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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...
Lady Dick-Lauder. Nigg.
Reference: 42579
Lady Dick-Lauder. Nigg. ...
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...
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, the eldest daughter of Lady Dysart (1889-1975) and Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves was born in 1914. Her sister was Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (born 1918).
Reference: 37368b
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, t...
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, the eldest daughter of Lady Dysart (1889-1975) and Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves was born in 1914. Her sister was Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (born 1918).
Reference: 37368a
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, t...
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, the eldest daughter of Lady Dysart (1889-1975) and Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves was born in 1914. Her sister was Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (born 1918).
Reference: 37368c
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, t...
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, the eldest daughter of Lady Dysart (1889-1975) and Owain Edward Whitehead Greaves was born in 1914. Her sister was Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (born 1918).
Reference: 37368d
Lady Rosamund Agnes Greaves, t...
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, as Mrs Maude Anderson, she was a science teacher at the Inverness Royal Academy, and, long before her marriage, the resident mistress in the Academy girls' hostel at Hedgefield. Her sister Gladys, later Mrs Gladys Fairie, was art teacher at the Royal Academy until her marriage.
Reference: 37288a
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, ...
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, as Mrs Maude Anderson, she was a science teacher at the Inverness Royal Academy, and, long before her marriage, the resident mistress in the Academy girls' hostel at Hedgefield. Her sister Gladys, later Mrs Gladys Fairie, was art teacher at the Royal Academy until her marriage.
Reference: 37288b
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, ...
Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie, October-November 1929. Born on 22nd March 1911, daughter of Edward Walter Blunt-Mackenzie and the Countess of Cromartie. An artist, she married Captain Oscar Linda (22nd November 1947), of Assynt House, Evanton, son of General Maximilian Linda of Zakopane, Poland. She died on 20th May 1962.
Reference: 28013e
Lady Isobel Blunt-Mackenzie, O...