Lady Meiklejohn, née Maud Louisa Hamilton Beamish (1869-1951), was the daughter of Rear-Admiral Henry Hamilton Beamish who held the office of Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria between 1878 and 1880.
In 1893 she married Major-General Sir William Hope Meiklejohn (1845-1909), a military commander in the British Indian Army, who took part in many imperial campaigns and most recently had been in charge of the British garrison during the siege of Malakand, Afghanistan, in 1897.
For the fifth and last Drawing Room of the Season, held by Alexandra, Princess of Wales on behalf of the Queen on 25 May, Lady Meiklejohn wears a gown of great beauty of rich ivory satin trimmed with “novelty chiffon” and pearls. Her train is of richly brocaded light-blue satin, with lillies of the valley and clusters of Eglantine roses.
Date:
25 May 1900.
Occasion:
The Drawing Room, 25 May 1900: presented by Mrs. N.G. Philips.
Location:
The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W.
Descr:
FL standing.
Costume:
Court dress:
"Charming gown of
rich ivory satin of exquisite design, trimmed with novelty chiffon
and pearls of great beauty; train of the richest brocaded blue satin,
bearing clusters of choice Eglantine roses and ostrich plumes"
(see: The Court Journal, 26 May 1900, p 774c).
Costume Designer:
-
Costume Supplier:
-
Jewellery:
Diamonds.
Furniture &
Props: Painted backdrop x 2
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.
Evidence of photographer at work: -
No of poses: 1.
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Provenance:
Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989
References:
Biog: Burke's Peerage, 1915 ed., section:
Knightage.
Occasion: The Times, 26 May 1900, p 10b.
Costume: The Court Journal, 26 May 1900,
p 774c; The Queen, 2 June 1900, p 896b.
Costume Designer: -
Costume Supplier: -
Jewellery: The Court Journal, 26 May 1900,
p 774c.
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Additional Information:
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