Mrs W. H. Grenfell
Mrs W. H. Grenfell, who was entertaining colonial premiers at Taplow Court after postponement of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 due to the king's illness and operation. Ethel Anne Priscilla ('Ettie') Grenfell (nee Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron DesboroughEttie, Lady Desborough, was one of the great Edwardian society hostesses, central member of the Souls, and mother of Julian Grenfell (war poet) and Gerald William (Billy) Grenfell, both killed during the First World War
Picture No
13926063
Media ID
46807013
Size
4000px x 5757px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Bassano reproduced in The Tatler', 2 July 1902, page 19
Date
1902
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