Subject: The marriage of Captain Alistair Richardson, 1st King's Dragoon Guards to Miss Forbes of Callendar. (Wedding group).

Sitters left to right:

Front row:

(Child train-bearer, cousin of the bride) Miss Catherine Geraldine Hotham later Lady Guest (1915- ); m. (1941) Baron Guest, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

2nd row:

(Bridesmaid) Miss Cristal (Guina Lucy) Jervis, later Mrs G. H. Macnab (1906- ); dau of Lt. Col. Hon. St. Leger Henry Jervis; m. 1stly (1927) Brig. Thomas James Bolle Bosvile; m. 2ndly (1946) George Henderson Macnab.
(Bridesmaid, cousin of the bride) Miss Dorothy (Jean) Hotham, later Countess of Donoughmore (1906- ); M.B.E. 1947; Vice-President, London Branch, British Red Cross Society; m. (1925) 7th Earl of Donoughmore.
(Bridesmaid, sister of the bride) Miss Margaret (Lilian May) Forbes, later Mrs James Tylden (1900-1966); 2nd daughter of Charles William Forbes, 4th of Callendar; m. (1931) (as 2nd wife) Captain James ('Bunny') Tylden.
(Bride) Mrs Alistair Richardson, née Marion (Edith Georgina) Forbes (1898- );(1). eldest daughter of Charles William Forbes, 4th of Callendar; m. (1923) (as first wife) Captain Alistair Richardson (div. 1932).
(Bridesmaid, sister of the bride) Miss Louisa (Mary Dorothy Charlotte) Forbes, Mrs David Landale (1904-1956); 4th dau of Charles William Forbes, 4th of Callendar; m. (1929) David ('Taffy') Landale, Chairman of Jardine Mathieson.
(Bridesmaid) Miss Grisel Magdalen Agnes Davies (1897- ); only daughter of General Sir Francis John Davies, C-in-C, Scottish Command 1919-1923.
(Bridesmaid) Miss Audrey Palmer (1898-1991); V.A.D. nurse; youngest dau of Sir Alfred Palmer, 3rd Bt., High Sheriff of Durham, and Ellen née Young.

Back row:

(Bride's father) Charles William Forbes, 4th of Callendar (1871-1948).
(Bridesmaid) Miss Myrtle Campbell, later Mrs Robin Fender (d. 1991); daughter of Col. Kenneth Campbell; m. Robin Fender.
(Best man) Lieutenant Leslie Waggett M.C., King's Dragoon Guards.
(Bridegroom) Captain, later Major Alistair Richardson (d. 1956); King's Dragoon Guards; son of Col. Edwin Hautonville Richardson
(Bridesmaid) Muriel Charlie, Miss Dundas of Dundas, later Mrs John Henry Jauncy (1898- ); eldest daughter of Charles Hope Dundas, 26th Chief of Dundas; m. (1923) Lieut-Commander John Henry Jauncy RN.
{Groom's father ?]

Date: Tuesday, 10 April 1923.

Location: Drawing-Room, Callendar House, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. footnote

Descr: FL standing.

Costume: (Bride) Wedding dress of white satin marocain, trimmed with silver bullion lace; train of antique Limerick lace,⁽²⁾ lined with silver tissue, edged with orange blossom and fastened at the shoulders with two diamond brooches; veil of silver tulle; bouquet of Madonna lilies. (Bridemaids) Dresses of hydrangea-mauve marocain, embroidered in silver; headdresses of silver leaves; bouquets of white narcissi, tied with silver ribbon. (Train-bearer) Dress of old lace, lined with silver tissue, with silver sash.

Costume Supplier: -

Jewellery: (Bride) Diamond regimental badge, pearl necklace, diamond brooches.

Orders, Decorations and Medals: (Lt. Leslie Waggett) Military Cross; 1914-1915 star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919; India General Service Medal with bar: Afghanistan NWF 1919. (Captain Richardson) 1914-1915 star; British War Medal 1914-1920; Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919; India General Service Medal 1908-1935 with bar: Afghanistan NWF 1919.

Furniture & Props: -

Evidence of photographer at work: -

No of related negatives: 3.

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Biog: Burke's Landed Gentry; Burke's Peerage.

Occasion: The Times, 11 April 1923, p 15d; Scots Pictorial, 21 April 1923, p. 377-8 CK AGAIN

Location: (Article on Callendar House) Scots Pictorial, 1 & 15 January 1921.

Costume: (Bride, bridesmaids & train-bearer) The Times, 11 April 1923, p 15d; Scots Pictorial, 21 April 1923, p. 377-8 CK AGAIN; The Falkirk Herald, 14 April 1923, p 7.

Costume Supplier: -

Jewellery: The Times, 11 April 1923, p 15d; Scots Pictorial, 21 April 1923, p. 377-8 CK AGAIN; The Falkirk Herald, 14 April 1923, p 7.

Reproduced: (Versions) Scots Pictorial, 21 April 1923, p. 377-8 CK AGAIN

1. '...who had the distinction of being the youngest Red Cross nurse in Scotland during the war...'

^{(Scots Pictorial, 21 April 1923, pp 377-8. CK)}