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Performance TitleOne Hundred Years Ago Ball - Celebrating Waltzes from 1818-1911, in aid of The Incorporated Soldiers and Sailors Help Society
Performance Date6-7 June 1912
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time22:00
Main Performers''Nelson'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Duchess of Somerset
Duchess of Somerset as The Duchess of Somerset, Duke of Somerset as Sir Thomas Hardy, Countess Bathurst as Countess Bathurst, Marquess of Tavistock as Admiral Lord Keith, Lady Meriel Bathurst as Princess Amelia, Earl Bathurst as a Major of the Marines, Miss Buchanan as Suzannah Bolton, Lord Petre as Capt. Wm. Locker, Lady Muriel Paget as Britannia, Duke of Bronte as Lord Nelson, Miss Burn as Lady Horatio Stanhope, Sir Edward Chichester as Admiral Lord Howe, Lady Kathleen Thynne, Mr. Lancelot Hughes Smith as The Earl of St. Vincent, Lady Emma Thynne, Mr. Julian Martin Smith as Lord Hood, Lady Jellicoe, Mr. Loeffler as Capt. Maurice Suckling, Lady Helen Brassey, Mr. Orme Garton Sargent as Capt. Sir Henry Blackwood, Lady Idina Sackville, Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as Admiral Lord Collingwood, Lady Lockhart, Mr. John Murray, Jun.as Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, Miss Blount, Mr.Foster as Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Miss Dundas, Capt. Idris Williams, Miss Wharton, Capt. Williams as a Captain in the Marines.

''Court'' and ''Society'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Countess of Kilmorey
Countess of Kilmorey, Viscountess Acheson, Viscountess Curzon, Viscountess Ingestre, Viscountess Maidstone, Viscountess Villiers, Lady Rosemary Portal, Lady Joan Byng, Hon. Lady Bailey, Hon. Mrs. Needham, Hon. Nora McGarrell Hogg, Hon. Victoria Sackville-West, Hon. Winifred Douglas Pennant, Miss Combe, Miss Lavinia Bingham, Miss Rosamund Grosvenor, Miss Tollemache Scott, Miss Violet Keppell, Miss Sybil Corbet, H.H. Prince Alexander of Battenberg, Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Desmond Fitzgerald, Lord Victor Paget, Viscount Acheson, Viscount Newry, Viscount Maidstone, Hon. Alexander Cadogan, Hon. Francis Needham, Capt. FitzGerald, Mr. Archie Sinclair, Mr. Michael Wemyss, Mr. R. Rowley, Mr. George Butler, Mr. Durham, Mr. Peter Combe, Mr. Ronald Hamilton, Mr. Gerard Leigh

''European Regiments'' Quadrille:
Organisers - Lady Constance Hatch and The Lady Newborough
Lady Constance Hatch as a Prussian Hussar, Lady Newborough as 1st Regiment Neapolitan Hussars, Lady Winifred Renshaw as a Russian Dragoon, Mrs. Shuttleworth as a Spanish Dragoon, Miss Clark-Kerr in Military Costume worn at the Trooping of Colours 1812, Countess Pauline Pappenheim as German Westphalian Infantry, Miss Fleming as Royal Horse Artillery, Miss Irene Foster as 3rd Battalion of the Guards, Hon. Francis Curzon, Hon. Claude Yorke, Lord Brabourne, Don Pedro de Zulueta, Mr. Clark-Kerr, Mr. Edward Keeling, Mr. Rhodes, Capt. Grenville Peek

''Ancestors'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Sarah Wilson
Lady Sarah Wilson, Countess Zia Torby, Lady Helen Grosvenor, Lady Irene Dennison, Lady Kathleen Hastings, Lady Enid Fane, Mrs. Duggen, Miss Chauncey, Duke of Marlborough, Lord Robert Innes-Ker, Viscount Lascelles, Mr. Ralph Bingham, Mr. Hoesch (of the German Embassy), Mr. Weigall

''The Drama'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Beerbohm Tree
Lady Beerbohm Tree as Miss Farren, Lady Garvagh as Mrs. Siddons, Lady Clancarty as Mme. Vestris, Lady Beryl le Poer Trench as Mdlle. Mars, Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Miss Harriet Mellon, Miss Neilson-Terry as Mrs. Siddons (after Lawrence), Miss Stuart-Wortley as Miss O'Neill (as Juliet), Miss Kitty Shannon as Mme. Georges, Miss Norah Ward as Taglione, Lord Clancarty as John Vanderhoff, Hon. Hugh Godley as David Garrick, Sir Vincent Caillard as Edmund Kean (as Macbeth), Mr. Somerset Maugham as Booth (as Iago), Mr. David Bruce as Sheridan Knowles, Mr. Kinsey Peile as Mr.Sinclair, Mr. Alan Parsons as John Phillip Kemble (as Hamlet), Mr.Walter Creighton as Macready

