Social Victorians/People/Mildred Grenfell

Also Known As

 * Family name: Grenfell
 * The family of William Henry Grenfell, 1st and last Baron Desborough also exists, and the baron and baroness attended the Duchess of Devonshire's 1897 fancy-dress ball.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Residences

 * Brandon Hall, Suffolk

Family

 * Charles Seymour Grenfell (14 September 1839 – 11 January 1924)
 * Elizabeth Graham ( – 6 October 1930)
 * 1) Cecily Mary Grenfell ( – 30 January 1936)
 * 2) Alice Lilian Grenfell ( – 22 March 1960)
 * 3) Mildred Louisa Grenfell ( – 5 February 1953)
 * 4) Riversdale Francis John Grenfell (20 August 1864 – 1 December 1954)


 * Mildred Louisa Grenfell ( – 5 February 1953)
 * Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (10 March 1868 – 15 February 1960)
 * 1) Lt.-Col. Sir Edmond Joly de Lotbinière
 * 2) Seymour Joly de Lotbinière

Timeline
1897 July 2, Mildred Grenfell attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House, accompanying the Duchess of  Portland.

1902 March 31, Mildred Grenfell and Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière married.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mildred Grenfell (at 30) accompanied the Duchess of Portland in the 17th-century Procession and was dressed as Bianca di Piacoma. In the description of the processions, the Morning Post story misspells her name as Bianci. She accompanied Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland and was in the Venetian quadrille or 17th-century procession.
 * Winifred, Duchess of Portland "was accompanied by Miss Wildred Grenfell, as Bianca di Piacoma, in a white satin skirt embroidered with pearls, and train of green brocaded silk."
 * "Miss Mildred Grenfell [was dressed] as Bianca di Piacoma, in a white satin skirt embroidered with pearls, and train of green brocaded silk."
 * "The Duchess [of Portland] was accompanied by Miss Mildred Grenfell as Bianca di Piacoma, whose skirt was of a white satin embroidered with pearls, and train of green brocaded silk.

Questions and Notes

 * 1) Mildren Grenfell seems to have been a bridesmaid for Constance Markievicz at her wedding.
 * 2) The Grenfells are connected to the Cavendish-Bentincks, the family name of the Duke of Portland: Cecily Mary Grenfell married Charles Cavendish-Bentinck on 26 or 27 February 1897, before the ball.