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Hat band denotes HMS Armadale Castle. The SS Armadale Castle was a passenger steamship built in 1903 at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan, Scotland. She was requisitioned from the Union Castle Line as an armed merchant cruiser in the Royal Navy in August 1914 and was used as a supply, transport and patrol vessel. She was returned to commercial service in 1919 and laid up at Netley in 1935, reprieved for one voyage, then scrapped in 1936 at Blyth. #
Reference: H-0204a
Hat band denotes HMS Armadale ...
Mr Young, band leader.
Reference: 41507b
Mr Young, band leader....
Mr Young, band leader.
Reference: 41507a
Mr Young, band leader. ...
Actress Nelly Hutin Britton was born on 24th April 1876 in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Famous for her Shakespearean roles, she debuted in 1901 in 'Henry V.' She also played Hero in 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1903), Ophelia in 'Hamlet' (1909), Lady Elizabeth in 'Richard III' (1909) and Lady Macbeth at Stratford (1911). In 1903 she married famous actor Matheson Lang, and thereafter they appeared together frequently on stage and later on film. In 1906 she played Arganthael in 'Tristram and Iseult' at the Adelphi Theatre, with Lang as Tristram. Britton and Lang subsequently formed their own company, which toured India, South Africa and Australia from 1910-13 performing Shakespeare. Her roles included Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew,' Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice,' Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet,' as well as reprising the roles of Ophelia and Lady Macbeth. She also appeared with Lang in 'Mr Wu,' which became his signature role. In 1916 they appeared together in a silent film of 'The Merchant of Venice' in which she once again played Portia. She also joined her husband in the film 'The Wandering Jew' (1923) playing the part of Judith. After a four-year illness and a temporary retirement, she returned to the Old Vic stage in 1923 for the Shakespeare Birthday Festival and the following year as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus,' and continued to act until she retired in 1936. In 1940 the Langs were staying with their old friend Dornford Yates and his wife at their house near Pau in France when France surrendered, and they had to escape from the advancing Germans through Spain to Portugal. In later life she sat on the governing board of the Old Vic Theatre. She died on 3rd September 1965 aged 89. These promotional shots were probably taken for the Inverness performance of 'The Wandering Jew' in October 1936, which played to a packed house for several days at the Empire Theatre.
Reference: 29107b
Actress Nelly Hutin Britton wa...
Actress Nelly Hutin Britton was born on 24th April 1876 in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Famous for her Shakespearean roles, she debuted in 1901 in 'Henry V.' She also played Hero in 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1903), Ophelia in 'Hamlet' (1909), Lady Elizabeth in 'Richard III' (1909) and Lady Macbeth at Stratford (1911). In 1903 she married famous actor Matheson Lang, and thereafter they appeared together frequently on stage and later on film. In 1906 she played Arganthael in 'Tristram and Iseult' at the Adelphi Theatre, with Lang as Tristram. Britton and Lang subsequently formed their own company, which toured India, South Africa and Australia from 1910-13 performing Shakespeare. Her roles included Katherine in 'The Taming of the Shrew,' Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice,' Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet,' as well as reprising the roles of Ophelia and Lady Macbeth. She also appeared with Lang in 'Mr Wu,' which became his signature role. In 1916 they appeared together in a silent film of 'The Merchant of Venice' in which she once again played Portia. She also joined her husband in the film 'The Wandering Jew' (1923) playing the part of Judith. After a four-year illness and a temporary retirement, she returned to the Old Vic stage in 1923 for the Shakespeare Birthday Festival and the following year as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus,' and continued to act until she retired in 1936. In 1940 the Langs were staying with their old friend Dornford Yates and his wife at their house near Pau in France when France surrendered, and they had to escape from the advancing Germans through Spain to Portugal. In later life she sat on the governing board of the Old Vic Theatre. She died on 3rd September 1965 aged 89. These promotional shots were probably taken for the Inverness performance of 'The Wandering Jew' in October 1936, which played to a packed house for several days at the Empire Theatre.