''Naval'' Quadrille:
Organisers - Lady (Alfred) Paget and Mrs. David Beatty
Lady (Alfred) Paget, Mrs. David Beatty, Lady Mildred Follet, Lady Celia Coates, Marchioness Camden, Lady Markham, Mrs. Godfrey Faussett, Viscountess Powerscourt, Capt. Hon. Victor Stanley, Lieut. Hardman Jones, R.N., Capt. Godfrey Faussett, R.N., Mid. Lord Burghersh, R.N., Flag. Comm. Arthur Bromley, R.N., Lieut. Hon. SereldHay, R.N., Lieut. E.A.Nicolson, R.N., Lieut. Arthur Longmore, R.N.

''Music'' Quadrille:
Organisers - Lady Maud Warrender
Lady Maud Warrender as ''Catherine'' (Etoile du Nord), H.S.H. Princess Munster as ''The Abbess'' (Robert le Diable), Lady Evelyn Baring as ''Rezier'' (Oberon), Hon. Hilda Chichester as ''Dinorah'', Lady Speyer as ''Fidelio'', Mrs. Geo. Cornwallis-West as ''Lucrezia Borgia'', Miss Frances Tennant as ''Rosina'' (Barbier de Savile), Miss Dinah Tennant as ''La Fille du Regiment'', Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Beethoven, Mr. A.E.W. Mason as Meyerbeer, Mr. Wyndham Birch as Schubert, Hon. Bertie Ponsonby as Thomas Moore, Hon. Edward Cadogan as Sir Henry Bishop, Mr. Norman Forbes Robertson as Rossini, Mr. Theodore Flint as Paganini, Sir Henry Wood as 1812 Overture

''Jeunesse D'Oree'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Countess of Lytton
Countess of Lytton as ''Flora'', Countess of Ancaster as ''Hebe'', Mrs. R. Asquith as ''Proserpine'', Lady Lovat as ''Aurora'', Hon. Mrs. Herbert Asquith as ''Venus'', Lady Frederick Blackwood as ''Diana'', Lady Violet Charteris as ''Pallas Athene''
[The expression ''Jeunesse d'oree'' was coined about 1812. The ladies' costumes are from the classical ballet danced at that period, called 'Flore et Zephyr.' The gentlemen in costumes of soldiers of 1812.

''Highland'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Marchioness of Bute
Marchioness of Bute, Lady Ninian Crichton-Stuart, Countess of Cassillis, Lady Marjorie Dalrymple, Lady Katherine Carnegie, Mrs. Alasdair MacGregor, Miss Joan Campbell, Miss Erskine of Cardros, Earl of Leven and Melville, Earl of Cassillis, Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart, Major Hon. Arthur Hay, Hon. Ivan Hay, Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, Sir Simeon Stuart, Mr. Alasdair MacGregor
[Ladies dressing and representing an Ancestor from a Raeburn picture in the possession of the family, and gentlemen representing a picture of an Ancestor in possession of the family]

''The Merry Past'' Quadrille:
Organisers - Viscountess Hardinge and Mrs. Thursby-Pelham
Lady Muriel Bertie, Hon. G. Hope Morley, Hon. Gynndd Mostyn, Capt. Maude, Miss Thursby-Pelham, Hon. E. Mostyn, Miss Charlotte Ogilvey, Sir Robert Walker, Miss Rhona Mostyn, Sir Edward Naylor-Leyland, Miss Cooper, Mr. Lennox Harvey, Miss Nancy Ferrar, Mr. W. Rollo, Miss Olivia Ogilvey, Mr. Stormonth Darling

''India'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Countess of Minto
Countess of Minto, Mrs. Ian Malcolm, Lady Keppel, Viscountess Errington, Lady Muriel Willoughby, Lady Eileen Elliott, Lady Dorothy Browne, Marchioness of Salisbury, Mr. Ian Malcolm, M.P., Hon. W. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Frank Mildmay, M.P., Col. Hon. Charles Willoughby, Capt. Evelyn Gibbs, Lord Vernon, Capt. Rudolf Jelf, Capt. Harry Graham

