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| Picture No | 10699347 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | Lady Londonderry, WW1 |
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Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry DBE (1878 - 1959), noted society hostess, and, during the First World War director of the Women's Legion (originally the WVR - Women's Volunteer Reserve), taking an interest in the Military Cooking Section. The magnificent Londonderry House in Park Lane was turned into a military hospital during the war, as were two of Lord Londonderry's country seats. Lady Londonderry was formerly Edith Helen Chaplin and married Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh in 1899.
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| Source | Photograph by Lallie Charles in The Tatler, 17 January 1917 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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