Belvoir Castle's State Dining Room has hosted Queen Victoria & King Edward VIII. It is also where afternoon tea was first invented in 1840.

James Jebusa Shannon: portraits of Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, and four of her children: Lady Marjorie Manners (later Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey); Lord John Manners (later 9th Duke of Rutland); Robert Manners, Lord Haddon; and Lady Diana Manners (later Cooper, Viscountess Norwich); 1895, 1900.

Great Houses Modern Aristocrats

by James Reginato

Photographs by Jonathan Becker, Foreword by Viscount Linley

Rizzoli Int., New York 2016, 256 pages, Hardcover, ISBN 978-0-8478-4898-0

euro 70,00

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This stunning book presents the intriguing stories and celebrated histories of some of the leading families of Great Britain and Ireland and the opulent residences that have defined their heritages. The history of England is inextricably linked with the stories of its leading aristocratic dynasties and the great seats they have occupied for centuries. As the current owners speak of the critical roles their ancestors have played in the nation, they bring history alive. All of these houses have survived great wars, economic upheavals, and, at times, scandal. Filled with stunning photography, this book is a remarkably intimate and lively look inside some of Britain’s stateliest houses, with the modern-day aristocrats who live in them and keep them going in high style. This book presents a tour of some of England’s finest residences, with many of the interiors shown here for the first time. It includes Blenheim Palace—seven acres under one roof, eclipsing the splendor of any of the British royal family’s residences—property of the Dukes of Marlborough; the exquisite Old Vicarage in Derbyshire, last residence of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (née Deborah Mitford); Haddon Hall, a vast crenellated 900-year-old manor house belonging to the Dukes of Rutland that has been called the most romantic house in England; and the island paradises on Mustique and St. Lucia of the 3rd Baron Glenconner. This book is perfect for history buffs and lovers of traditional interior design and English country life.

22/02/24

⚜️ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT💍‼️: It Looks Like There Will Be Two Royal Weddings This Year His Majesty King William III Has Announced That His Eldest And Only Daughter Her Royal Highness Irene , Princess Royal Is Engaged To Her Secret Long Time Partner The Most Honorable Lord Edmund Kerr , Marquees Of Lansdowne . His Parents Are The Most Honorable Lord Philip Kerr , 11Th Duke Of Rutland And Lady Beth Kerr , Duchess Of Rutland The Marquees Of Lansdowne Is The Heir Apparent To The Dukedom Of Rutland . Lord Edmund Ask His Majesty The King Last Night If He Could Have The Princess Royal Hand In Marriage His Majesty Give Him His Blessing There Will Be A Engagement Party Later And Details Of The Royal Wedding Of The Princess Royal And Lord Edmund Will Be Announced Soon.⚜️

Do you follow the Duchess of Rutland? She just happened to post about her family tiara today. I know I am reading way too much into this but let me delusional. A couple months ago she also posted about the Duke’s robes when it was announced the some of the peers would get to wear them.

the tiara on the left for those who may be interested (although I think it got altered for the wedding of the current duke and duchess)

gorgeous gorgeous piece and one I wouldn't mind seeing agan

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

Daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland & Joan Beaufort, 1st Countess of Westmoreland

Wife of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Mother of Anne of York (3rd Duchess of Exeter), Henry of York, Edward IV of England, Edmund of York (Earl of Rutland), Elizabeth of York (2nd Duchess of Suffolk), Margaret of York (Duchess of Burgundy), William of York, John of York, George Plantagenet (1st Duke of Clarence), Thomas of York, Richard III of England, and Ursula of York

Fun Fact: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York was a mother of two Kings and a grandmother of a Queen (Elizabeth of York) (married Henry VII of England)

