Social Victorians/People/Lathom

Also Known As

 * Family name: Wilbraham, Bootle-Wilbraham
 * Earl of Lathom
 * Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (3 May 1880 – 19 November 1898)
 * Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom (19 November 1898 – 15 March 1910)
 * Baron Skelmersdale
 * Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (3 April 1953 – 3 May 1880)

Organizations
=== Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom ===
 * Eton
 * Christ Church, Oxford
 * Conservative

Timeline
1897 July 2, Friday, the Earl of Lathom and Countess of Lathom and their daughter Lady Edith Wilbraham attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Lady Edith Wilbraham is #119 on the list of people who were present; Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, Earl of Lathom is #125;

Lady Edith Wilbraham
Lady Edith Wilbraham attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball as Peg Woffington. Lady Wilbraham's original costume appeared in the Drury Lane production of The White Heather.
 * "'Peg Woffington,' pale blue brocade with rosebuds, over a string coloured petticoat, trimmed old lace."
 * "Lady Edith Wilbraham (Peg Woffington), pale blue brocade with rosebuds over a string-coloured petticoat, with old lace."
 * "Lady Edith Wilbraham, as Peg Woffington, in pale blue brocade, with rosebuds over a string-coloured petticoat, trimmed with old lace."

Edward, Earl of Lathom
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, Earl of Lathom sat at Table 4 for the first seating for supper, escorting Princess Mary Adelaide, and was dressed as Il Doge, Giavannino de Medici, in the Venetian procession.

Henry Van der Weyde's portrait (right) of "Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom as the Doge Giovannius de Medici" in costume is photogravure #138 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 Lathom as the Doge Giovannius de Medici." ("Earl of Lathom as the Doge Giovannius de Medici").

Newspaper Accounts

 * "as the Doge of Venice. Gold brocade gown and State robe embroidered with gold. Large ermine tippet. White cloth skull cap, and worn over that a gold cloth cap horned at back and embroidered with gold and jewels. Gold and jewelled waist belt. Cloth of gold shoes."
 * as a Doge of Venice "in rich gold brocade, with ermine tippet and cap to match."
 * as "Giovannino de Medici, a Doge, his robes of cloth of gold partially covered by the ermine cape."
 * "as the Doge of Venice, entered the assembly in a magnificent gold brocade gown and State robe massively trimmed with gold, over which was a large ermine tippet. He wore a white cloth skull cap, and over that a gold cloth cap, horned at the back, and set with gold and jewels. Round his girdle was a jewelled belt, and his shoes were cloth of gold."
 * "as a delightful Doge of Venice, in robes of gold brocade, a shoulder cape of ermine, and a jewelled waist-belt."
 * "in a wonderful golden gown."
 * "EARL OF LATHOM as the Doge of Venice. Gold brocade gown and state robe embroidered with gold. Large ermine tippet. White cloth scull [sic] cap, and worn over that a gold cloth cap horned at back and embroidered with gold and jewels. Gold and jewelled waist belt. Cloth of gold shoes."
 * "Viscount Peel was a Doge of Venice in red broche and ermine, and Lord Lathom took the same character in rich gold brocade, with ermine tippet and cap to match."
 * as "(the Doge of Venice), gold brocade gown and State robe embroidered with gold; ermine tippet; white cloth skull cap, and worn over that a gold cloth cap horned at back, and embroidered with gold and jewels."

Lady Alice, Countess of Lathom
Lady Alice Villiers Bootle-Wilbraham, Countess of Lathom (at 213) sat at Table 12 for the first supper seating and was dressed as Catharine of Aragon: Henry Van der Weyde's portrait of "Alice (née Villiers), Countess of Lathom as Catherine of Aragon" in costume is photogravure #137 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "The Countess of Lathom as Catherine of Aragon," with a Long S in Countess.
 * "Lady Lathom’s dress as Catharine of Aragon was of bronze-green velvet, with gold ornamentations, and a headdress of gold richly jeweled."
 * "Lady Lathom as Catherine of Arragon [sic] was splendidly dressed in bronze-green velvet worked in gold designs."

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family

 * Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (12 December 1837 – 19 November 1898)
 * Lady Alice Villiers (17 September 1841 – 23 November 1897)
 * 1) Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham ( – 17 May 1944)
 * 2) Lady Alice Maud Bootle-Wilbraham ( – 28 October 1922
 * 3) Edward George Bootle-Wilbraham, 2nd Earl of Lathom (26 October 1864 – 15 March 1910)
 * 4) Lady Bertha Mabel Bootle-Wilbraham (1866 – 12 November 1943)
 * 5) Hon. Villiers Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (17 April 1867 – 6 June 1913)
 * 6) Hon. Randle Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham (6 April 1868 – 11 July 1889)
 * 7) Lady Edith Cecil Bootle-Wilbraham (bap. January 1870 – 11 January 1899)
 * 8) Hon. Reginald Francis Bootle-Wilbraham (26 July 1875 – 21 June 1912)