Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1

Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore and Browne. Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco was an English writer, the daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot. She married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian diplomat in 1920. She was actively involved in fundraising activities during the First World War, particularly anything theatrical as she was a keen amateur actress and organised a number of events in support of the Three Arts Fund. Nelson Keys (1886 - 1939) was a famous stage and film actor

Asquith Asquiths Bibesco Fund Fundraising Keys Matinee Matinees Rehearsing Serbian

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