35 people matching these criteria:
- group '230'
The Souls
The Souls, or 'The Gang' as they chose to call themselves, before the name 'Souls' was coined in 1888 by Lord Charles Beresford, was originally made up of the aristocratic families the Balfours, Lyttletons, Tennents and Wyndhams. These were later joined by the Charteris and Manners families and their society connections. Joined by friendships, marriages, affairs and politics, the group grew organically as relationships and affiliations changed and developed. Led by Arthur Balfour ('King Arthur'), the set rejected being grouped with other social cliques of the time such as The Marlborough House crowd, preferring rounds of golf and literary discussions to bridge and hunting, and opening membership up beyond aristocratic circles. Despite political feuds and broken friendships, the group lived on into the next generation, strengthened by intermarriage and the devastation of WW1, Their children would name themselves the 'Corrupt Coterie'.
Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane
1863-1943Justice of the Peace and Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
Sitter in 4 portraits
Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Adeane (née Wyndham)
1871-1941Daughter of Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham; wife of Charles Adeane
Sitter in 6 portraits
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris)
1887-1960Author and Private Secretary to JM Barrie; wife of Herbert Asquith; daughter of 11th Earl of Wemyss and March
Sitter in 8 portraits
Scholar and army officer; son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
Sitter in 2 portraits
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
1848-1930Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 140 portraits
Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour
1853-1945Politician and psychical researcher
Sitter in 8 portraits
Jeanette ('Jennie') Churchill (née Jerome), Lady Randolph Churchill
1854-1921Society hostess and writer
Sitter in 25 portraits
George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859-1925Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, traveller and viceroy of India
Sitter associated with 35 portraits
Mary Victoria (née Leiter), Lady Curzon of Kedleston
1870-1906Vicereine of India; first wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston (later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston)
Sitter in 10 portraits
Emmeline Mary Elizabeth ('Nina') Cust (née Welby-Gregory)
1867-1955Sculptor, wife of Harry Cust
Sitter in 3 portraits
William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough
1855-1945Fencer, rower and Liberal politician; MP for Salisbury and Wycombe
Sitter in 18 portraits
Ethel Anne Priscilla ('Ettie') Grenfell (née Fane), Lady Desborough
1867-1952Wife of Baron Desborough; daughter of Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane
Sitter in 15 portraits
Pamela Grey (née Wyndham, later Lady Glenconner), Viscountess Grey of Fallodon
1871-1928Writer; former wife of 1st Baron Glenconner, and later wife of 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Sitter in 19 portraits
Frances Jane Horner (née Graham), Lady Horner
1854 or 1855-1940Hostess and patron of the arts
Sitter in 5 portraits
Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (née Balfour)
1865-1948Writer, activist and spiritualist; second wife of Alfred Lyttelton; daughter of Archibald Balfour
Sitter associated with 3 portraits