Social Victorians/People/Garvagh

Also Known As

 * Family namee: Garvagh
 * Baron Garvagh
 * Charles John Spencer George Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh (7 May 1871 – 7 February 1915)

Timeline
1877 August 9, Charles John Spencer George Canning and Florence Alice de Bretton married.

1897 July 2, Friday, Florence Canning, Lady Garvagh attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Florence Canning, Lady Garvagh (at 336) was dressed as Comtesse d'Artois in the Quadrille of the Louis XV. and Louis XVI. Period.

Alexander Bassano's portrait of "Alice Florence (née de Bretton), Lady Garvagh" in costume is photogravure #228 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Garvagh."

The Comtesse d'Artois (1756–1805) was married to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois, who after her death became King Charles X of France. The portrait of her (left), painted c. 1775 by François-Hubert Drouais, is currently in the collections at Versailles but in the 19th century was held in the collection of the Dukes of Mortemart at the Château du Réveillon in Burgundy. It does not seem likely to be the original for Lady Garvagh's costume, although some similarities exist, like the gap in the fabric so the skin shows at the shoulders and near the elbows as well, of course, as the flowers.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family

 * Charles John Spencer George Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh (2 June 1852 – 7 February 1915)
 * Florence Alice de Bretton ( – 17 May 1926)
 * 1) Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning, 4th Baron Garvagh (21 July 1878 – 16 July 1956)

Questions and Notes

 * 1) Florence Canning, Lady Garvagh attended the ball. Where was Charles Canning, Lord Garvagh? Did he just not get mentioned?
 * 2) Alice Florence de Bretton or Florence Alice de Bretton?
 * 3) Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning co-founded the British Fascisti with Rotha Lintorn-Orman in 1923.