The St Aubyn family
4 of 6 portraits of Hon. Jessica Gwendolen Koppel (née St Aubyn)
The St Aubyn family
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1 April 1932
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x150173
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42746 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Hon. Philippa Catherine Hulbert-Powell (née St Aubyn) (1922-), Wife of Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell; daughter of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Hon. Jessica Gwendolen Koppel (née St Aubyn) (1918-2014), Wife of John Patrick Koppel; daughter of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Hon. Giles Rowan St Aubyn (1925-2015), Historian and author; son of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Hon. (Oliver) Piers St Aubyn (1920-2006), Captain and High Sheriff; son of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- (Clementina) Gwendolen Catharine St Aubyn (née Nicolson), Lady St Levan (1896-1995), Writer, nursery worker and patron of The Red Cross; wife of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), Served in World War II; son of 3rd Baron St Levan. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Events of 1932back to top
Current affairs
Sir Oswald Mosley forms the British Union of Fascists. Mosley's party - nicknamed the Black Shirts after their uniform - was founded along the lines of Mussolini's Fascist Party in Italy and called for the replacement of parliamentary democracy with a system of elected executives. During the war Mosley was interned and the BUF was proscribed.Art and science
John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton 'split the atom'. In fact, Cockcroft and Walton's achievement was to change the nucleus of one element into another by bombarding it with protons, rather than to literally spit an atom apart. Nevertheless 'splitting the atom' has become the popular way of describing this important stage in the development of nuclear technology.International
Saudi Arabia is formed by the unification of the Kingdoms of Hijaz and Nejd under King Abdul Aziz.Iraq is granted independence from the British mandate established by the League of Nations in 1919-20.
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