Social Victorians/People/Holford

Also Known As

 * Family name: Holford
 * Sir George Lindsay Holford
 * Captain Holford

Organizations

 * Eton (1873–1877)
 * 1st Life Guards (1880–c. 1910)
 * Household of Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence, post of Equerry (1888–1892)
 * Household of Prince Edward, post of Equerry (1892–)
 * Household of Queen Alexandra when Edward VII died, post of Equerry
 * Household of King George, post of Extra-Equerry

Timeline
1876 June 17, Margaret Holford and Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley married.

1877 June 9, Alice Holford and Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey married.

1887 July 7, Evelyn Holford and Robin (Robert Henry) Benson married.

1892, Robert Stayner Holford, George Holford's father, died, leaving his estate to George.

1897 July 2, Captain Holford, attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Captain George Holford is #385 on the list of people who attended.)

1899, Holford joined the 1st Life Guards in South Africa, for the Boer War.

1900 June 3, Sunday, Whit Sunday, Holford was present at a Whitsun house party at Sandringham House.

1912, George Holford and Susanna West Wilson Menzies married in the Chapel Royal, St. James.



Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Captain George Holford was dressed as Philip IV. of Spain.

No photograph of Holford in costume exists.
 * "Captain Holford was a good Velasquez as Philip IV. of Spain."
 * "(Philip IV. King of Spain, after the picture by Velasquez), in a jerkin, buff and edged with brown cord; leather gauntlet gloves; jerkin laced up the front with blue-black ribbons and tabs. Trunks puffed small in alternate light and dark puffs, Vandyke brown in colour; sash, large and heavy, worn over right shoulder, and spread out over right shoulder with heavy gold embroidered fringe; white Velasquez collar."

A caricature portrait (right) captioned "An Equerry" (Capt. George Holford) by Leslie Ward ("Spy") appeared in the 16 November 1899 issue of Vanity Fair, as Number 765 in its "Men of the Day" series, giving a sense of what Holford looked like in the late 1890s.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Residences

 * Westonbirt House and Arboretum (1892–1927)
 * Dorchester House, London (1892–)

Family

 * Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892)
 * Mary Anne Lindsay (c. 1800 – 1 December 1885)
 * Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)
 * Margaret Holford ( – 9 February 1908)
 * Alice Holford ( – 22 September 1944)
 * Evelyn Holford (1856–1943)


 * "Tottie" Susannah West Wilson (15 May 1864 – 18 December 1943)
 * "Jack" John Graham Menzies (1860–1911)
 * 1) Colonel Keith Graham Menzies (1888 – 7 December 1952)
 * 2) Maj.-Gen. Sir Stewart Graham Menzies (1890 – 29 May 1968)
 * 3) Major Ian Graham Menzies (1896–1979)
 * Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)

Relations

 * "Tottie" (Susannah West) Wilson Menzies was a member of the Arthur Stanley Wilson family.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Residences

 * Westonbirt House and Arboretum (1892–1927)
 * Dorchester House, London (1892–)

Family

 * Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892)
 * Mary Anne Lindsay (c. 1800 – 1 December 1885)
 * Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)
 * Margaret Holford ( – 9 February 1908)
 * Alice Holford ( – 22 September 1944)
 * Evelyn Holford (1856–1943)
 * "Tottie" Susannah West Wilson (15 May 1864 – 18 December 1943)
 * "Jack" John Graham Menzies (1860–1911)
 * 1) Colonel Keith Graham Menzies (1888 – 7 December 1952)
 * 2) Maj.-Gen. Sir Stewart Graham Menzies (1890 – 29 May 1968)
 * 3) Major Ian Graham Menzies (1896–1979)
 * Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)

Relations

 * "Tottie" (Susannah West) Wilson Menzies was a member of the Arthur Stanley Wilson family.