Jul 2, 2025
Duchess of Portland Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, a much admired and respected society beauty, a humanitarian and animal rights activist, dressed here as Duchess of Savoy, at Devonshire Ball, 1897.
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Duchess of Portland Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, a much admired and respected society beauty, a humanitarian and animal rights activist, dressed here as Duchess of Savoy, at Devonshire Ball, 1897.
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William Dodge James as Monsieur d'Artagnan at the Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, 1897
Louise, Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball Gown.
It is described as, "A ball gown with an under-robe of cloth of silver, wrought all over with silver thread and brilliants, and with an over-dress of green and gold shot-silk gauze, embroidered to the waist with green and gold metalwork, decorated with jewels.
A long train of turquoise velvet, embroidered in gold to an oriental design, was attached to the shoulders. A bodice of gold cloth and lace was fitted over a whalebone corset into which her waist was tightly laced.
The dress was made for Louise, Duchess of Devonshire by the House of Worth to wear at the celebrated Diamond Jubilee Ball at Devonshire House. It was a fancy dress ball and Louise attended as Queen Zenobia, the warrior Queen of Palmyra. The Duchess may have got the idea for the theme of the dress from Inigo Jones's costume designs for Court Masques that are in the drawing collections at Chatsworth.”
Margot Asquith as an "Oriental Snake Charmer" for the Devonshire ball, 1897
The Devonshire House Ball of 1897 was a celebratory and opulous dress ball held by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire on the 2nd of July at Devonshire House in Piccadilly for Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. The Queen did not attend but many members of the British Royal Family came, with the Prince of Wales remarking that the fête was a success.
The attendees pictured above are, in succession:
Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales as the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta;
Alexandra of Denmark, the Princess of Wales as Queen Marguerite de Valois with Hon. Louvima Knollys (daughter of Viscount Knollys) as her page;
Prince George, Duke of York as Sir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland and his wife Princess Victoria Mary, Duchess of York as a Lady of the Court of Marguerite de Valois;
GD Michael Mikhailovich of Russia as Henry IV of France and his wife Countess Sophie Nikolaievna of Merenberg, Countess de Torby as Gabrielle d'Estrées;
Countess Louisa Cavendish of Alten, Duchess of Devonshire as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra;
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck as her ancestress Princess Sophia of Hanover;
Mary “Minnie” Paran Stevens, Lady Paget as Cleopatra;
Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West, Princess Daisy of Pless as Cleopatra;
Constance Gwladys Robinson, Countess de Grey, later Marchioness of Ripon as Cleopatra, with her ‘Nubian Attendant’;
Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill as Empress Theodora; and,
Prince Carl of Denmark, his wife Princess Maud of Wales, and her sister Princess Victoria of Wales as members of the court of Marguerite de Valois.
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The British royal family dressing up for the legendary 1897 Devonshire House fancy dress, in celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway with Princess Victoria of Wales in 17th century costume at the Devonshire Ball.
video: the Devonshire House Ball of 1897