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| Picture No | 10639126 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Description | Wedding group in Nairobi featuring Lady Idina Gordon |
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An interesting group photograph taken in Nairobi on the occasion of the wedding of Mrs C. Littleton and Mr A. A. Baillie in the summer of 1919. From left are Captain E. Groves, Mrs Greswolde Williams, Madame Polovstoff, Mrs and Mr A. A. Baillie, Mrs Hensoldt, Major A. K. O'Brien, Mr F. Greswolde Williams, and Lady Idina Gordon. Five-times married Idina would gain notoriety as part of the Happy Valley Set when she moved to Kenya in 1924 with her third husband, Josslyn Hay, Earl of Errol. With her serial marriages and reputation for debauched decadence, she inspired the character of 'The Bolter' in Nancy Mitford's novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate, Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies and the character Iris Storm in The Green Hat by Michael Arlen.
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| Source | Photograph from the East African Standard published in The Tatler, 24 December 1919 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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