On 5th January 1893 Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde was born.
1914. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 20]. Photograph of Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig [aged 6]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig: On 9th March 1907 she was born to Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig and Dorothy Maud Vivian. In 1997 she died.
1914. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 20]. Photograph of Helen Venetia Duncombe Viscountess D'Abernon [aged 48]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Around 1925. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 31]. Photograph of Mary Borden Lady Spears [aged 38]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1930. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 36]. Photograph of Raine McCorquodale Countess Dartmouth and Spencer. © National Portrait Gallery.
1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 38]. Photograph of Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 19]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 38]. Photograph of Margaret Whigham Duchess of Argyll [aged 19]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1932. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 38]. Photograph of Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood [aged 32]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood: On 22nd September 1899 she was born. On 20th December 1922 John Lindsay Dashwood 10th Baronet and she were married. She by marriage Lady Dashwood of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. On 28th June 1989 she died.
1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 39]. Photograph of Adele Astaire [aged 36], Lady Charles Cavendish [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Adele Astaire: On 10th September 1896 she was born. In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish and she were married at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire. On 25th January 1981 she died.
1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 39]. Photograph of Diana Mitford [aged 22]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 39]. Photograph of Adele Astaire [aged 36], Lady Charles Cavendish [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1934. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 40]. Photograph on the cover of Tatler of Lady Milbanke [aged 35] i.e. Sheila Chisholm.
Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans
Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.
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1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester [aged 33]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston [aged 52]. © National Portrait Gallery.
Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston: On 29th October 1882 she was born to Jenico Preston 14th Viscount Gormanston. On 16th June 1906 Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart and she were married. He the son of John Crichton-Stuart 3rd Marquis of the Isle of Bute and Gwendolen Mary Anne Fitzalan Howard Marchioness Bute. On 16th February 1975 she died.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman [aged 27]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington [aged 32]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Margaret Sheila MacKellar Chisholm [aged 36] as "Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons". © The Yevonde Portrait Archive.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 41]. Photograph of Marguerite Rose Bligh aka Tangye [aged 21]..
1937. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 43]. Photograph of Helen Moira Eaton Lady Dashwood [aged 37]. © National Portrait Gallery.
1943. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 49]. Photograph of Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk [aged 26]..
Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk: In 22nd March 1916 she was born to Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper and Eva Isabel Countess Rosebery. On 27th January 1937 Bernard Fitzalan 16th Duke of Norfolk and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Norfolk. She the daughter of Algernon Strutt 3rd Baron Belper and Eva Isabel Countess Rosebery. He the son of Henry Fitzalan Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk and Gwendolen Constable-Maxwell Duchess Norfolk. In 10th December 1995 Lavinia Mary Strutt Duchess Norfolk died.
On 22nd December 1975 Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde [aged 82] died.