Ambassador Gallery

Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters

Mrs Joseph Kennedy, wife of H.E. the United States Ambassador, in a photograph to mark the presentation of two of her daughters at the first court at Buckingham Palace in May 1938. On the left is Rosemary Kennedy (1918 - 2005), in the middle Rose Kennedy and on the right, Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy. Kathleen met Billy Cavendish, heir to the Devonshire dukedom during the Season and married him becoming Marchioness of Hartington. He was killed during World War II and Kathleen herself was killed in a plane crash in 1948. Rosemary, or Rosie, was deemed mentally retarded and was subjected to a frontal lobotomy at the age of 23. She spent much of her life in and out of asylums. Date: 1938

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1752) was an English aristocrat, letter writer, and poet. She is chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from travels to the Ottoman Empire, as wife to the British ambassador to Turkey. Date: 19th century

© Mary Evans / Peter & Dawn Cope Collection
Mary Evans / Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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Antique illustration of portrait of 16th century diplomat Marcantonio Barbaro

Antique illustration of portrait of 16th century Italian diplomat Marcantonio Barbaro of the Republic of Venice (related to the building of Palladian Villa Barbero in Maser, Italy, Unesco World Heritage Site). The portrait head and shoulders features a middle-aged man in period costume. Drawing by Bocourt, engraving by Tourfaut

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