Reference: 29107a
Actress Nelly Hutin Britton wa...
Portrait. The sailor's hatband reads HMML 380. #
Reference: 22229b
Portrait. The sailor's hat...
Portrait. The sailor's hatband reads HMML 380. #
Reference: 22229a
Portrait. The sailor's hat...
Lady Lovat, Rosamond Delves Broughton was born in London on 20th May 1917, to Major Sir Henry John 'Jock' Delves Broughton of the Irish Guards and his wife Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen. She married Simon Joseph Fraser (9th July 1911-16th March 1995), Master of Lovat and 15th Lord Lovat, known to his friends as Shimi from the historic gaelic title The MacShimidh (son of Simon) for the chief of the Clan Fraser, on 10th October 1938. They took over Beaufort Castle from his mother, although it had been almost destroyed in a fire in June 1937. They had six children. Lady Lovat moved to London in her later years to be closer to most of her family and died at her home on Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge on 3rd March 2012 and was buried alongside her husband in the family plot at the historic St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on the banks of the river Beauly in Eskadale.
Reference: 47682b
Lady Lovat, Rosamond Delves Br...
Lady Lovat, Rosamond Delves Broughton was born in London on 20th May 1917, to Major Sir Henry John 'Jock' Delves Broughton of the Irish Guards and his wife Vera Edyth Griffith-Boscawen. She married Simon Joseph Fraser (9th July 1911-16th March 1995), Master of Lovat and 15th Lord Lovat, known to his friends as Shimi from the historic gaelic title The MacShimidh (son of Simon) for the chief of the Clan Fraser, on 10th October 1938. They took over Beaufort Castle from his mother, although it had been almost destroyed in a fire in June 1937. They had six children. Lady Lovat moved to London in her later years to be closer to most of her family and died at her home on Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge on 3rd March 2012 and was buried alongside her husband in the family plot at the historic St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on the banks of the river Beauly in Eskadale.
Reference: 47682a
Lady Lovat, Rosamond Delves Br...
Jessie Macleod (nee Macrae) with Colin, Lorne, Duncan, Dodo and Ishbel. Jessie was a stage actress (see 26822b - the 1927 production of 'The Geisha'). Her husband was Colin Macleod. This family portrait was taken c1925. The boy Colin Macleod served during WWII in the Royal Navy. After being de-mobbed in 1946, he joined the merchant navy, where he rose to the rank of captain. During the early 1960s, he left the service and became Harbour Master at Inverness. He held this position for several years before re-joining the merchant navy. Lorne Macleod became a dentist and had his own practice in Huntly Street until he emigrated to Australia in 1967. Duncan Macleod also became a dentist with a practice in Boness and later Edinburgh. Donald 'Dodo' Macleod remained in Inverness and played football in his younger days for Inverness Thistle Football Club. Information kindly provided by Jessie's grandson Duncan Phillips.
Reference: 26575b
Jessie Macleod (nee Macrae) wi...
Jessie Macleod (nee Macrae) with Colin, Lorne, Duncan, Dodo and Ishbel. Jessie was a stage actress (see 26822b - the 1927 production of 'The Geisha'). Her husband was Colin Macleod. This family portrait was taken c1925. The boy Colin Macleod served during WWII in the Royal Navy. After being de-mobbed in 1946, he joined the merchant navy, where he rose to the rank of captain. During the early 1960s, he left the service and became Harbour Master at Inverness. He held this position for several years before re-joining the merchant navy. Lorne Macleod became a dentist and had his own practice in Huntly Street until he emigrated to Australia in 1967. Duncan Macleod also became a dentist with a practice in Boness and later Edinburgh. Donald 'Dodo' Macleod remained in Inverness and played football in his younger days for Inverness Thistle Football Club. Information kindly provided by Jessie's grandson Duncan Phillips.
Reference: 26575a
Jessie Macleod (nee Macrae) wi...
Pipe band. #
Reference: 28023
Pipe band. #...