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Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

(1907-1997), Wife of Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre; daughter of 1st Earl Haig

Sitter in 24 portraits
Lady Alexandra Haig was the daughter of Field-Marshal Earl Haig, a prominent IT girl of the 1930s and 1940s, and later married the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper in 1954, becoming Lady Dacre in 1979 when he was created a Life Peer.

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Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Hugh Cecil (Hugh Cecil Saunders) - NPG x182270

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Hugh Cecil (Hugh Cecil Saunders)
bromide print on card mount, 1920s
NPG x182270

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Hay Wrightson - NPG x182271

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Hay Wrightson
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1920s
NPG x182271

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Hay Wrightson - NPG x182272

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Hay Wrightson
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1920s
NPG x182272

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Hay Wrightson - NPG x182273

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Hay Wrightson
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1920s
NPG x182273

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Hay Wrightson - NPG x182274

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Hay Wrightson
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1920s
NPG x182274

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x182276

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 1920s
NPG x182276

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x182268

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 19 December 1924
NPG x182268

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x182269

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 19 December 1924
NPG x182269

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x182277

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print on tissue and card mount, 25 February 1927
NPG x182277

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x182285

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
bromide print, 5 December 1928
NPG x182285

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Madame Yevonde - NPG x134561

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Madame Yevonde
cream-toned bromide print on tissue and card mount, early 1930s
NPG x134561

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Tunbridge - NPG x182266

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Tunbridge
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x182266

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Lenare - NPG x182267

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Lenare
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x182267

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Thomas Coats, 2nd Baron Glentanar - NPG x182275

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Thomas Coats, 2nd Baron Glentanar
bromide print on card mount, 1930s
NPG x182275

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig as Circe, by Madame Yevonde - NPG x32991

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig as Circe

by Madame Yevonde
Vivex colour print, March 1935
NPG x32991

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Cecil Beaton - NPG x134556

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on card mount, 1935
NPG x134556

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Cannons of Hollywood (George Frederic Cannons) - NPG x134558

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Cannons of Hollywood (George Frederic Cannons)
cream-toned bromide print, 1936
NPG x134558

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Cannons of Hollywood (George Frederic Cannons) - NPG x134559

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Cannons of Hollywood (George Frederic Cannons)
cream-toned bromide print, 1936
NPG x134559

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x34196

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 April 1939
NPG x34196

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre), by Bassano Ltd - NPG x34197

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig (later Alexandra Trevor-Roper, Lady Dacre)

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 April 1939
NPG x34197

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