Social Victorians/People/Chaine

Also Known As

 * Family name: Chaine
 * Colonel Chaine
 * Lieutenant-Colonel William Chaine or Lt.-Col. William Chaine
 * Could be misspelled as Cheyne

Friends

 * Maria Chaine: Alexandra, Princess of Wales and other royals

Organizations

 * Maria Chaine had the title of Keeper of the State Apartments at Kensington Palace.
 * William Chaine held the title of Marshall of the Ceremonies to Queen Victoria (1881–1887)
 * William Chaine held the title of Assistant Master of the Ceremonies (1887–1901)

Timeline
1856 January 29, Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps and Frederick Sayer married in St. George's Chapel, New Windsor.

1872 December 4, William Chaine and Maria Henriette Sophia Phipps married in the Private Chapel, Kensington Palace.

1879 March 25, Evelyn Julia Marguerite Sayer and Harry Hubert Marie De Merve Slade, Esquire married.

1886 June 23, Frederic Charles Robert Sayer and Victoria Bourne married in Sydney, Australia.

1889, first quarter, Mabel Mary Sayer and Francis S. Barton married.

1889 July 23, Victoria Alma Sayer and Henry Woolgar Griffith married.

1889 July 25, Harriet Lepel Dorothea Sayer and Harry Claude Frederick Hay married.

1891 July 23, Maria Chaine's daughter Victoria Alma Griffith died in Murree, Bengal, India.

1897 July 2, Friday, Colonel and Maria Chaine and their son Mr. W. R. Chaine attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Colonel William Chaine is #98 on the list of people who were present; Mrs. Maria Chaine is #490; Mr. William Robert Chaine is #694.)

1903, Francis S. Barton sued for divorce from Mabel Mary Sayer Barton, naming Arthur Robert Serschoyle (Verschoyle) as co-respondent.

1904, 3rd quarter, Mabel Mary Sayer and Arthur Robert Verschoyle married.

Colonel William Chaine
Colonel William Chaine attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball: Henry Van der Weyde's portrait (right) of "William Chaine as Sir William Temple" in costume is photogravure #156 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Colonel Chaine as Sir William Temple."
 * He was dressed as a "gentleman of the Court of Charles II."
 * He wore a "Costume of a Gentleman of the Court of Charles II."

Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (25 April 1628 – 27 January 1699) was a diplomat and statesman; Jonathan Swift was his secretary for the last ten years Sir William Temple's life.

Maria Chaine
Maria Chaine, called Mrs. Maria Chaine, went as Mme. Sans-Gêne, with a "costume as that worn by Ellen Terry."

Henry Van der Weyde's portrait (left) of "Maria Henrietta Sophia Chaine (née Phipps) as Madame Sans Gêne" in costume is photogravure #155 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Mrs. Chaine as Madame Sans Gêne."


 * The Queen says, "Mrs Chaine appeared as Madame Sans-Gêne, in a white Empire gown, embroidered in turquoise, silver, and diamonds."

Madame Sans Gêne, written by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau and first performed in Paris in 1893, played at the Lyceum in April 1897, with Henry Irving as Napoleon and Ellen Terry as Catherine Hübscher, translation by J. Comyns Carr.

Mr. W. R. Chaine
Mr. William Robert Chaine was dressed as a "gentleman of the Court of Queen Elizabeth), black with blue."

Demographics

 * Nationality: She, British; he, Irish

Residences

 * Kensington Palace, a "grace and favour appartement" (as of 1911 )

Family

 * Maria Henrietta Sophia Phipps (1837 – 21 December 1915)
 * Captain Frederick Sayer (2 August 1832 – 29 February 1868)
 * 1) Victoria Alma Sayer (1857, first quarter – 23 July 1891 )
 * 2) Evelyn Julia Marguerite Sayer (20 December 1857 – July 1943 )
 * 3) Frederic Charles Robert Sayer (21 April 1859 – 1907 )
 * 4) Gerald Stradman Sayer (c. 1861 – 17 February 1902 )
 * 5) Harry Duleep Errington (or Elrington or Ebrington) Sayer (13 August 1861 – 27 February 1926 )
 * 6) Mabel Mary Sayer (16 August 1862 – 6 April 1948 )
 * 7) Francis Ross Sayer (c. 1864 – June 1906)
 * 8) Harriet Lepel Dorothea Sayer (c. 1867 – 11 July 1922 )
 * William Chaine (1 January 1838 – 3 July 1916)
 * 1) William Robert Algernon Chaine (c. 1875 – 28 June 1918 )

Relations

 * Maria Phipps Chaine's sister, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, also attended the Duchess of Devonshire's ball at Devonshire House on 2 July 1897.

Notes and Questions

 * 1) In the 1871 England Census, Maria Sayer was living in Knightsbridge, with children Victoria, Evelyn, Frederic, Gerald, Harry, Mabel, Francis, and Harriet Sayer, along with Maria Hendy (29 years old).