The Sweeny Family at home, 1938

A series of photographs showing a different domestic side to the glamorous Mr and Mrs Charles Sweeny, pictured at home with their baby daughter Frances (born 1937, later became Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland). The photographs on the right are taken by Mr Sweeny and those on the right by a professional photographer, Jane Haydon. Mrs Sweeny was formerly Miss Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), deb of the year, society beauty and media darling. She later became Duchess of Argyll. She and her first husband, the American golfer Charles Sweeny divorced in 1947

Argyll Haydon Manners Rutland Socialites Sweeny Whigham

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