Picture No | 12699274 |
Date | 1931 |
Description | Fancy dress party - ku klux klan costumes |
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Lady Douro's group at a fancy dress ball given by Mrs Harrison Broadley at her house near Aboyne to celebrate the engagement of her daughter Heather to Mr Blunt. In front, dressed up as members of the Ku Klux Klan are Lord Mornington, Lord Aberdour & Lord Maidstone. Behind Lady Godfrey-Faussett, Lady Daphne Finch-Hatton, Lady Anne Wellesley, Mr. D. Godfrey Faussett ('as a duchess!' exclaims The Tatler, though it does not remark on the costume choices of the three seated members of the peerage), Miss Pamela Wellsley and Lady Douro (later the Duchess of Wellington).
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Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Tatler', 16 September 1931, page 498 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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