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Mary Cornwallis-West
Mary Adelaide Virginia Thomasina Eupatoria Cornwallis-West (née FitzPatrick; The Vale, Bailieborough 28 October 1854 – 21 July 1920) was an Irish aristocrat, socialite and mistress of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. Early life Cornwallis-West was born into an Irish noble family as the daughter of the Rev. Frederick FitzPatrick, a descendant of the 1st Baron Upper Ossory, and Lady Olivia Taylour, daughter of Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort. Personal life File:Daisy von Pless.jpg, Her eldest daughter, Daisy, Princess of Pless File:Constance Edwina, Duchess of Westminster.jpg, Her second daughter, Constance when Duchess of Westminster File:Georgecornwalliswest.jpg, Her son, George Cornwallis-West Her mother unsuccessfully attempted to seduce Albert, Prince Consort, and Cornwallis-West herself became mistress of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) at the age of 16. The affair was discovered, and in 1872 she was married to the Lord-Lieutenant of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford On Sea
Milford on Sea, often hyphenated, is a large coastal village and civil parish in the New Forest district, on the Hampshire coast, England. The parish had a population of 4,660 at the 2011 census and is centred about south of Lymington. Tourism and businesses for quite prosperous retirees as well as the care sector make up large parts of its economy. Businesses include restaurants, cafés, tea rooms, small shops, garden centres, pubs and camping/lodge/caravan parks, bed-and-breakfasts and a few luxury hotels. Shops cluster on its small high street, which fronts a village green. The western cliffs are accessed by flights of steps. In common with the flatter coast by the more commercial and eastern part of Milford, they have car parks with some facilities, which, along with many apartment blocks and houses, have close views of The Needles, which are the main, large chalk rocks immediately next to the Isle of Wight. Its western coast is a large bank of shingle below green cliffs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Jerome
Jennie Jerome Churchill (born Jeanette Jerome; later Mrs. Cornwallis-West; 9 January 1854 – 29 June 1921), known as Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill, was an American-born British socialite, the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the mother of British prime minister Winston Churchill. Early life Jeanette Jerome was born in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn in 1854, the second of four daughters (one died in childhood) of financier, sportsman, and speculator Leonard Jerome and his wife Clarissa "Clara", daughter of Ambrose Hall, a landowner. Jerome's father was of Huguenot extraction, his forebears having emigrated to America from the Isle of Wight in 1710. Hall family lore insists that Jennie had Iroquois ancestry through her maternal grandmother; however, there is no research or evidence to corroborate this. She was raised in Brooklyn, Paris, and New York City. She had two surviving sisters, Clarita (1851–1935) and Leonie (1859–1943). Another sister, Camille (1855–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtesan
A courtesan is a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele. Historically, the term referred to a courtier, a person who attended the court of a monarch or other powerful person. History In European feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together. Prior to the Renaissance, courtesans served to convey information to visiting dignitaries, when servants could not be trusted. In Renaissance Europe, courtiers played an extremely important role in upper-class society. As it was customary during this time for royal couples to lead separate lives—commonly marrying simply to preserve bloodlines and to secure political alliances—men and women would often seek gratification and companionship from people living at court. In fact, the verb 'to court' originally meant "to be or reside at court", and later came to mean "to behave as a courtier" and then ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillie Langtry
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer. Born on the island of Jersey, she moved to London in 1876, two years after marrying. Her looks and personality attracted interest, commentary, and invitations from artists and society hostesses, and she was celebrated as a young woman of great beauty and charm. During the Aestheticism, aesthetic movement in England, she was painted by aesthete artists. In 1882, she became the poster-girl for Pears (soap), Pears soap, and thus the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product. In 1881, Langtry became an actress and made her West End theatre, West End debut in the comedy ''She Stoops to Conquer'', causing a sensation in London by becoming the first socialite to appear on stage. She starred in many plays in both the United Kingdom and the United States, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillie (TV Series)
Lillie or Lilie may refer to: * Lillie (name) * ''Lillie'' (TV series), 1978 British television serial * Lillie, Louisiana, village in the United States * ''Lilie'' (poem), in '' Kytice'', anthology by Karel Jaromír Erben * Lillie Glacier, glacier of Antarctica * Lillie Range, mountain range of Antarctica * Lillie Bridge Grounds, a sports ground in London * Lillie (Pokémon), a Pokémon character * ''Lillie'' (pilot boat), pilot boat renamed the ''Richard K. Fox'' See also * Lili (other) * Lille (other) * Lilley (other) * Lilli (other) * Lillie Langtry (horse), Irish Thoroughbred racehorse * Lilly (other) * Lily (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00. From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames Television, there was an on-screen handover to LWT on Friday nights (there was no handover back to Thames on Mondays, as from 1968 to 1982 there was no programming in the very early morning, and from 1983, when a national breakfast franchise was created, LWT would hand over to TV-am at 6:00am, which would then hand over to Thames at 9:25am). From 1993 to 2002, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Carlton Television, the transfer usually occurred invisibly during a commercial break, for Carlton and LWT shared studio and transmission facilities (although occasionally a Thames-to-LWT-style handover would appear). Like most ITV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Linden
