<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I subscribe to this fascinating blog written by the great granddaughter of Antonia Booth. This post includes some interesting Bloomsbury material so I thought I’d share it. <div><div>All good wishes,</div><div>Gill <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Antonia and Mary <comment-reply@wordpress.com><br><b>Date:</b> 26 July 2021 at 06:53:03 BST<br><b>To:</b> gill.lowe1@btopenworld.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[New post] ‘He thought Parliament an immense waste of talk and solemnity, and the empire absurdly cumbrous.’ Post 27 – March 1899</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Antonia and Mary <comment+eqnm55a-ymmnbxsgg4qmwq2z@comment.wordpress.com><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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The diary of Antonia Booth[1]
Antonia Booth was my great grandmother. She died in 1952, 5 years before I was born.
Diary entries are in black,
commentary is in blue
and footnotes are below in black.
Entries are captured in months.
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<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;"><strong>The diary of Antonia Booth<a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn1&sr=1&signature=79757c9f79de817026da6089534da485&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMxLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa1nnMl3c$"><sup><strong><sup>[1]</sup></strong></sup></a></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Antonia Booth was my great grandmother. She died in 1952, 5 years before I was born.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Diary entries are in black,</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;" class="has-primary-color has-text-color">commentary is in blue</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">and footnotes are below in black.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Entries are captured in months.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">This blog begins with the year 1898 even though the diaries start in 1894 because it is more straightforward to introduce the main characters in this year. I shall return to 1894 in a while.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">If you think I’ve left something out please do let me know or if there is a factual error please tell me gently.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;"><strong><u>March 1899</u></strong></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Lunch at 24.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Went with Imo to Mme Haas and back to 24 for tea to entertain the …. Imo came to dinner.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Lunch at 24. Started with Mother in the carriage and went on to see furniture. Walked across the park in glorious sunshine. Lord Macnaghten and Imogen dined with us.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Helen Holland came in the morning and after her Miss Eliza Hill. I lunched at 24 and then went to see the stores.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Alice Pollock came to tea early.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" data-attachment-id="1459" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/alicep/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg" data-orig-size="476,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alicep" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=114" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=389" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=389" alt="" class="wp-image-1459" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=389 389w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=57 57w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg?w=114 114w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep.jpg 476w" sizes="(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Alice Pollock <a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/171824053/person/312226148970/media/5d2908b6-50f5-4043-871e-b556f6449500__;!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaKqvHTfI$" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/171824053/person/312226148970/media/5d2908b6-50f5-4043-871e-b556f6449500</a></figcaption></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">Alice Pollock was one of Antonia’s closest friends and a cousin of Antonia’s husband Malcolm (One of Alice's Grandfathers and one of Malcolm's grandmothers, on the Pollock side, were brother and sister). Alice was a bridesmaid at Antonia and Malcolm’s wedding. Alice was the only daughter of the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock PC, LLD who was an English Jurist. She was born on 15th June 1876 at 12 Bryanston Street, Marylebone. By the time she was 5, the family is shown in the 1881 census at 48 Great Cumberland Place, Marylebone, a few doors along from the Booths. At the age of 26 in November 1902, Alice was married from that house and had her reception at the Booth’s house, 12 doors along, 24 Great Cumberland Place:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #d9e1fa; color: #04087c;">An interesting wedding in London was that of Miss Alice Pollock, only daughter of Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., of 48. Great Cumberland Place, W., to Mr. Sydney Waterlow, Attaché at the British Embassy at Washington... Sir Frederick Pollock gave his daughter away, and she was attended by eight bridesmaids—Miss Waterlow, Miss Wellesley, Miss Mary Phillips, Miss Dorothy Fletcher, Miss Ethel Clifford, and Miss Holman Hunt, and two little children, Miss Annie Pollock and Miss E. Pollock (daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Pollock and grandchildren of the Speaker). The bride wore a charming dress of pearl-coloured satin with a long train with opalescent and silver embroidery and old Brussels lace. She wore a tulle veil and a wreath of real myrtle, grown at Clovelly Court, Devonshire. The bridesmaids’ dresses were of cream-coloured crepe de chine, with coats and insertions of darker cream lace, and they wore black picture hats and geranium-coloured sashes. ..Subsequently the guests returned to 24, Great Cumberland Place, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Booth, where a large reception was held. Those present included the American Ambassador and Mrs. Choate, Lord Lindley, Lord Macnaghten, Lord and Lady Shand, Sir Alfred and Lady Lyall, Lady and Miss Lewis, Lady Waterlow, Mr. George Pollock, Mr. Albert Dicey, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barrie, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Freshfield, Mr. and Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mrs. