Social Victorians/People/Gordon-Lennox

Also Known As

 * Family name: Gordon-Lennox (also see Duke of Richmond and Gordon)
 * Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox (14 January 1827 – 26 November 1851)
 * Augusta Katherine, Countess of Dornburg (Gräfin von Dornburg) (26 November 1851 – 1885)
 * Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar (1885 – 3 April 1904)

Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox

 * Colonel, Grenadier Guards
 * Egyptian Campaign (1882)
 * Aide-to-Camp, the Duke of Cambridge (1885 – 1895)
 * Boer War (1900 – 1901)
 * Secretary, Princess Victoria's Rest Clubs for Nurses (1918)

Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

 * Colonel, 1st Life Guards

Timeline
1851 November 27, Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox and Wilhelm August Eduard (later Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) married.

1885, Queen Victoria allowed Augusta, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar to use the title princess; Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar's marriage with her was morganatic.

1886 August 31, Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox and Blanche Maynard married.

1897 July 2, Augusta, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, as did Lord Algernon and Lady Blanche Gordon-Lennox.

Augusta, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Augusta (née Gordon-Lennox), Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar (at 156) sat at Table 4. The Westminster Gazette says, "Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar being another [Princess Lamballe] in crimson velvet and white satin," but it seems more likely that the Princess de Lamballe was Lady Blanche Gordon-Lennox, who was about 35-40 years younger since the Princess de Lamballe died before she was 45 years old, executed in the French Revolution in September 1792.

At least one other Princess de Lamballe was at the ball: Emily, Lady Ampthill (at 420).

Lady Blanche Gordon-Lennox
Lady Blanche (Algernon) Gordon-Lennox (at 333) was dressed as Princess de Lamballe. Otto (Otto Wegener)'s portrait of "Blanche (née Maynard), Lady Gordon-Lennox as Princess de Lamballe" in costume is #265 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Lady Algernon Gordon-Lennox as Princess de Lamballe," with a Long S in Princess."
 * She was dressed as Princesse de Lamballe in the Quadrille of the Louis XV. and Louis XVI. Period.
 * "Lady Algy Gordon Lennox made a success as Princess de Lamballe, in a much puffed-out Louis XV. dress, garlanded with pink roses."
 * "Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox was a Princesse de Lamballe, in hoops, in a silvery dress, garlanded with pink roses."

The portrait (left) of Maria Thérèsa Louise de Savoy, Princess de Lamballe is not the original, if one exists, of Lady Gordon-Lennox's dress. Painted in 1843 by Louis-Édouard Rioult after a lost 18th-century François-Hubert Drouais portrait, the portrait has apparently been in the collections at Versailles since then.

Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox
Lord Algernon Gordon Lennox (at 623) was also present. According to the Gentlewoman, "Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, Lord Stanley, Hon. F. C. Stanley (as Grenadier Guard officers, 1660), scarlet tunics, trimmed gold; cuirasses inlaid with gilt, baldricks, swords; full blue breeches, scarlet hose and shoes, lappet wigs." That is, he was dressed like Lord Edward Stanley, whose portrait says "XVII Century" instead of 1660, and Lord Stanley's brother Hon. Ferdinand Charles Stanley.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British; Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach naturalized British of German parents

Family

 * Lady Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox (14 January 1827 – 3 April 1904)
 * Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902)


 * Colonel Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (19 September 1847 – 3 October 1921)
 * Blanche Maynard (14 February 1864 – 17 August 1945)
 * 1) Hon. Ivy Gordon-Lennox (16 June 1887 – 3 March 1982)

Relations

 * Lady Augusta Catherine (or Katherine) Gordon-Lennox was the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond.

Notes and Questions

 * 1) Lady Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Weimar was present and in the first supper seating; where was Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach?
 * 2) There were a number of Princesses de Lamballe.