The wedding of Nancy Beaton and Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Bt
The wedding of Nancy Beaton and Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Bt
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
bromide print, 18 January 1933
5 5/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (143 mm x 192 mm)
Given by IPC Newspapers Limited, 1971
Photographs Collection
NPG x36481
Artistsback to top
- Daily Herald, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 162 portraits.
- James Jarché (1891-1965), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 50 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
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 63 portraits.
- Barbara ('Baba') Beaton (Mrs Alec Hambro) (1912-1973), Sister of Sir Cecil Beaton. Sitter associated with 6 portraits.
- Joan Buckmaster (née Simpson), Viscountess Buckmaster (died 1976), Wife of 2nd Viscount Buckmaster; daughter of George Augustus Garry Simpson. Sitter associated with 6 portraits.
- Hon. Joan Eyres-Monsell (1912-2003), Wife of Patrick Leigh Fermor. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Winifred Leticia Fearnley-Whittingstall (née Chattock) (1907-1992), Wife of Frank Herbert Fearnley-Whittingstall; daughter of R.A. Chattock; cousin of Cecil Beaton. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
- Joan Morley (née Buckmaster) (1910-2005), Daughter of Dame Gladys Cooper; wife of Robert Morley. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
- Lady Violet Georgiana Powell (née Pakenham) (1912-2002), Author; wife of Anthony Dymoke Powell; daughter of 5th Earl of Longford. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.
- Lady Anne Maud Rhys (née Wellesley) (1910-1998), Wife of Hon. David Reginald Rhys; daughter of 5th Duke of Wellington. Sitter associated with 22 portraits. Identify
- Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Bt (1905-1990), Army Captain and Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Nancy Elizabeth Louise Hardy (née Beaton), Lady Smiley (1909-1999), Wife of Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Bt; sister of Cecil Beaton. Sitter in 27 portraits. Identify
Related worksback to top
- NPG x29856: Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (from same photo shoot)
- NPG x36487: The wedding of Nancy Beaton and Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Bt (from same photo shoot)
Events of 1933back to top
Current affairs
Sir Norman Angell is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Angell was recognised for his book, Europe's Optical Illusion (or The Great Illusion) first published in 1910 and updated in 1933, which argued that war between modern powers was futile as neither the looser or victor would gain economically from it.Art and science
British Art embraces abstraction with the establishment of 'Unit 1', the first group of British Artists dedicated to producing abstract art. The critic Herbert Read formed the group by bringing together the artists Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Paul Nash and the architect, Wells Coates.The Duveen Wing extension at the National Portrait Gallery is opened by King George V.
International
The Nazi party comes to power in Germany as part of a coalition government with Hitler as Chancellor. Over the next year, the party consolidated its position through the Enabling Act (allowing them to pass legislation without the support of the coalition), by banning and purging opposition, and by making Hitler Führer in 1934: granting him the combined powers of Chancellor and President.Comments back to top
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