Jennie Linden (born 8 December 1939) is an English actress. She is best known for her starring role in Ken Russell's film ''Women in Love'' (1969) as well as her starring role in the cult film ''Nightmare'' (1964). Life and career Linden was born in Worthing to Marcus and Freida Fletcher. Her earliest film appearances were as the heroine in Hammer's ''Nightmare'' (1964) and Barbara in ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'' (1965). Her most widely known film role was as Ursula in ''Women in Love'' (1969), for which she received a BAFTA nomination; a year later she appeared in the film version of Iris Murdoch's novel '' A Severed Head''. Her subsequent film appearances include '' Vampira'' (1974), '' Valentino'' (1977) and '' Charlie Muffin'' (1979). Wishing to raise her son in England, Linden decided not to pursue a career in Hollywood. She was considered for '' The Lion in Winter'' (1968) and '' The Go-Between'' (1970); the latter was for the lead role of Marian Maudsley for which Julie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Touquet
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (, Picard language, Picard: ''Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache''), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (), is a Communes of France, commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, northern France. It has a permanent population of 4,213 (2021), but it welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer, so the population at any given time during high season in summer swells to about 30,000. Located on the Opal Coast of the English Channel at the estuary of the river Canche, the commune is one of the most renowned seaside resorts in France, with a wide range of sports and leisure activities. The name "Le Touquet" has been attested since the mid-18th century to designate the cape next to which the town was built. , a Civil law notary, notary in Paris, then bought the land on the cape, planted a forest and built a small palace there, and in 1882 founded the seaside resort as Paris-Plage. Ten years later, John Robinson Whitley, John Whitley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Council (Austria)
The Imperial Council was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861 until 1918. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister responsible, and then granted royal assent by the Emperor. After having been passed, laws were published in the ''Reichsgesetzblatt'' (lit. Reich Law Gazette). In addition to the Imperial Council, the fifteen individual crown lands of Cisleithania had their own diets (). The seat of the Imperial Council from 4 December 1883 was in the Parliament Building on Ringstraße in Vienna. Prior to the completion of this building, the House of Lords met in the Estates House of Lower Austria, and the House of Deputies met in a temporary wooden building designed by Ferdinand Fellner on Währinger Straße. The Imperial Council was dissolved on 12 November 1918, following Austria-Hungary's defeat in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke Of Westminster
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953), was a British landowner. He was also noted for his support of the Nazi ideology and his affair with French designer Coco Chanel. Early life Hugh was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1853–1884), the predeceased son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley (1855–1929), daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. His mother later remarried the politician George Wyndham. After completing his education at Eton, he briefly attended a French boarding school run by Count de Mauny at the age of nineteen. There were rumors suggesting that the count had made inappropriate advances toward some of his pupils. Grosvenor was known within family circles as "Bendor", which was also the name of the racehorse Bend Or, owned by his grandfather. Bend Or won The Derby in 1880, the year following Grosvenor's birth. The name is a reference to the ancient lost armorials of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrs Patrick Campbell
Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner (9 February 1865 – 9 April 1940), better known by her stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell or Mrs Pat, was an English stage actress, best known for appearing in plays by Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Shaw and J. M. Barrie, Barrie. She also toured the United States and appeared briefly in films. Early life Campbell was born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner in Kensington, London, to John Tanner (1829–1895), son and heir of a wealthy British Army contractor to the British East India Company, and Maria Luigia Giovanna ("Louisa Joanna") née Romanini (1836–1908), daughter of "Count" Angelo Romanini, an Italian political exile. Her father John Tanner (1829–1895), a descendant of Thomas Tanner (bishop), Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St Asaph, was a consul and merchant who "managed to get through two large fortunes", in part through losses in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny. Her mother, Louisa Joanna Romanini, was one of the eight daughters of Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
