mrslionelsmithgordon

The lady in lace

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 23 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  23 November 1928 was a Friday ...
  
  *clutches pearls*
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pearl-clutching
  

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  beachcomber australia Pearl-clutching, now there's a thing, we live and learn.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Here she is at The Peerage - www.thepeerage.com/p57906.htm#i579056
  "Ellen Fletcher is the daughter of Duncan Upshaw Fletcher.1 She married Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 4th Bt., son of Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 3rd Bt. and Sophia Annie Scott, on 1 December 1913.1 She and Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 4th Bt. were divorced in 1933.1
  From 1 December 1913, her married name became Smith-Gordon.1"

• beachcomber australia said:

  Her father, Duncan Fletcher, was a US Senator, and in August 1921 he sent Kathleen O'Brennan two photos of his daughter, "Nellie". The letter has lots of useful information and is worth a look - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000586819 .
  
  I wonder if the 1928 date on the back of this photo is not the actual date the photo was taken, and this is one of the photos sent with the letter ? Someone will know !

• Mike Grimes said:

  Edmonston, Maryland is 4km from Washington D.C. Can't quite figure out the link though.
  
  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonston,_Maryland