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Waterlow, Mr Betrand Russell<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn2&sr=1&signature=980b5f3734fd810007a9f44fcebc3419&user=54773479&_e=eyJlcnJvciI6bnVsbCwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTA5MTE2NjYzLCJibG9nX2xhbmciOiJlbiIsInNpdGVfaWRfbGFiZWwiOiJ3cGNvbSIsImVtYWlsX25hbWUiOiJlbWFpbF9zdWJzY3JpcHRpb24iLCJfdWkiOjU0NzczNDc5LCJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImI2ZjExYWMwOTU2MjRlMDU1MmMwODcwZjUyYzQwNDE3IiwiZGF0ZV9zZW50IjoiMjAyMS0wNy0yNiIsImxvY2FsZSI6ImVuIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJVU0QiLCJjb3VudHJ5X2NvZGVfc2lnbnVwIjoiR0IiLCJkb21haW4iOiJ3b3JkcHJlc3N0b2RheWRvdG1lLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20iLCJmcmVxdWVuY3kiOiIwIiwiZGlnZXN0IjoiMCIsImhhc19odG1sIjoiMSIsImFuY2hvcl90ZXh0IjoiWzJdIiwiX2RyIjpudWxsLCJfZGwiOiJcL3dwXC92Mlwvc2l0ZXNcLzEwOTExNjY2M1wvcG9zdHNcLzE0NTc*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMxLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaMzjw5fY$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[2]</a>…</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">From Betrand Russell’s journal:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #cac4f3; color: #090365;">‘I have got over the jar of Meredith's bounder friend Matthews and Meredith's remarks against Evelyn’s dress and the wedding party at the Pollocks where rows of females inspected the poor bride as though she were a prized potato at an agricultural show, and a disgust of conscientious lust… Nature is my inspiration and Mathematics is my purifier. …I was introduced to Sir Frederick Pollock for the 4th time. He (foolish old man) tried to explain the circular points at infinity to Gertrude Bell and how to make Parabolas by shadows from the electric light which wouldn't work.’</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">The 1891 census shows Alice aged 15 with her parents at an Easter house party at Gracedieu, the home of the Booths. Frederick Pollock is listed as a Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and also Barrister at law. </p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">The 1911 census shows Alice and her husband Sydney at Hillside, Hilly Fields, Rye in Sussex “of private means”.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" data-attachment-id="1463" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/alicep2/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png" data-orig-size="761,391" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alicep2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png?w=620" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-1463" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png 761w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png?w=150 150w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep2.png?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">A visitor to their house in Rye on census night in 1911 was one Orlando Williams aged 27, born at Paddington, London, a writer and also a clerk in the House of Commons.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" data-attachment-id="1465" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/rye/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg" data-orig-size="1071,805" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="rye" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=620" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-1465" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=560 1024w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=150 150w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=300 300w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg?w=768 768w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/rye.jpg 1071w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Rye in East Sussex where the Waterlows and Henry James lived.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1469" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/alicep6/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png" data-orig-size="889,493" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alicep6" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=620" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-1469" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=837 837w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=150 150w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=300 300w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png?w=768 768w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep6.png 889w" sizes="(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em;">A short time after census night in 1911, and over eight years since she was married, Alice filed a petition with the court to have her marriage annulled on the grounds of non-consummation. The court commissioned two doctors to carry out medical examinations to determine whether the marriage had been consummated and Alice Pollock and witnesses gave evidence. The court noted the incapacity of the respondent to consummate the marriage and declared it null and void.</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em;">Once the marriage was annulled Alice married Orlando Williams<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn3&sr=1&signature=a5ed94e726951d6e51b048c74b7061d2&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMxLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa-URydCY$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[3]</a>. Alice gave birth to a daughter called Mary Rowan Cyprian Williams in 1913.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1471" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/orlandow/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg" data-orig-size="511,593" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="orlandow" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg?w=259" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg?w=511" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg?w=511" alt="" class="wp-image-1471" width="535" height="621" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg 511w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg?w=129 129w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/orlandow.jpg?w=259 259w" sizes="(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Photo or Orlando Williams in 1962 taken of a Tate image.