ERROLL, EARL OF
Neg. No: 3593
Neg. Size: 15"x12"
Neg. Date: 28-10-1902

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Sitter: Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927).

Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927).

Biog: Entered Royal Horse Guards, 1869; Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, 1891-95; Colonel, 1895; Assistant Adjutant General for Cavalry; Honourary Major-General, 1917; served on Staff in France, 1917-18; 23rd Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.

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Date: 28 October 1902.

Occasion: The Coronation of King Edward VII, 9 August 1902.

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

Descr: FL standing with silver baton as Lord High Constable of Scotland.

Costume: Peer's Robes over Full Dress uniform, Colonel, Royal Horse Guards.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: Collar & star of a Knight of the Order of the Thistle [K.T. inv. 10 June 1901]; badge of a Companion of the Order of The Bath (military division) [C.B. cr. 29 November 1900]; Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal 1887 with 1897 bar; Coronation Medal 1902; Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with clasps.

Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; Jacobean-style studio chair.

Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of poses: 2.

Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927).

Charles Gore Hay, 20th Earl of Erroll (1852-1927).

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

References:

Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Complete Peerage; Who's Who; The Army List, 1902; The Times, 9 July, 1927, p. 16.

Occasion: (Coronation: The King's Regalia Procession) The Times, 11 August 1902; (Petition RE silver baton) G. Woods Wollaston, Coronation Claims (containing a full report of all the cases argued before the Court of Claims at the Coronation of King Edward VII., with other matter relating to Coronation services in General), London, 1910, pp 146-8.

Costume: (Peer's Robes) H. Graham Bennet, ed, Dress Worn by Gentlemen at His Majesty's Court and on Occasions of Ceremony, London, 1903; (uniform) Dress Regulations for the Army, London, 1900.

Orders, Decorations & Medals: (The Orders of The Thistle and The Bath) Burke's Peerage; (Jubilee and Coronation medals) Howard N. Cole, Coronation and Royal Commemorative Medals 1887-1977, London, 1977; (Queen's South Africa medal) E.C. Joslin, A.R. Litherland & B.T. Simpkin, British Battles & Medals, London, 1988.

Reproduced: (Version) A.C. Fox-Davies, ed., Their Majesties' Court 1906, London, 1907, plate 292.

Acknowledgements: (Orders etc.) David Bownes.