Social Victorians/People/Hartopp

Also Known As

 * Family name: Hartopp
 * Sir Charles Hartopp
 * Sir Charles Cradock-Hartopp
 * Baronet Cradock-Hartopp
 * Charles Edward ("Topps") Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Baronet (25 May 1888 – 20 February 1929)

Timeline
1895 June 10, Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp and Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson married.

1897 July 2, Friday, Sir Charles and Lady Millicent Hartopp attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1905, Sir Charles and Lady Millicent Hartopp divorced.

1905 December 14, Lady Millicent Wilson Hartopp and Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley, married.

1913, Lady Millicent Wilson Wellesley and Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley divorced.

1914 July 25, Lady Millicent Wellesley and Major Grey Duberly married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Sir Charles (at 111) dressed as Lady Millicent Hartopp (at 488) came as the Empress Josephine.
 * "Sir Charles Hartopp (Napoleon I.), green coat with red facings; white vest and breeches."
 * "Napoleon I. Green coat with red facings, white vest and breeches, Orders on breast."

Henry Van der Weyde's portrait of "Sir Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Bt as Napoleon I; Millicent Florence Eleanor (née Wilson), Lady Cradock-Hartopp (later Countess Cowley and Mrs Duberly) as the Empress Josephine" in costume is photogravure #255 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "Sir Charles Hartopp, as Napoleon I. Lady Hartopp, as the Empress Josephine," with a Long S in Empress.

The portrait (upper left) of Napoleon was painted by François Gérard in 1803 and is part of the collection at the Condé Museum, Château de Chantilly. It shows him wearing a green coat with red trim. Sir Charles Hartopp's nose is reminiscent of Napoleon's; perhaps putting himself in profile makes sure we notice that.

The portrait (lower left) of Empress Joséphine — then Joséphine de Beauharnais — was painted by Henri-François Riesener in 1806 and is part of the collection at the Musée at the Château Malmaison. The dress in this portrait is not likely the original for Millicent, Lady Hartopp's dress, but the jeweled belt, the panel down the front, the velvet cloak, and the long gloves may have suggested elements of the design.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family

 * Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson (4 December 1872 – 29 November 1952)
 * Charles Edward ("Topps") Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Baronet (1858 – 20 February 1929)
 * Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (14 January 1866 – 15 January 1919)
 * 1) Hon. Henry Gerald Valerian Francis Wellesley (8 August 1907 – 25 December 1981)
 * Major Grey William Duberly (20 June 1875 – 13 March 1915)