MAYORESS, LADY
Neg. No: (GP) 9564
Neg. Size: 12"x15"
Neg. Date: 09-11-1925

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Sitters: Lady Pryke, née Marguerite Harriott Stiles (1847-1925), with Page and Maids of Honour, among them seated at the left end Misses Margaret (Agnes) (1908- ) and (Helen) Elizabeth Blades (1908- ), later Hons. Mrs. Richard John Penfold Wyat and Lady Russell.

Biog: (Lady Pryke) Daughter of Robert Stiles, of St. John's Wood, London N.W.; m. (1878) Sir William Robert Pryke, 1st Bt., Lord Mayor of London (1925-26).

(Miss M. Blades) Daughter of (George) Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham; m. (1933) Brig. Richard John Penfold Wyat.

(Miss E. Blades) Daughter of (George) Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham; m. (1939) Adm. Hon. Sir Guy Herbrand Edward Russell, 2nd son of 2nd Baron Ampthill.

Date: 9 November 1925.

Occasion: Lord Mayor's Show, 9 November 1925.

Location: The Mansion House, London.

Descr: FL.

Costume: (Lady Pryke) Court dress.

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Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Biog: (Lady Pryke) Burke's Peerage; The Times, 30 November 1925, p 14d; (Misses Blades) Burke's Peerage.

Occasion: The Times, 10 November 1925, p 8c.

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