Social Victorians/People/Borthwick

Also Known As

 * Family name: Borthwick
 * Lord Glenesk
 * Sir Algernon Borthwick, Bt. (12 July 1887 – 1895)
 * Baron Glenesk
 * Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (16 November 1895 – 24 November 1908)

Friends

 * Lord Randolph Churchill

Algernon Borthwick, Lord Glenesk

 * Owner of the Morning Post
 * Conservative Party
 * House of Commons, 1885–1895

Timeline
1870 April 5, Alice Beatrice Lister and Algernon Borthwick married.

1893 November 15, Lilias Borthwick and Seymour Henry Bathurst married at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, London.

1895 November 16, David Cannadine says, "In 1895 the first press baron was created, when Algernon Borthwick became Lord Glenesk."

1897 July 2, Friday, Algernon and Alice Borthwick and Oliver Borthwick attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House; also attending was their son-in-law, Henry Bathurst, 7th  Earl of Bathurst, but Lilias Borthwick Bathurst is not mentioned by any of the newspaper as having attended, but she may not have been seen or recognized. (Algernon Borthwick is #87, on the list of people who attended; Alice Borthwick is #88; Oliver Borthwick is #89.)

Alice Borthwick, Lady Glenesk
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Alice Borthwick, Lady Glenesk was dressed Robert Faulkner & Co.'s portrait (above right) of "Alice Beatrice (née Lister), Lady Glenesk as Egeria" in costume is photogravure #67 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Glenesk as Egeria."
 * as "a Greek."
 * as "Egeria."
 * in a "Greek Classical Costume, Long tunic crépe de chine mauve rose, the border of which is very handsomely embroidered with gold studded amethysts. Manteau drapery of mauve seutenu crépe de chine; border embroidered gold and studded turquoises. Crown, gold laurels."
 * in a "(Greek classical costume), long tunic crêpe de Chine mauve rose, embroidered with gold, studded amethysts; manteau / drapery of mauve soutenu crêpe de Chine; border broidered gold and studded turquoises."

Algernon Borthwick, Baron Glenesk
Algernon Borthwick, Baron Glenesk was dressed as Lord James Murray in the Queen Elizabeth procession. The Gentlewoman says, "Lord Glenesk" followed in the wake of Lady Edmonstone's Mary Queen of Scots. Robert Faulkner & Co.'s portrait of "Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk as Lord James Murray" in costume is photogravure #68 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lord Glenesk as Lord James Murray."

Borthwick appears to be wearing some kind of honors insignia in his photograph. If the right Lord James Murray is dressed as James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (28 September 1690 – 8 January 1764), then Borthwick was dressed as a Scot who joined the Duke of Cumberland's army, fighting on the side of the British in the Jacobite uprising.

Oliver Borthwick
Oliver Borthwick (at 89) was dressed as "Marshal Turenne"  or an "officier d'lnfanterie."

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family

 * Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (27 December 1830 – 24 November 1908)
 * Alice Beatrice Lister Borthwick ( – 28 March 1898)
 * 1) Hon. Lilias Margaret Frances Borthwick Bathurst (12 October 1871 – 30 December 1965)
 * 2) Hon. Oliver Andrew Borthwick (2 March 1873 – 23 March 1905)

Questions and Notes

 * 1) No immediate relationship to Gabrielle Borthwick in the Golden Dawn.