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I believe the building in the background is the Old Admiralty and the parade ground itself is the Horse Guards Parade.

I think so too, they still Troop the Colour there.

Interesting detail: about 2/3 of the way to the right, in front of the line of guards and just behind the foreground figure, there is a second mounted figure who appears to be Indian. He's wearing a decorated turban of some kind, has a moustache, and doesn't look particularly old. You can see him in the medium size, but he stands out more in the larger sizes. Someone has tagged this "raj" -- so I can't be the only one who's noticed. I wonder who he is? Also more apparent in the larger size: masses of people standing on a balcony in the background, and at almost every window!

Well spotted CM! Isn't that interesting. I'd guess he was some visiting dignitary but I don't have the faintest idea who.

My guess is that they are from India/Hindustan.

Almost certainly taken by Henry William Mobsby, as I have seen another almost identical shot, but the ladies behind are looking towards the camera. The photo is at the Fryer Library, in the Mobsby Collection - UQFL181 Box 1 Folder 13. You can see it here on page 128: espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_418596/HenryWMobsby_biog...

Thank you Kaye. That is useful information. I will pass it on to our Description team.

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A small viewing gazebo with an ogee-shaped roof, stone base, open balustrades, pergola entrance, and housing a telescope was constructed c.1918. In 1927 the Duke and Duchess of York were photographed visiting Mount Coot-tha standing at the direction finder.[1] Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Mount_Coot-tha_Lookout

" When Hugh Deviney became Park Ranger, after World War I, he and his sisters lived at the kiosk. The four Diveney sisters ran a successful catering business, selling home-smoked hams and home-baked cakes and pastries. For many local people, a special outing was the walk-up the mountain to the kiosk for an afternoon tea with sandwiches and scones. The Divenys were hosts to many VIPs, including the Duke and Dutches of York, who were later to be crowned King George VI and Queens Elizabeth. Two war veterans on horseback met them at the Reserve's gates and escorted them, one on either side of the car, to the kiosk, where Bille Deviney presented them with a bouquet of gum tips and Texas grass. The royal couple inspected the viewing dial and took tea in the kiosk. Brisbane's Mayor William Jolly took every opportunity to promote Brisbane and its tourist attractions. In 1927 he called on every citizen to help promote the city because every sector of the community benefitted from tourist expenditure." Source: History of Mount Coot-tha By Janet Spillman, 2013

Appears to be this lady: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishbel_Hamilton-Gordon,_Marchioness...

Ishbel Marjoribanks, Marchioness of Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General of Canada - Victorian society - gentry - Made her coming out at a party presided by Queen Victoria - resided West End London - First President NCWC, 1890s (National Council of Women in Canada) - reputedly sold her own jewels to raise charity funds - founded May Court Convalescent Home in Ottawa, Canada - Author of a travel book "Through Canada with a Kodak" possibly containing photographs of Canada made with early Kodak camera. A brother, Edward Majoribanks, Second Baron of Tweedmouth, was married to Lady Fanny Spencer-Churchill, Winston Churchill's aunt and a daughter of the Duke of Marlborough See: www.geocities.com/daniellla.geo/ishbel.html See also: www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clans/marjoribanks/peopl...

My father's uncle, Adolphe Chapleau, was the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in the late 1800s. My family has many pieces of silver tableware from the Chapleaus, and assorted pieces given to them ... one of the pieces is a gift from the countess and her husband. It's a pen and ink well set on a tray and is really beautifully made.

Wow...wonderful. I'm sure this image makes the set even more personal for you, and your family.

She sailed to America from Queenstown [now Cobh] Ireland in December 1912, on the Celtic, which also carried Miss Violet Asquith, the daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith, for a visit to Washington, D. C. as a guest of the British Ambassador, Lord Bryce, and Mrs. Bryce. In 1912, the Countess of Aberdeen's husband was serving as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The photo of her probably was taken after her arrival in the U. S. Story in The New York Times, December 20, 1912: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04E1DA1E3AE6...