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Mrs Charles Sweeny

Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham, later the notorious Duchess of Argyll, pictured wearing rubies at the Beau Geste Ball at Claridge's. She was one of nine society women chosen to display half a million pounds worth of jewels between them

Picture No
11070775
Media ID
46137625
Size
3245px x 5719px (2.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Fayer in The Sketch, 14 December 1938
Date
1938

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