Monday 17 August 1835

8 40

10 20

no kiss fine but dullish morning and F55 ½° at 9 ¼ breakfast at 9 ¾ - A- poorly after the plum pudding she had yesterday and made sit quietly sometime after breakfast in the easy chair - I read a few pages of Bakewell’s Geology - then paid the bill - A- and I sauntered round the arcades - put into the post my letter written last night to ‘Mrs Lawton Lawton Hall Lawton Cheshire’ then tasted the water - A- tasted it yesterday, at St Ann’s well - very weak chalybeate - then sauntered in the walks along the little stream that flows in the valley below the crescent - looked into the gentlemen’s new room - Sir Charles Scudamore there but he did not know me again, nor did I shew any sign of recognising him - Off from the Great Hotel Buxton at 12 5 - fine gorge-drive - good road - up the hill to the village of Codrington about 4 miles - then down all the way to Bakewell - a road turns off (left) at Bassett? about 2 miles from Bakewell to Edensor a nice Inn at the extremity of Chatsworth park and about 2 miles from the house - at Bakewell (very pretty gorge-drive from Buxton) at 2 10 and alighted at the Rutland arms - the house full - no good geologist in Bakewell since White Watson who died about 3 months ago - his museum of minerals etc .:. given up - walked thro’ the garden to his house - saw his niece - the baths to be carried on by   ------ a widow woman - the museum not to be seen - inquired for Mr Hall the geologist nobody overheard of such a person - Bakewell a nice, enough little town - pair of posters (bad ones - restive on stopping to ask the postboy a question at the end of the town) from the Rutland arms to Haddon hall, 2 miles from Bakewell - made the postboy change there the horse he rode and get another for several carriages’ gigs etc  in waiting from the Rutland arms - ¾ hour in Haddon hall - curious old place - the oldest part (a square tower and little gable end on each side) said to have been built in the year 1000 i.e. 66 years before the conquest - to this was afterwards added what now forms 2 courts - the hall built at 12 different times - beautifully situated in the valley of the Derwent? part of the gardens left - laid out in 3 terraces - about 2 miles before reaching Bakewell the valley widened and was green and very pretty - this beauty continues all the way past Haddon to the entrance into Chatsworth park and thence to Edensor - left Haddon hall at 3 25 - our postboy not au fait and our horses unused to postboy - soon after passing the bridge over the Derwent passed a man bleeding at the ear apparently insensible and recently throw from his horse the horse standing by and 10 or 12 people assembled round - we ourselves were in jeopardy - seeing that our postboy could not make his horse hold back down hill and was getting on too fast stopt him at 3 55 and in stopping the horses dragged the carriage off of the side of the road and both fell and the postboy was thrown but luckily escaped being gone over by the carriage - the carriage was within an ace of being over - but escaped and A- and I got out, and the servants down from behind - A- and Eugenie walked down to the Inn at Edensor about near ½ mile off to send assistance - the boy they sent and a man passing by soon came to help us and we had got the horses up and the carriage on the road again before A- and Eugenie returned to us - A- sadly frightened and nervous - at Edensor at 4 35 - glad to be there in safety - the horses were not accustomed to posting (all the regular postilions out) and the boy had only driven 3 times before in his life - the Duke and Duchess of Bedford 1 daughter and an artist and 7 servants at the Inn at Edensor - but one double bedded room for us and took us in for the night - ordered dinner - and from 5 to 6 ½ A- and I walked about - to the house and saw the stables - a clerk of the words or some such person shewed us the beautiful lodge close to the house - I guessed it cost £5000 - he said more and agreed to my guess of £7,500 - do not like the great additions to the old house - they ruined one of a cottage factory joined to a large good house - the park and river Derwent very fine - home at 6 ½ - dinner at 6 ¾ - till 9 10 wrote the above of today - very fine day - the clerk of the works told me this evening there was no Hall of Bakewell, it was Hall of Castleton but he was not very scientific

Portrait of Violet Manners, Marchioness of Granby

Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Lindsay; 7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and noblewoman. A granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882. She was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland. She had five children, including the 9th Duke of Rutland and the socialite Lady Diana Cooper. Via Wikipedia

Moscar is a grouse moor, an SSSI, and has been owned since 2016 by the 11th Duke of Rutland, David Manners. It borders another enormous grouse shooting estate owned by the Duke of Westminster. As we said at the time, the Moor was virtually empty of wildlife on our visit, but “these moors could be beautiful, could be restored and rewilded, could be teeming with wildlife again, and could be places where everyone could marvel at the wilderness just outside their front door.”

As the estate shows how much they care about the environment up pops

Violet Manners. Candidate of Restore Trust.

“30-year-old daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, a former Dolce & Gabbana model turned successful podcaster and film-maker, is about to take anti-wokeness further than most. She is putting her head above the parapet to challenge what she regards as its damaging effect on one of Britain’s most revered institutions, the National Trust.”

All the blogs I follow are blending together and I can't remember who's who anymore. Were you the one who railed against Kissinger the other day?

If that was you, then you would be pleased to know that Epstein's address book has been leaked to the internet, the complete and unredacted version. Kissinger is listed. If you weren't the one railing against Kissinger, then may it please you to learn that Tony Blair is also listed in Epstein's address book.

Other royal-adjacents in the book: Andrew and Sarah, The Duke and Duchess of Rutland, some of the von Bismarks, a few of the Sussex-associated Kennedys, Koo Stark, Hugo Swire, Philip Treacy, William van Straubenzee, Lady Helen Taylor (Kents' daughter), and some of the Yugoslavian royals.

I am now side-eyeing everyone's Philip Treacy hats.

That one wouldn't be me I'm afraid, but I do enjoy any shittalking about Tony Blair, and wouldn't mind knowing where one could access this list.

As for the others, I just... Yeah. Idk. Blech.

The Journal of Mrs Arbuthnot, ed. Francis Bamford and the Duke of Wellington, 20 Dec 1825.

Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (7 March 1856 - 22 December 1937)

A portrait of Lord John Manners (later 9th Duke of Rutland) by Sir James Jebusa Shannon, and a sketch of the painting in progress by the boy's mother, Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland, 1897.

Richard of Gloucester and Lenora

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(Midday in the Palace of the Duke of Gloucester. Lenora is running and jumping from hall to hall, whistling a merry tune. Stops when she notices two large doors that she didn't saw before. At first reluctant to be seen medling around, but overcome with curiosity, she decides to open the doors to see what room they hide. She finds a big, dark room. Lenora walks around, touching the walls to see if there any courtains. Lenora finds a cord to pull velvet curtains, and pulls it just a bit to bring some light to the room. The light makes appear at the other wall a fireplace, that has some ashes in it, and over it a huge portrait, showing a man of brave and severe forehead protetively holding the shoulder of a little boy. Intrigued, Lenora walks forward to come close to the portrait. After giving some steps, she hears a voice coming from the entry):

Richard of Gloucester: What does thou thinks of my father?

(Lenora gets a jumpscare, when she turns her face to the entry, she sees its her husband)

Lenora: Forgive me My Lord, i did not...

Richard of Gloucester: Do not say that thou did not had the intention of entering, since thou art already here this is senseless. Besides, it was my mistake not having showed this room for thee, after all, thou art the Duchess, the lady of this Palace, and must know every room of the Palace to command it. And since thou art the Duchess, its thee who must forgive me for entering without warning. Oh, and... please do not call me "My Lord", thou art not my servant. Thou art my wife, and as such, has the right to call me Richard.

Lenora: Eeeer... i will get acustomed to it.

Richard of Gloucester (Walking in her direction): Well, i still wait an answer to my question: what does thou thinks of my father?

Lenora (turning her face back to the painting): Its difficult to say. In this painting, the Duke of York looks like... he does not want anyone to see his emotions.

Richard of Gloucester (looking in the same direction as her): Thou art correct. In his last years, my father learned to conceal his emotions from strangers, all his potential enemies that would take advantage of then... the visions of his emotions were... an honour. He only showed then to us, his family.

Lenora: I know thou admires him as a warrior, but... what about the man behind the warrior, the father? Is he missed by thee?

(Richard turns silent, turning his eyes to the floor. Lenora feels that she touched in a painfull wound, so she tries to remedy the situation by talking about the boy who shares a place in the painting with the Duke of York)

Lenora: Now the boy, he looks sweet, and joyfull.

(Richard gives a little half smile):

Richard of Gloucester: My brother Edmond, the young Earl of Rutland... Normally i am not very fond of innocent people. I always think on how easily to crush them. But Edmond? I do not know how to explain this, but i enjoyed his innocence.

Lenora (smiling tenderly): You loved him.

(Lenora touches Richard's lame arm. To his own surprise, Richard enjoys the comforting feel of that touche).

Lenora: Anytime thou wishes to tell me about thine father and brother, i am here to listen. My l... i mean, Richard.

Richard of Gloucester: Here is something thou will enjoy knowing about them, Lenora: they would be glad and enchanted in meeting thee.

*Note: While the late Richard Duke of York did showed emotion before enemies in the scene where he cried the death of Edmond of Rutland, his youngest son, in Henry VI Part III, his son Richard of Gloucester was not in that scene to see this moment, so in my headcanon he believes always behaved as "the stoic" during all battles he fought of the Wars of the Roses.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9307787/TALK-TOWN-Royal-pals-tear-Meghan-Markle-Harrys-treatment-Queen.html

Sabine Getty is married into the wealthy Getty family. She is the grand daughter in-law of Mark Getty, the owner of Getty images. She is a Swiss-English jewelry designer, socialite, and contributing editor at Tatler. She is Eugene's close friend.

Lady Alice is the daughter of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland and Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland. She is a socialite, model and columnist with Telegraph.

Marion Margaret Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and noblewoman. A granddaughter of the 24th Earl of Crawford, she married Henry Manners in 1882. She was styled the Marchioness of Granby from 1888 to 1906, when Manners succeeded as Duke of Rutland. She had five children, including the 9th Duke of Rutland and the socialite Lady Diana Cooper.

Though she had no formal training as an artist, the Duchess painted portraits of her social circle. Many of her works were displayed at various major art exhibits in the UK, including the Grosvenor Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the New Gallery. Violet was also a prominent member of The Souls, an aristocratic social circle that favoured intellectual pursuits and avant-garde artistic tastes. Known for her beauty, she was the subject of many paintings. Watts Gallery Trust acquired a beautiful Watts portrait of her in Dec 2016. Inspired by the acquisition, John Julius Norwich (a prominent historian and Violet's grandson) donated over 40 of Violet's own drawings, including a self-portrait and a portrait of Harry Cust. She became engaged in sculpting after the death of her elder son Robert in 1894.