''Naval'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Hon. Mrs. Cyril Ward
Hon. Mrs. Cyril Ward, Lady Wolverton, Mrs. Walter Rubens, Viscountess Ridley, Lady Ponsonby, Countess Norah Lutzow, Marchioness of Hamilton, Lord Charles Beresford, Viscount Curzon, Hon. Cyril Ward, Lord Rodney

''Waterloo'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady (Arthur) Paget
Duchess of Marlborough as Countess Waleska, Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew as Countess of Coyngham, Hon. Mrs. Beckett as Empress Marie Louise,Duchess of Westminster as Marquise D'Asche, Lady Helen Vincent as Countess de Reuilly, Marchioness of Crewe as Countess Liederkerke, Marchioness of Stafford as Lady Georgina Lennox, Miss Muriel Wilson as Lady Jane Lennox, Hon. Mrs. Bingham as Comtesse d'Oultremont, Duchess of Sutherland as Duchess of Beaufort, Hon. Mrs. J. Ward as Comtesse Lalour Lupin, Duchess of Roxburgh as Duchesse d'Ursel, Lady Desborough as Madame de Stael, Countess of March as Duchess of Richmond, Lady Juliet Duff as Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Beatrice Herbert as Countess of Uxbridge, Lady de Trafford as Comtesse Auguste Liederkerke, Miss de Trafford as Lady Sarah Lennox, Sir Charles Hartopp as Napoleon, Lord John Cavendish as Blucher, Hon. Gerard Sturt as Picton, Viscount Hardinge as Wellington, Mr. Hudson as Bulow, Mr. J. Ritchie as Lord March, Hon. G. Monckton Arundell as Duke of Brunswick, Mr. Horner as Lord Hill, Mr. Heath as Marshall Ney, Marquis of Titchfield as William, Prince of Orange, Lord E. Grosvenor as Count Pajol, Mr. G. West as Grouchy, Count William Bentinck as Von Pirch, Capt. Paget as Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Tweedmouth as Zieten, Mr. Leyland as Soult, General Bingham as Gneisenau, Major Brinton as Baron Muffling

''Household Cavalry'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Hugh Grosvenor
Lady Hugh Grosvenor, Lady Gerard, Lady Norah Brassey, Hon. Mrs. Edward Wyndham, Mrs. Edgar Brassey, Mrs. Tom Gurney, Mrs. Harrison, Lady Alastair Innes-Ker, Mr. Foster, Mr. Godfrey Miller Mundy, Capt. Hon. Edward Wyndham, Capt. Hon. Algernon Strutt, Mr. A.G. Murray Smith, Earl Compton, Mr. McIntosh, Capt. T.C.Gurney

''Les Merveilleuses'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Mrs. Sofer Whitburn
Mrs. Sofer Whitburn, Mrs. Belville, Mrs.Darrell, Mrs. Patrick de Bathe, Hon.K. Norton, Mrs. Henry Ramsden, Mrs. Julian Steele, Hon. Evelyn FitzGerald, Mrs. Gordon Leith, Mr. Martin Holt, Lord Henry Seymour, Capt. Lawrie, Baron de Than, Monsieur Pierre Santini, Ladies - Les Merveilleuses, Men - Incroyable

''Highland Regiments'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Inverclyde
Lady Inverclyde, Hon. Mrs. Campbell, Hon. Emily Burns, Hon. Muriel Burns, Miss Enid Campbell, Miss Helen Thorpe, Miss Imogen Ramsey, Lady Moya Campbell, Lt.-Col. D. Campbell, Major MacDougall of Lunga, Capt. L. Holland, Capt. W.B. Mitford, Lieut. D.B. Burt-Marshall, Lieut. R.W. Wallace, 2nd Lieut. A.R. Berners
[Gentlemen to be dressed in the Uniform of their respective Regiments, 1st and 2nd Life Guards, and ''Blues''. Ladies in the Empire dresses of that day.