</figcaption></figure><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Alice died in 1953.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1472" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/alicep7/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png" data-orig-size="374,75" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alicep7" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png?w=374" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png?w=374" alt="" class="wp-image-1472" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png 374w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png?w=150 150w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep7.png?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">So what of Alice’s first husband, Sydney Waterlow?</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">The Waterlows were friends of the Bloomsbury set and Sydney Waterlow had begun to admire Virginia Stephen (later Woolf) some time before the annulment of his marriage to Alice.</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #dddcf8; color: #11036d;">8<sup>th</sup> December 1910 Dined with the Clive Bells; what a relief & change!<sup>1</sup> No one else but Virginia S. We had talk that begins to be really intimate…..I realised for the first time the difference between her & Virginia: Vanessa icy, cynical, artistic; Virginia much more emotional, & interested in life rather than beauty. A glorious evening.<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn4&sr=1&signature=da8b083fb0c05e53c7dd2e4710210cf6&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMxLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa9JOGm1c$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[4]</a></p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1474" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/henryj/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg" data-orig-size="258,307" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="henryj" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg?w=252" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg?w=258" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg?w=258" alt="" class="wp-image-1474" width="450" height="536" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg 258w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/henryj.jpg?w=126 126w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Henry James in the garden of Lamb House in Rye.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">Both Sydney and Alice were also good friends of Henry James, the author, who had a house near them in Rye. Henry James was a close friend of Alice’s father Sir Frederick Pollock and also a friend of Alice’s brother John Jack Pollock <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn5&sr=1&signature=650fe79331168933c7ef4e51cd8cc7ab&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMyLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa4PWC_KA$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[5]</a> who helped Henry James bring his play 'The Saloon' to the English stage in 1911. The Saloon was a study of the son of a military family who refuses to follow an Army career. The son is no coward, of course, for his action is braver than if he meekly followed in the footsteps of those who went before.</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">Henry James had been close to Leslie Stephen (Virginia Woolf nee Stephen’s father) and he confided in Sydney Waterlow how unimpressed he was by the men in the Bloomsbury set. ‘The lank Strachey, the colourless Saxon and the little poodle, Clive Bell’, whom he thought unworthy to marry the beautiful Vanessa’<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn6&sr=1&signature=677330a3e5d281090b2c56b0aaed35c7&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMyLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpannXgdiI$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[6]</a>.</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">In his conversations with Sydney Waterlow Henry James was also condescending about Virginia going into print but he was very fond of both girls:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #d7d2f5; color: #030154;">‘Tell her, tell her (meaning Virginia)’ Henry James said to Sydney Waterlow ‘how sorry I am that the inevitability of life should have made it seem possible even for a moment that I could allow a child of her father's to seem to swim out of my ken’. In the course of a walk with Waterlow on Friday the 31st of January 1908. James confided views about Britain. ‘He thought Parliament an immense waste of talk and solemnity, and the empire absurdly cumbrous. It was a mystery, James said, how it went on’.<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn7&sr=1&signature=459e5af6512c5d807f47d2f84fe9dd1c&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMyLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaT7vc1uc$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[7]</a></p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">Shortly after the annulment Sydney Waterlow proposed to Virginia Stephen (later Virginia Woolf).</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1476" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/alicep10/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg" data-orig-size="608,683" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="alicep10" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=267" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=560" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-1476" width="392" height="440" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=392 392w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=134 134w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg?w=267 267w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/alicep10.jpg 608w" sizes="(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Page 36 of a Photographic album owned by Vanessa Bell - Images from Studland beach 1910 show Sydney & Alice Waterlow, top right.