Sitter: Sir Robert Wilfrid de Yarburgh Bateson, 3rd Baron Deramore (1865-1936) and Lady Violet Deramore, née Blanche Violet Saltmarshe (d. 1973).

Biog: (Lord Deramore) D.L.; J.P.; Lieut.-Col. Yorkshire Hussars (Yeomanry);

(Lady Deramore) Daughter of Col. Philip Saltmarshe, of Saltmarshe, Yorks.; m. (1907), as his 2nd wife, Sir Robert Wilfrid de Yarburgh Bateson, 3rd Baron Deramore.

In 1907 the widowed Lord Deramore, married the two-decades younger Lady Deramore, née Blanche Violet Saltmarshe. In this image, the 24-year old Lady Deramore is being presented in connection with her marriage and change in rank from Miss to Baroness.

Lord Deramore was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Yorkshire Hussars and is seen here in the Full Dress uniform of the Yorkshire Hussars. Of all the British army uniforms this is probably the most becoming and the most ornate. The front of the blue uniform and the pelisse is covered with covered with silver cord and the sleeves of the jacket and pelisse are a masterwork of gothic-style bullion embroidery. Golden acorns can be seen attached to gold basket cord on his right chest and at his waist.

During their married life Lady Deramore went on to fulfil many public duties. During the First World War she transformed their home Heslington Hall, near York, into a convalescent home for soldiers, and after her husband’s death she gave the Hall to York University.

For her presentation at Court, Lady Deramore wears a gown, made by Russell and Allan of Old Bond Street, of white chiffon and fine Brussels tulle embroidered with silver and crystal in a floral and basket design, the entire gown being finished with touches of cloth of silver. She wears also a white satin Court train, lined with cloth of silver and softened with white chiffon, draped from the shoulders with silver cords and tassels, and almost entirely veiled with very fine lace. She wears a diamond rivière necklace, very delicate single pearl earrings and a diamond shamrock tiara.

Date: [28 February 1908].

Occasion: The Court, 28 February 1908: Lady Deramore presented, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Kerr.

Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.

Descr: FL.

Costume: (Lord Deramore) Full Dress Uniform, Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars;

(Lady Deramore) Court dress.

"An ideal Court gown of white chiffon and fine Brussels tulle embroidered all over with silver and crystal in a floral and basket design, the entire gown being finished with touches of cloth of silver. A white satin Court train, lined with cloth of silver and softened with white chiffon, draped from the shoulders with silver cords and tassels, and almost entirely veiled with very beautiful real lace" (see: The Court Journal, 29 February 1908, p 349).

Costume Designer & Supplier: (Lady Deramore) Russell and Allan, Old Bond Street, W.

Jewellery: (Lady Deramore) Diamond tiara, stars and necklet.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Rococo highbacked armchair.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 1.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

Biog: (Lord Deramore) Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; (Lady Deramore) Burke's Peerage; The Times, 9 January 1973, p 14g.

Occasion: The Times, 2 March 1908, p 4e.

Costume: (Lord Deramore) Dress Regulations for the Army, London, 1900; (Lady Deramore) The Times, 29 February 1908, p 12c; The Court Journal, 29 February 1908, p 349; The Throne, 7 March 1908, p 260.

Costume Designer & Supplier: (Lady Deramore) The Court Journal, 29 February 1908, p 352.

Jewellery: (Lady Deramore) The Times, 29 February 1908, p 12c; The Throne, 7 March 1908, p 260.

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