THE ROYAL PARTY AT RANGEMORE HALL [EDWARD VII (1841-1910, King of Great Britain), and ALEXANDRA (of Denmark, 1844-1925, his Queen)]

Excellent large unsigned vintage group photograph by Ernest Abrahams of Burton on Trent, showing the Royal Party at Rangemore Hall together with a key taken from a newspaper at the time, the group are seated and standing outside the hall with the King in the centre.
Back Row Standing: Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Lady Alice Stanley
Middle Row Standing: Hon. Col. Legge, Marquis of Soveral, Duchess of Devonshire, Mr Bass, Lord Elcho, Miss J. Thornewill, H.M. The Queen, Lord Burton, Lady Mar and Kellie, Prince Henry of Pless
Front Row Seated: Lady Noreen Bass, Miss Muriel Wilson, Lady Desborough, Lady de Grey, H.M. The King, Lady Burton, Princess Henry of Pless, Mrs G. Keppel, Miss Thornewill, 9½" x 7½", in photographer's mount 13½" x 12",

Rangemore Hall was rebuilt in the late 1850s, around an earlier 1822 core, for Michael Bass, head of the brewery Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton, and was first occupied in 1860. His son Lord Burton reconstructed and extended the house (adding the Edward VII south wing), in Italianate style in 1898-1901 for a visit of King Edward VII in 1902 (with a second visit on 5 January 1907, including Queen Alexandra and Mrs Alice Keppel, the King's mistress). The grounds, which include a 2½ acre lake, were landscaped by Sir Joseph Paxton and later by Edward Milner.

Item Date:  1907

Stock No:  34752      £575

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