Abercorn/Spencer engagement, 1919
Family photograph showing the Duchess of Abercorn with her four children including (centre), Lady Cynthia Hamilton. Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Spencer (1897 - 1972), known until her marriage as Lady Cynthia Hamilton was the daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn, and married Viscount Althorp (later Earl Spencer) in 1919. She is the paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales and great-grandmother of Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambrdige. Photograph featured in The Bystander at the time of the announcement of her engagement
Picture No
13990682
Media ID
45424937
Size
5200px x 3589px
(1.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Bystander, 15 January 1919
Date
1919
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