</figcaption></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">Virginia refused him and over the years expressed both sympathy, when she writes to him in 1921:</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em;">You say people drop you, and don't want to see you. I don't agree. Of course, I understand that when one feels, as you feel, without a core—it used to be a very familiar feeling to me—then all one's external relations become febrile and unreal. Only they aren't to other people. I mean, your existence is to us, for example, a real and very important fact.<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn8&sr=1&signature=250698295c195b8785dcf36b44074b99&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMyLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaqP-ysCo$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[8]</a></p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">and disgust at him:</p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 1em;"> “He has mellowed. Oh if you could have seen him bathing in the river Ouse, which could hardly close above his immense soft pink stomach, belching and bellowing like a walrus. As I say, he has improved” from a letter written on 23 August 1922 to Katherine Arnold-Forster.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" data-attachment-id="1478" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/sydney/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg" data-orig-size="622,762" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sydney" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg?w=245" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg?w=620" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg?w=560" alt="" class="wp-image-1478" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg 622w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg?w=122 122w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sydney.jpg?w=245 245w" sizes="(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Sydney Waterlow by Mark Gertler Ben Uri Gallery</figcaption></figure><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">In 1913 Sydney Waterlow married Helen Margery Eckhard. They had three children, one of whom was John Waterlow whose pioneering research into the pathophysiology and treatment of severe malnutrition has influenced emergency relief programmes worldwide and saved thousands of lives.<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn9&sr=1&signature=562a34b03e4d67bd184d2c38dea683b4&user=54773479&_e=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*X2VudmVsb3BlPTEmZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtaWQ9cHJvZHVjdGlvbiZfZ3V0ZW5iZXJnX25vbmNlPTJjYmYzZThlZWMmX2xvY2FsZT11c2VyIiwiX3V0Ijoid3Bjb206dXNlcl9pZCIsIl91bCI6ImdpbGxsb3dlMSIsIl9lbiI6IndwY29tX2VtYWlsX2NsaWNrIiwiX3RzIjoxNjI3Mjc4NzgxNDMyLCJicm93c2VyX3R5cGUiOiJwaHAtYWdlbnQiLCJfYXVhIjoid3Bjb20tdHJhY2tzLWNsaWVudC12MC4zIiwiYmxvZ190eiI6IjAiLCJ1c2VyX2xhbmciOiJlbiJ9&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUlLw!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpamw8kloI$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[9]</a></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;"><strong><u>13<sup>th</sup> March 1899</u></strong></p>
<p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 22px;">A letter From Antonia to Malcolm:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #dadafd; color: #260372; font-size: 25px;">Mother came and we agreed that I was a very poor sufferer but not desperately ill so after this no further bulletin will be issued. Moreover the sun has shone forth and is creeping to my pillow and I am going to have lunch very soon and am feeling very cheerful and much better. I have sent a pink envelope to the Stores to order some mutton, nice cheap Mutton<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn10&sr=1&signature=1d1a0aa462be92220815231563ed48f5&user=54773479&_e=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&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa6k_m1Ro$" style="color: #2585B2; color: inherit;">[10]</a> from New Zealand and to be so good and saving a housekeeper is most comforting and pleasant.</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1481" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/sheep/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg" data-orig-size="356,310" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sheep" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg?w=356" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg?w=356" alt="" class="wp-image-1481" width="466" height="406" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg 356w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg?w=150 150w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/sheep.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #dbd5f5; color: #190377; font-size: 25px;">I have also been enjoying the National Review and Macaulay’s (her great uncle’s) ‘Clive’ which is a good deal better reading than the smart white book with all due respect and gratitude to Mr Wilson and I hope this finds you as it leaves me at present and not worriting but I’m sure you wouldn’t worrit…..A Bientot. </p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1482" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/clive1/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive1.jpg" data-orig-size="141,202" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="clive1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive1.jpg?w=141" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive1.jpg?w=141" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive1.jpg?w=141" alt="" class="wp-image-1482" width="201" height="288" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1484" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/clive3/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg" data-orig-size="158,201" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="clive3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg?w=158" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg?w=158" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg?w=158" alt="" class="wp-image-1484" width="213" height="270" srcset="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg 158w, https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/clive3.jpg?w=118 118w" sizes="(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit;" data-unique-identifier=""></figure><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">I went after to see Edith Macnaghten in her drawing room garment. Harry Stephen came later and Lord Macnaghten and Annie.