Picture No | 11046909 |
Date | 1931 |
Description | A Day in the Life of the Debutante - Miss Margaret Whigham |
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A scene from a number of tableaux staged at the London Hippodrome in May 1931 in aid of the Highway Club for Boys and Girls in the east end of London - it was attended by the Duchess of York. The theme in this scene was 'A Day in the Life of a Debutante.' On the left, Miss Cynthia Pratt wears the crinoline of the Victorian deb whereas on the right, Miss Margaret Whigham played the modern deb. Margaret Whigham was hailed deb of the year in 1930 and was the darling of the society columns both before and after her marriage when she became Mrs Charles Sweeney. She subsequently married the 11th Duke of Argyll and gained notoriety during their scandalous 1963 divorce case.
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Source | Photograph by Speaight in The Tatler, 13 May 1931 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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