Social Victorians/People/Dunraven

Also Known As

 * Family name: Wyndham-Quin
 * Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
 * Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (6 October 1871 – 14 June 1926)
 * Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (14 June 1926 – 23 October 1952)
 * Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (23 October 1952 – 23 August 1965)

Timeline
1872, Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th and new Earl of Dunraven visited Estes Park, met Texas Jack Omohundro.

1873, the Earl of Dunraven visited Estes Park again.

1874, the Earl of Dunraven returned to the American west, this time visiting Yellowstone Park with Texas Jack Omohundro. According to a U.S. National Park Service history of the Rocky Mountain National Park,"The Earl, having heard of the fine hunting in the American West, had visited Estes Park in 1872 and again in 1873. In 1874 he decided to take the whole of Estes Park as a game preserve for the exclusive use of himself and his English friends. By stretching the provisions of the Homestead Act and the rights of preemption, Dunraven claimed 15,000 acres [61 km2] in the Park. His efforts resulted in what has been called 'one of the most gigantic land steals in the history of Colorado.' [citation unknown] The coming of more settlers in 1874 and 1875 stopped this wholesale entry of land. Although for thirty-three years Dunraven considered the Park his personal property, the settlers did not. Their hostility forced him to give up the game preserve idea."

1876, the Earl of Dunraven commissioned Albert Bierstadt to paint the area of Colorado he had claimed.

1877, completed in 1877, this very large (5'2" x 8'4") landscape painting originally hung in Dunraven Castle and is now owned by the Denver Public Library. Dunraven had a hotel built on the land to take advantage of settlers and tourists who were now arriving steadily, choosing the site with Bierstadt's help.

1885 July 7, Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin and Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke married.

1880s, late, the Earl of Dunraven left Colorado, saying later,"People came in disputing claims, kicking up rows: exorbitant land taxes got into arrears; and we were in constant litigation. The show could not be managed from home, and we were in constant danger of being frozen out. So we sold for what we could get and cleared out, and I have never been there since. (Qtd. in )"1897 July 2, Friday, the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl and Countess of Dunraven, and their daughter Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Windham, Earl of Dunraven is #199 on the list of people who attended; Florence, Countess of Dunraven is #606; Lady Aileen Wyndham-Quin is #661.)

1907, "Dunraven sold his property to B. D. Sanborn of Greeley and F. O. Stanley of Estes Park."

1908 February 12, Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin and Reginald le Normand Brabazon married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
Windham, Earl of Dunraven; Florence, Countess of Dunraven; and Lady Aileen Wyndham-Quin attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball. The Earl and his daughter Lady Aileen have portraits are in the commemorative album of portraits a copy of which is in the National Portrait Gallery.

Earl and Countess Dunraven
Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl went as Cardinal Mazarin among the Visitors to the Court of Savoia in the 17th-century procession and sat at Table 10 in the first seating for supper.

Lafayette's portrait of "Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl as Cardinal Mazarin" in costume is photogravure #131 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Earl of Dunraven as Cardinal Mazarin."

Cardinal Jules Mazarin (14 July 1602 – 9 March 1661) was chief minister of Louis XIII and Louis XIV of France from 1642 until his death. His work as a diplomat was extremely important for France, he introduced Italian opera to Paris; now largely in the Louvre, his art collection was renowned; and he established the first public library in France. The vestments that Windham, Earl of Dunraven wore are not exactly what the Cardinal is wearing in Philippe de Champaigne's portrait, so this portrait is probably not the original for Dunraven's costume.

Lady Aileen Wyndham-Quin
Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin went as Queen Hortense.

Gunn & Stuart's portrait of "Aileen May (née Wyndham-Quin), Countess of Meath as Queen Hortense" in costume is photogravure #130 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Aileen Wyndham Quin as Queen Hortense."

Demographics

 * Nationality: Anglo-Irish

Residences and Properties

 * Kilgobbin House, in Adare, Ireland (1777–)
 * Adare Manor, County Limerick (in the Quin family, 1669–1982)
 * Dunraven House, Dunraven Bay, near Bridgend, Wales
 * Dunraven Castle, near Southerndown, South Wales coast (1642–1963)

Family

 * Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926)
 * Florence Elizabeth Kerr ( – 16 September 1916)
 * 1) Lady Florence Enid Wyndham-Quin (13 June 1870 – July 1891)
 * 2) Lady Rachael Charlotte Wyndham-Quin (20 February 1872 – 30 January 1901)
 * 3) Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin (9 April 1873 – 25 February 1962)


 * Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin (9 April 1873 – 25 February 1962)
 * Brig.-Gen. Reginald le Normand Brabazon, 13th Earl of Meath (24 November 1869 – 10 March 1949)


 * Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (7 February 1857 – 23 October 1952)
 * Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke ( – 19 January 1940)
 * 1) Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (18 May 1887 – 23 August 1965)
 * 2) Captain Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin (22 May 1890 – 27 February 1983)
 * 3) Lady Olein Eva Constance Wyndham-Quin (5 March 1892 – 22 April 1969)
 * 4) Hon. Kathleen Sybil Wyndham-Quin (12 February 1895 – 29 December 1907)

Biographical Materials

 * 1) Some materials for a Wyndham family can be found in the Irish Archives Resource, none related to this family, apparently.