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Wrote to Tom, Florence and Urith.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">To Gracedieu with Malcolm and Father by the 2.0.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Malcolm and my suite of apartments is very charming indeed.<a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn11&sr=1&signature=59f4070bddf99c295c59eb662e9dba20&user=54773479&_e=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&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaCNnIigI$">[11]</a></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Malcolm, Father and George left early. I came to London by the 12.0.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Mother and Imo in the evening.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Janie and Olivia came to tea.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Theodore to dinner.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Tommy Coltman to breakfast. Went out calling in the carriage with Mother. Gaussens, Rowley Hill and Vaughan Davies all out.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">We had tea in the drawing room- Mrs Spring Rice, Mrs Otter Barry and Mrs Margaret Newbolt all arrived at once. Imo came later.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Went to see Charles, very very delicious time with him.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Father, Mother, Imo and George came to dinner.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; font-size: 25px;">Went to call on the Schwabes<a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn12&sr=1&signature=84feb120e3c600fbe41574a0448f7538&user=54773479&_e=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&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpamELUDVY$">[12]</a>, Scotts, Mcneills, Mrs Danckwerts<a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https*3A*2F*2Fwordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com*2F2021*2F07*2F26*2Fhe-thought-parliament-an-immense-waste-of-talk-and-solemnity-and-the-empire-absurdly-cumbrous-post-27-march-1899*2F*23_ftn13&sr=1&signature=07f0cf8cca97ce2e39b48d94eccf3db2&user=54773479&_e=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&_z=z__;JSUlJSUlJSUl!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa0vT8EBs$">[13]</a> (who was in), Cloughs, J.W.Cohens, Old Cohens, and Digbys. All out.</p>
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<p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #e1d7f8; color: #1b0357;"> The play " Damaged Goods" translated by Sir John Pollock from Eugene Brieux's " Les Avaries" comes to the Halifax next week and is something more than mere propaganda against the menace of venereal diseases. It is a powerful and compelling play, in fact, is rated as a classic. Sir John Pollock's own story of his efforts to have " Damaged Goods' produced and played in Great Britain is well worth relating. "I witnessed," says Sir John. "the performance of Les Avaries at the Theatre Antoine in Paris and was so impressed that I translated the play without then making any contact with the author. The actual translation was done with uncommon care, and I took advice from experts on medicine, French law and French customs. I suggested to Mr. and Mrs. G. Bernard Shaw that the Stage Society should produce ' Damaged Goods,' the name being my own invention. It appeared, however, that to produce the play would rend the society in twain…We were all repeatedly warned that our careers would be ruined; that we should certainly be prosecuted; and that we should, probably, be put in prison. " When in 1912 a private performance was given in London …the critics declared that 'Damaged Goods' had splendid dramatic qualities, but never could be acted in public. But when, in 1917, it was licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, both London and the provinces acclaimed 'what a magnificent play it is' in their applause.... Now again… a new licence has been granted by the Lord Chamberlain, and " Damaged Goods" has been playing to capacity houses at our leading theatres and again has been most enthusiastically received. <strong>Halifax Evening Courier - Thursday 27 May 1943</strong></p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #dbd8f8; color: #2b0370;">As John Pollock himself recalled in a letter to <strong>The Times in 1949</strong>:” In 1914, after the private production in London, the censor wrote: "This play will never be licensed"; nor would it have been but for the anxiety caused to British military authorities by mounting disease in the army.' It is no coincidence that the play should have been revived in 1943, when the turbulence of the Second World War caused a surge in venereal disease among troops and civilians.”</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">In 1920 John Pollock married the famous Russian actress Lydia Yavorska, the ex-wife of writer Prince Vladimir Baryatinskiy.</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Lydia Yavorska had been a popular actress/production manager in Russia who was friends with both Chekhov and Tolstoy. During the 1890s she set up a Parisian-style salon in Moscow…. It was here that she met and subsequently enjoyed a brief affair with Anton Chekhov. Chekhov immortalized her as the prototype for Arkadina in The Seagull (Miles 25).</p>
