Picture No | 12094789 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | The Marchioness of Downshire |
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The Marchioness of Downshire, the wife of the 6th Marquess who had the dual roles or Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort, Co. Down, Ireland, and during the war, of a Special Constable in Berkshire. The Marchioness and her husband hosted many wounded soldiers during WWI, both at the family town house in London, and at the Country Seat in Berkshire.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sketch, 15th November 1916, page I |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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