''Sports and Pastimes'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Mond
Lady Mond as ''Cards'', Mr. Hubert Bromilow as ''Gambling'', Hon. Kathleen Robson as ''Battledore and Shuttlecock'', Mr. W. Shephard as ''Cock Fighting'', Hon. Gwendoline Emmott as ''Diabolo'', Mr. Darcy Braddell as ''Cricket'', Mrs. Francis Howard as ''Fishing'', Mr. Villiers Price, Miss Louise Troubridge as ''La Grasse'', Mr. Gerald Rufus Isaacs as ''Golfing'', Miss Kitty Schuster as ''Hunting'', Mr. Frank Meyer as ''Hunting'', Miss Rosalind Bryce as ''Skating'', Mr. Walter Payne as ''Skating'', Miss Winifred Peele as ''Boating'', Mr. H. Clifford Smith as ''Boating''

''Grenadier Guards'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Loch
Lady Loch, Hon. Mrs. Alan Mackenzie, Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, Lady Bernard Gordon-Lennox, Lady Gweneth Ponsonby, Lady Victoria Stanley, Lady Eileen Wellesley, Miss Bettine Cavendish, Mr. Alan Mackenzie, Major Lord Loch, Major Hon. J. Gathorne-Hardy, Capt. E. Loraine, Mr. Aubrey-Fletcher, Capt. De Crespigny, Mr. L. Rose, Mr. C. Sykes

''The Government'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady (Savile) Crossley
PRIME MINISTER - Col. Cook, 1st Life Guards & Lady Crossley as Earl and Countess of Liverpool, FOREIGN OFFICE - Viscount Castlereagh & Viscountess Castlereagh as Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, HOME SECRETARY - Mr. Patrick de Bathe & Mrs. Montague Eliot as Sir Robert and Lady Peel, SECRETARY FOR INDIA - Mr. T. Comyn Platt as George Canning, LORD PRESIDENT - Mr. Montague Eliot & The Countess of Yarborough as Earl and Countess of Harrowby, ADMIRALTY - Hon. George Keppell and The Lady Jane Combe as Viscount and Viscountess Melville, LORD PRIVY SEAL - Sir Hill Child & The Marchioness of Linlithgow as Earl and Countess of Westmorland, WAR OFFICE AND COLONIES - Lord Charles Hope and Countess Hochberg as Earl and Countess Bathurst, Hon. Mrs. Robert Grosvenor

''Coldstream Guards'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Muriel Beckwith
Lady Muriel Beckwith, Lady Amy Gordon-Lennox, The Countess of Lanesborough, Miss Olive Snell, Miss Phillis Combe, Lady Leucha Warner, Miss Sylvia Grenfell, Lady Theo. Acheson, Capt. Hon. George Crichton, Capt. M. Dawson, Capt. Watts Russell, Hon. Lionel Tennyson, Mr. N. Alexander, Mr. Alan Dawson, Mr. Legge Bourke, Capt. Beckwith

''Almacks'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Countess of Arran
Countess of Arran, Countess of Airlie, Lady Edmund Talbot, Countess of FitzWilliam, Lady Annabel O'Neill, Lady Winifred Gore, Mrs. Donegal Malcolm, Lady Helen Mitford, Lady Mabell Ogilvy, Hon. Fenella Trefusis, Hon. Mrs. Ernest Guinness, Miss Talbot, Sir William Garstin, Mr. John Gore, Sir Robert Gresley, Capt. Hon. Arthur O'Neill, Herr von Bulow, Mr. Stedman S. Hanks (American Embassy), Mr. William Phillips (American Embassy), Mr. R. Nugent, Mr. Farquharson of Invercauld, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Peacock, Capt. Hereward Wake [Countess of Arran, Viscountess Melbourne, The Countess of Sefton, Lady Milton, Mrs. Cunliffe Offley, Anne Jane, Marchioness of Abercorn, The Countess of Courtown, Lady Caroline Lamb, Miss Mollie Trefusis, Lady Charlotte Campbell, Lady Susan Ryder, Viscount Palmerston, Earl of Arran, Sir Roger Gresley, Earl O'Neil, Prince Esterhazy, Beau Brummell, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis of Hertford, Lord Alvanley, Lord Allen, Lord Byron, Col. Grennow]

''Scots Guards'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Lady Methuen
Lady Methuen, Viscountess Dalrymple, Lady Esme Gordon-Lennox, Mrs. Douglas Gordon, Lady Jean Cochrane, Miss Maud Inigo Jones, Hon. Mill Methuen, Hon. Miss Seymour Methuen, Hon. Mrs. Coke, Viscount Dalrymple, Mr. Douglas Gordon, Capt. Stephen, Mr. Wm. Wynne-Finch, Mr. MacKenzie, Lord Cochrane, Mr. Gordon-Ives, Capt. Hon. T. Coke

''Jane Austen'' Quadrille
Organisers - Mrs. Chaloner and Mrs. George Gibbs
Mrs.Chaloner, Mrs. George Gibbs, Lady Southampton, Miss Blanche Gibbs, Miss Rathbone, Mrs. Arthur Hohler, Miss Astell, Miss Ursula Chaloner, Miss Chaloner, Mr. Arthur Hohler, Mr. Lancelot Gibbs, Mr. Dashwood, Mr. Desvoeux, Mr. Eric Long, Mr.Thos. Chaloner, Mr. Howard, Mr. Phipps, R.N.