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</figure><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">This is Checkhov reading the seagull to a group of his friends.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;"> Lydia and her first husband Prince Bariatinsky travelled throughout Europe, arriving in England in 1909. There they befriended John Pollock.. Their appearance in London coincided with the cultural love affair the English were enjoying with everything Russian (Hynes 344).</p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded" style="margin: 0 0 1em;"><img border="0" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1491" data-permalink="https://wordpresstodaydotme.wordpress.com/bear/" data-orig-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/bear.png" data-orig-size="107,128" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="bear" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/bear.png?w=107" data-large-file="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/bear.png?w=107" src="https://wordpresstodaydotme.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/bear.png?w=107" alt="" class="wp-image-1491" width="151" height="181" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%; border-radius: 9999px;" data-unique-identifier=""><figcaption style="margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">From Orientalism to Cultural Capital The Myth of Russia in British Literature of the 1920s Olga Soboleva and Angus Wrenn</figcaption></figure><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">In literature, Tolstoy, Turgenev and Dostoevsky were in vogue... Balalaika groups played in the music halls, Russian post-impressionist paintings were popular and even Russian modes of dress were becoming fashionable. The arrival of Diaghilev's Russian ballet in 1911 (with Nijinsky and Pavlova) changed English attitudes and the place of ballet forever.</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Lydia Yavorska was keen to appear in a dramatic version of Anna Karenina. She gave the task of creating an English adaptation of the novel for the stage to John Pollock... In 1913 there were thirty-six Russian versions (all judged mediocre by Pollock) and one French translation. Although Lydia Yavorska had played the part of Anna in Russian and French adaptations, this was to be the first and only English version ever to be performed on the West End stage… It opened on December 1, 1913, at the Ambassadors Theatre. The production ran for nearly a year and 221 performances...</p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">As the First World War raged on…the Tsar’s family, who never accepted Prince Bariatinsky’s marriage to an actress, pressured him into a divorce which was organised by the monk Rasputin. In 1916, Lydia went to England but In 1917 she returned to Russia with John Pollock. to work as volunteers in the Russian Red Cross relief effort on the Eastern front. John Pollock’s book about the experience called ‘War and Revolution in Russia’ recorded scenes of deprivation but also of plenty:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #e2e0f8; color: #020a7e;">To one coming from the north, the bazaar at Ekaterinodar, where I have been marketing, is a dream of indescribable gorgeousness…. Row upon row of melons, cantaloupe and water melons, melons ribbed and melons smooth skinned, back in the sunshine, fill the hot air with their luscious scent ; from end to end of two hundred yards loops of onions swing lazily, while under them a fortune of cabbages display their mild charms, their tender virgin green unviolated by hand of grocer; and here is a riot of tomatoes that smile at you in outrageous profusion, and there wagons brimming with potatoes ; eggs enough to make a score of snowmen, and again young mountains of small cucumbers, such as are not known in England, beloved of Russians, clamouring to be eaten. And flour, fine rice from Turkestan, and fat egg plants scarcely contained in their purple skins, the drowsy sunflower with whose seed Russia drugs herself, and grapes and maize and coffee, and cream and honey, until eye and nostril are drunk with the wealth spread before them.’ <strong>War and Revolution in Russia’ by John Pollack.</strong> <a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/archive/warrevolutioninr00pollrich.pdf__;!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa2VORUl8$" rel="nofollow">https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/archive/warrevolutioninr00pollrich.pdf</a></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">When the revolution came, Lydia and John had to escape to avoid being arrested by the Bolsheviks. Lydia was known to be anti-Tsarist but John was vehemently anti Bolshevik:</p>
<p class="has-text-color has-background" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; background-color: #e2dbf6; color: #150261;">Only those who have lived under the ceaseless killing strain of the Bolshevik tyranny, who have seen peasants selling their supplies shudder and blanche at the approach from a stranger, have known the fear for friends and relatives arrested….. and felt the daily cramping necessity to wonder night and day, whether they will have food enough for next week, next day, next hour, only those meeting afterwards amid freedom can taste in its full flavour. The rich joy to be free. And can pray with understanding hearts that condign punishment may be meted out to the murderers and robbers who have hired themselves to the agents of German intrigue and usurped the name and the power of the people of Russia.<strong> ‘</strong><strong>The Bolshevik Adventure’ by John Pollock.</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Lydia and John made it back to England in 1919 and married shortly after. It was while Lydia was on a trip to the south coast to visit a friend that she died in a rented home in Carlisle Road, Hove. The papers claimed she died of ‘privations’ suffered during the Russian Revolution. <a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://emilyjessicaturner.com/2018/03/07/actress-suffragette-princess-the-story-of-the-forgotten-russian-royal/__;!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpa4683-FI$">https://emilyjessicaturner.com/2018/03/07/actress-suffragette-princess-the-story-of-the-forgotten-russian-royal/</a> <a style="color: #2585B2;" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14970668.how-did-russian-princess-lydia-bariatinsky-end-up-buried-in-shoreham/__;!!KGKeukY!g2NBJzvTPUXocoiJwITAGC4HWyFBHIGkcHPQshPAhGS1tZm8bFC3eAf9QPpaE7UxfSA$">https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14970668.how-did-russian-princess-lydia-bariatinsky-end-up-buried-in-shoreham/</a></p>
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</figure><p style="direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #444; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0 0 1em;">Here is a short film about Lydia.</p>
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