Social Victorians/People/Myddleton-Biddulph

Also Known As

 * Family name: Myddleton-Biddulph
 * Biddulph is the name of another family, and sometimes these people were called Biddulph rather than Myddleton-Biddulph.
 * A. M. Biddulph
 * Victor Biddulph

Timeline
1801 December 24, Robert Biddulph and Charlotte Myddelton married.

1862 February 4, Richard Myddleton-Biddulph and Catherine Arabella Howard married.

1881 July 14, some Biddulphs attended the Garden Party at Marlborough House: Hon. Lady Biddulph and Miss Biddulph (at 360), Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Biddulph and Miss Adeane (at 1067), Mr. and Mrs. Middleton Biddulph and Miss Biddulph (at 1078).

1881 July 22, some Biddulphs attended the House Party at Marlborough House: Mr. and Mrs. Myddelton Biddulph and Miss Biddulph (at 332).

1885 March 17, Tuesday night, some Biddulphs attended the Duchess of Bedford's Reception: Hon. Lady Biddulph (at 56), Lady Elizabeth Biddulph and Misses Biddulph (2) (at 68), Mr. and Miss Biddulph (at 108), Mr. Biddulph (at 137, last name mentioned).

1886 July 21, some Biddulphs attended the Ball at Marlborough House: the Hon. Lady Biddulph and Miss Biddulph (at 268), Mr. Victor Biddulph (at 427).

1887 October 12, Victor Biddulph took part in Amateur Theatricals in the Royal Family.

1891 July 9, some Biddulphs attended the Garden Party at Marlborough House: Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Biddulph (at 1035), the Rev. G. J. Biddulph (at 1511), Mr. G. T. and Lady Winifred Biddulph (at 1576), Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Biddulph (1579), Mr. Victor Biddulph (1581).

1893 January 3, some Biddulphs were invited to be received in the Queen's drawing room after some Amateur Theatricals in the Royal Family: the Hon. Lady and Miss Biddulph and Mr. Victor Biddulph.

1897 February 2, Lady Violet Nevill and Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley divorced.

1897 July 2, Friday, A. M. Biddulph attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

1898 August 19, Robert Edward Myddelton and Lady Violet Nevill married, her second marriage.



Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Mr. Biddulph (at 268), probably Algernon Myddleton Biddulph, was dressed as Count Soltykoff in the Court in the procession of Empress Catherine II of Russia.

John Thomson's portrait of "A. M. Biddulph" in costume is photogravure #280 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery. The printing on the portrait says, "A. M. Biddulph."

Catherine II of Russia reigned from 1762 to 1796, and several men were called Count Saltykov during this time. In his portrait, Myddleton-Biddulph is wearing a breast plate and gauntlet-style gloves, suggesting a military leader. Count Ivan Petrovich Saltykov (28 June 1730 – 14 November 1805) was a highly decorated general married to Countess Darya Petrovna Saltykova (20 September 1739 – December 23, 1802), who was a Lady in Waiting in the court of Catherine the Great and a leader of the social world in Moscow. Lady Margaret Spicer was dressed as Countess Darya Petrovna Saltykova, probably, although the reports on her costume do not spell the name right, either.

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Family

 * Robert Biddulph (22 March 1761 – 30 October 1814)
 * Charlotte Myddelton (1770–1843)
 * 1) Charlotte Biddulph ( – 6 October 1871)
 * 2) Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph (1805–1872)
 * 3) General Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph (1809 – 28 September 1878)


 * Colonel Robert Myddelton-Biddulph (20 June 1805 – 21 March 1872)
 * Francis Mostyn-Owen
 * 1) Mary Caroline Myddelton-Biddulph ( – 20 September 1890)
 * 2) Richard Myddelton (1837 – 7 January 1913)


 * Richard Myddleton-Biddulph (1837 – 7 January 1913)
 * Catherine Arabella Howard ( – 18 June 1899)
 * 1) Agnes Mary Myddelton-Biddulph ( – 23 December 1920)
 * 2) Catherine Myddelton-Biddulph ( – 1889)
 * 3) Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton (1866 – 12 August 1949)
 * 4) Algernon Hugh Myddelton-Biddulph (1872 – 22 January 1906)


 * Lady Violet Nevill (7 December 1866 – 28 March 1910)
 * Henry Arthur Mornington Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (14 January 1866 – 15 January 1919)
 * 1) Christian Arthur Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (25 December 1890 – 29 August 1962)
 * Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton (1866 – 12 August 1949)
 * 1) Idina Joan Myddelton ( – 9 October 1954)
 * 2) Lt.-Col. Ririd Myddelton (25 February 1902 – 7 February 1988)
 * 3) Thomas Foulk Myddelton (1908–1929)


 * General Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph (1809 – 28 September 1878)
 * Mary Frederica Seymour ( – 23 October 1902)
 * 1) Frederica Myddelton-Biddulph
 * 2) Victor Myddelton-Biddulph (1860 – 13 February 1919)

Questions and Notes

 * 1) A. M. Biddulph is possibly Algernon Hugh Myddleton Biddulph, as the Myddleton came and went in this family. In this case, possibly it was treated as a middle name. At this time, no other likely candidates exist among any Biddulphs.
 * 2) Victor Biddulph does not seem to have attended the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 fancy-dress ball, but he attended a number of other social events and is listed along with other Biddulphs; the list is on the Biddulph page.
 * 3) The Hon. Lady Biddulph is a Myddleton-Biddulph.