Picture No | 11072134 |
Date | 1903 |
Description | Ettie, Lady Desborough in fancy dress costume |
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Ethel Anne Priscilla ('Ettie') Grenfell (née 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. Pictured here when she was Mrs Willie Grenfell in costume as Fatima for a fancy dress ball given by Mrs Adair in 1903.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 27 May 1903 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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