Polesden Lacey House Party, 1909 (b/w photo)

Photograph, Polesden Lacey House Party, 1909, with 18 people including Edward VII. Back row: William Brownlow, 3rd Baron Lurgan (1858-1937), Lady Sarah Wilson, The Rt Hon. William McEwan MP (1827-1913), Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker (1880-1936), The Hon. John Ward, Count Albert Viktor Julius Joseph Michael von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1861-1945), Lady Saville, Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet (1859-1918), Lieutenant-Colonel, The Hon. George Keppel (1865-1947). Front row: Anne Breese, Lady Innes-Ker (1885-1959), Portuguese Minister, Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942), King Edward VII (1841–1910), Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe, Countess of Dudley (1846-1929), Alice Frederica ‘Freddie’ Edmondstone, The Hon. Mrs George Keppel (1868-1947), Lady Emily Julia Cadogan, Lady Lurgan (1871-1909), Miss Sonia Rosemary Keppel, later Lady Ashcombe (1900-1986), Mrs Cavendish Bentinck. Brown-toned silver gelatine print. Photograph, Polesden Lacey House Party, 1909, with 18 people including Edward VII. A group photograph from June 1909 at Mrs Greville’s first house party after her period of mourning since the death of her husband in 1908. The guest of honour was King Edward VII, who had seated to his immediate left Georgina, Countess of Dudley and Alice Keppel (his past and present mistress respectively). Alice’s husband, George Keppel looked on from behind. Also present were the Portuguese and Austrian ambassadors. Count Albert Mensdorff, the Austrian ambassador was King Edward’s second cousin. The photograph was taken on the South lawn outside the Gold Room.