Margaret, Duchess of Argyll; Charles Sweeny







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Margaret, Duchess of Argyll; Charles Sweeny
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 15 June 1938
7 1/2in. x 9 1/2in. (190 mm x 240 mm)
Given by British Museum, 1995
Photographs Collection
NPG x76572
Sittersback to top
- (Ethel) Margaret Campbell (née Whigham), Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993), Former wife of Charles Sweeny, and later third wife of Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll; daughter of George Hay Whigham. Sitter associated with 54 portraits.
- Charles Sweeny (1909-1993), Golfer; former husband of Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll). Sitter in 5 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6566 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Berkshire (Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire)
Events of 1938back to top
Current affairs
Britain pursues its policy of appeasement. At the Munich Agreement, Britain, France and Italy agreed to allow Hitler to seize the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia. The agreement was seen at the time as a triumph for peace, with Neville Chamberlain returning home brandishing the paper agreement and saying 'peace for our time.' Within six months Germany had occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.Art and science
Graham Greene publishes Brighton Rock. The novel follows the descent of Pinky, a teenage gang leader in Brighton's criminal underworld. The book examines the criminal mind and explores the themes of morality and sin - recurrent concerns for the Roman Catholic Author.Glasgow hosts the Empire Exhibition; an £11 million celebration of the British Empire visited by 13 million people.
International
In its pursuit of 'Lebensraum' (living space), Germany annexes Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia with little opposition from the League of Nations. At home, the Nazis continued their escalating persecution of the Jews with 'Kristallnach' (the Night of Broken Glass), attacking Jewish homes, shops, businesses and synagogues, and taking Jewish men to concentration camps.Tell us more back to top
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