duchess

Seems to be Victoria Adelaide (1885-1970) and Charles Edward (1884-1954). The couple had five children; they were forced to abdicate from his "ducal throne" in 1918, after WWI. Charles, a grandson of Queen Victoria, later joined the Nazi Party and was head of the German Red Cross. They are maternal grandparents to the current King of Sweden. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Adelaide_of_Schle... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg...

Charles sided with Germany in WWI and was in the news in November 1914 because he narrowly escaped being killed by a shell that exploded near him, See NYT of November 25, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E2DA1E3EE033A...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Eduard_Sachsen_Coburg_und... is a 1905 picture of him. I think the photo here must date from about the same period, which is both when he became the Duke and when he and Victoria married.

Thanks pennyrichardsca for providing the link to their individual stories, and thanks swanq, for finding the article describing the incident for which he may have been in the news. I'll untangle the spelling of the name the next time we update the record.

Her wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_Louise_of_Prussia

Obtained her Duchess of Brunswick title by marriage on November 1, 1913. "The Kaiser's mother, the Empress Frederick, was once Colonel of the Death's Head Hussars. Princess Victoria Louise, the Crown Prince's sister, became Colonel of the regiment at the age of seventeen, a few days after her confirmation, and on that occasion the Kaiser, with his usual conception of tactless humor, distinguished himself by remarking to her English governess that, as Colonel, the Princess would ride at the head of the regiment with the army that invaded England. " www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/totenkopf.htm This page has a number of pictures of her in her regimental uniform: www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4408800 She had sons born in 1914 and 1915, so the baby must be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Augustus_IV,_Prince_of_Hanover or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_William_of_Hanover_(1915%E2%80%932006) Here is an uncropped version of this postcard. The caption on the site identifies the baby as Ernest Augustus. www.mediastorehouse.com/victoria_louise_and_son_ernest_au... Lots of photos of her here: forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=14060.0

In the Bain collection there are lots of photos of her, including one in Death's Head uniform. She is on the left.

Looks 1900ish to me.

According to thepeerage.com, Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk was the 11th Duke of Saint Albans from 1898 to 1934 and never married, so the Duchess cannot be his wife, it must be his mother, Lady Sybil Mary Grey who was duchess from her marriage in 1867.

Edit: No, she died in 1871, aged 22! Did her husband remarry?

Yes, he married Grace Bernal-Osborne in 1874 in Tipperary.

The Bernal-Osbornes owned Newtown Anner house and demesne near Clonmel. Poole has a shot in the archive commissioned by the Duchess of St. Albans.

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

From the Wikipedia article on her sister, Edith Blake: The Osbornes appear to have become estranged early in their marriage, with her father living in London, seeing Edith and her Grace raised by her mother alone. Mrs Osbourne was a talented artist, and encouraged both her daughters to take up artistic pursuits. Artists often stayed at Newtown Anner, including Thomas Shotter Boys and Alexandre Calame, and it is possible the sisters received tuition from them.

And: In 1874 she married widower and Royal Irish Constabulary sub-inspector Henry Arthur Blake. As her parents did not approve of the marriage and had been arranging a suitable marriage for her, the couple eloped. Following the marriage, Edith was disinherited.

So it looks as if Grace got the Demesne.

Grace was born sometime after 1846, so she was 54 in 1900. That is surely her sitting with the grey hair and big hat.