''Dragoons'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Viscountess Maitland
Viscountess Maitland, Countess of Hardwick, Mrs. Glasgow, Lady Acton, Hon. Mrs. Frederick Guest, Mrs. Kingsmill, Mrs. Herbert Smiley, Mrs. Mendel, Col. Viscount Maitland, Major Armstrong, Mr. R. Vaughan Williams, Mr. Denton Carlisle, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Hon. Oscar Guest, Mr. Locker Lampson, Col. Charles Campbell
[Ladies to be dressed alternately in white and silver, and white and gold. Gentlemen in the Uniform of the leading Regiment of the day.]

''Cries of London'' Quadrille:
Organiser - Duchess of Rutland
Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, Miss Bridget Colebrooke, Hon. Betty Manners, Miss H. Eckstein, Lady Phyllis Windsor Clive, Mr. Harry Lindsay, Hon. Diana Lister, Miss Felicity Tree, Lady Marjory Manners, Lady Diana Manners, Hon.John Manners, Mr. Michael Herbert, Hon. Hugo Charteris, Hon. Philip Woodhouse, Mr. Shaw Stewart, Mr. John Gordon, Hon. William Grenfell, Hon. George Broderick, Hon. Denis Anson, Mr. Alan Lascelles
Secondary PerformersBall Committee:
Chairman: Major-General The Lord Cheylesmore KCVO,
Lady Paget,
Mrs W H Dick-Cunyngham,
Admiral Sir Albert Markham KCB,
Lieut-General Sir Henry Settle KCB,
Colonel A G Lucas, CB, MMO,
C P Little Esq.,
G Sherwood Foster Esq.,
Major Tudor Craig
Orchestra or BandCorelli Windeatt's Band
Set ListValse: 'Pink Lady' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Mirage' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Joy Bells' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Two Step: 'Artists' Revels' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Let Me Whisper' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Clear floor for procession,
1st set of Quadrilles, arr. James M Gallatly from tunes of 100 years ago,
2nd set of Quadrilles, arr. James M Gallatly from tunes of 100 years ago,
Representative Waltzes of the last One Hundred Years,
Valse: 'Invitation a la Valse' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Die Romantiker' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'The Beautiful Blue Danube' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Lancers: 'United Service' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Soldaten Lieder' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'The Guards' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'My Queen' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'The Grenadiers' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
One-Step: 'Lincoln Green' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Valse Bleue' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Lancers: 'Hearts of Oak' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Veronique' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Songe d'Automne' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Merry Widow' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Septembre' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Two Step: 'Temptation Rag' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Nydia' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),
Valse: 'Ceylon Whispers' (Corelli Windeatt's Band),

* Rendezvous - Coruna, St. Sebastian, Nive, Busaco, Salamanca, Vimiera, Albuhera, Roleia, Barossa, Nivelle, Talavera, Fuentes d'Onor, Vittoria, Orthes, Badajos, Maida
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Christian
Performance NotesThirty quadrilles were arranged for this costume ball which raised £5,000 for charity.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1912/3),
Illustrations (RAHE/9/1912/2/05)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1912/3One Hundred Years Ago Ball - Celebrating Waltzes from 1818-1911, in aid of The Incorporated Soldiers & Sailors Help Society6 June 1912
RAHE/9/1912/2/OSIllustration of the One Hundred Years Ago Ball6 June 1912
RAHE/9/1912/2Illustration of the One Hundred Years Ago Ball6 June 1912
RAHE/9/1912/4Illustration of the Hundred Years Ago Ball Costumes6 June 1912
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Owzazeahooh_KaimOne Hundred Years Ago Ball - Celebrating Waltzes from 1818-1911, in aid of The Incorporated Soldiers and Sailors Help Society1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/2355Corelli Windeatt's Celebrated Dance Orchestra; fl 1910s-1922; British dance orchestra
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