ); Soldier; 3rd son of 3rd Baron Methuen.

Date: 7 August 1923.

Occasion: House Party for Princess Mary, guest at Blythswood House for the Royal visit to Glasgow, 7 August 1923.

Location: Blythswood House, Renfrewshire

Descr: FL

Costume: -(1)

Costume Supplier: -

Furniture & Props: -

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd, 11-21 Gordon Street, Glasgow.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: CK

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog:

(Lady Alice Shaw-Stewart) Burke's Peerage; A. Winton Thorpe, ed., Handbook to The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (facsimile edition), London, 1988;
(Countess of Stair) Burke's Peerage;
(Princess Mary, later Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood) Dictionary of National Biography; Hugh Montgomery Massingberd ed., Burke's Royal Families of the World, Vol I, London, 1977, p 311 ;
(Baroness Blythswood) Burke's Peerage; L.G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972;
(6th Earl of Harewood) Dictionary of National Biography;
(Viscountess Novar) Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972; A. Winton Thorpe, ed., Handbook to The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, (facsimile edition), London, 1988;
(4th Baron Blythswood) Burke's Peerage; L.G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972;
(12th Earl of Stair) Burke's Peerage;
(2nd Baron Lamington) Dictionary of National Biography; Burke's Peerage; L.G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972;
(1st Viscount Novar) Dictionary of National Biography; Burke's Peerage; L.G. The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, London, 1972;
(Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Bt.) Burke's Peerage; Who's Who;
(Sir Frederick Anstruther, 11th Bt) Burke's Peerage; Who's Who;
(Hon. Olive Campbell, later Mrs Methuen-Campbell) Burke's Peerage;
(Hon. Lawrence P. Methuen) Burke's Peerage.

Occasion: The Times, 8 August 1923, p 7c.

Costume: -

Costume Supplier: -

Reproduced: The Scots Pictorial, 18 August 1923, p 150.

Acknowledgements: -

1. The royal party wore mourning for the visit to Glasgow due to the death of President Harding of the United States. (The Times, 8 August 1923, p 7c.)