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 : The Duchess of Argyll with her daughter Frances Sweeny


The Duchess of Argyll with her daughter Frances Sweeny

Margaret Whigham (1912-1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll, whose scandalous divorce case, involving the photographs of the "headless" man plunged her into disgrace and penury. Pictured when she was Duchess of Argyll with her daughter, Frances Sweeny, who would become Duchess of Rutland - and their pet dachshund, Max

Picture No
11938853
Media ID
46076834
Size
4864px x 6212px (3.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Usage Restrictions
Editorial use only
Source
Photograph by Eric Coop in The Tatler, 4 March 1953
Date
1953

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