Marjorie Blanche Eva Duncombe (née Greville, later Beckett), Countess of Feversham of Ryedale; Charles Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham; Hon. David William Ernest Duncombe
2 of 15 portraits of Charles Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham
Marjorie Blanche Eva Duncombe (née Greville, later Beckett), Countess of Feversham of Ryedale; Charles Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham; Hon. David William Ernest Duncombe
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 17 December 1920
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x36666
Sittersback to top
- Hon. David William Ernest Duncombe (1910-1927), Son of 2nd Earl of Feversham. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Marjorie Blanche Eva Duncombe (née Greville, later Beckett), Countess of Feversham of Ryedale (1884-1964), Daughter of 5th Earl of Warwick; former wife of 2nd Earl of Feversham of Ryedale, and later wife of Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Bt. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Charles William Slingsby ('Sim') Duncombe, 3rd Earl of Feversham (1906-1963), Lord-in-Waiting to George V and Edward VIII and Director of Midland Bank and Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographer's studio, 25 Old Bond Street , London)
Events of 1920back to top
Current affairs
The Government of Ireland Act (Fourth Home Rule Bill) partitions Ireland into the Irish Free State with a devolved parliament in Dublin and Northern Ireland with a devolved parliament in Belfast.The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded in London, uniting a number of independent socialist and Marxist parties into a single, united party.
Art and science
Queen Alexandra unveils a monument to Edith Cavell in St Martin's Place opposite the National Portrait Gallery. The English nurse was executed in Germany for helping hundreds of allied soldiers to cross the border from occupied Belgium to the neutral Netherlands.George V officially opens the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace.
International
The Kapp Putsch threatens the newly formed Weimar Republic. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, the leaders of the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt refused to disband and marched on Berlin, occupying it on the 13th March. With the general army refusing to defend the city, the government fled to Stuttgart. The rebellion, however, failed after the workers joined a general strike, disabling their plans.Comments back to top
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