Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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culture · British princess (1848–1939) · painter · sculptor · artist · aristocrat · also Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, The Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta, Marchioness of Lorne, Louise Caroline Alberta, The Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll, Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta, Marchioness of Lorne, Princess Louise
Born 18 March 1848 · Died 3 December 1939 · Q161167
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2026· 2 entries
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
“She is (and who would some years ago have thought it?) a clever dear girl with a fine strong character, unselfish and affectionate.”
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1939· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Died 1939-12-03.
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1937· 2 entries
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Louise lent the Duchess the train that she designed and wore for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902
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At the Home Arts and Industries Exhibition
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1936· 1 entry
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Won: 3 July 1911 (1936).
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1935· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Greeted her nephew, King George V, and his wife, Queen Mary, at Kensington Town Hall during their Silver Jubilee celebrations, and was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Kensington
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1926· 1 entry
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Laid the foundation stone of the Princess Louise Hospital for Children in Kensington
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1917· 1 entry
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The inescutcheon was dropped by royal warrant from George V
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1911· 1 entry
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And Louise was devastated by Lorne's death in 1914
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1905· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
The province of Alberta was named after Louise
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1902· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Designed a memorial to the colonial soldiers who died in the Boer War
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1901· 1 entry
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Entered the social circle established by her elder brother, the new king, Edward VII
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1896· 2 entries
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“he [Henry] was almost the greatest friend I had—I, too, miss him more than I can say”
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Louise wrote that: "he [Henry] was almost the greatest friend I had—I, too, miss him more than I can say"
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1895· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Won the South Manchester seat, entering parliament as a Liberal
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1890· 1 entry
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The sculptor Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm died in Louise's presence at his studio in London, leading to rumours that the two were having an affair
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1885· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Intended to cater to these new visitors, was named after her; the Princess Hotel was built on the shore of Hamilton Harbour, in the parish of Pembroke (the Princess herself having occupied Inglewood, the home of JH Trimi
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1884· 1 entry
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Louise resumed public duties in Britain, for example, opening St George's Gardens, Bloomsbury on 1 July 1884, and Lorne his political career, campaigning unsuccessfully for the Hampstead seat in 1885.
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1883· 3 entries
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Because of her fragile health, she spent the winter in Bermuda (arriving on 29 January 1883 from Charleston, South Carolina, aboard HMS Dido), popularising a trend for wealthy North Americans to escape to Bermuda's relat
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Louise continued to take an interest in Canada
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Louise returned to Britain with her husband on 27 October 1883.
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1882· 1 entry
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Louise visited Santa Barbara, California where she was the first woman to enter the cloistered garden at the Old Mission Santa Barbara, as she met the "one category of women only, the wives of actual rulers of countries
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1881· 1 entry
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While her husband remained in Canada until 1883
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1878· 2 entries
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British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli nominated Lorne to be Canada's Governor General, and he was duly appointed by Queen Victoria
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Lorne was appointed Governor General of Canada, a post he held from 1878–1884
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1871· 1 entry
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The Ladies Work Society was founded in South Audley Street, promoting the making and sale of needlework and embroidery for poverty relief: Louise became its president, and designed some of their products
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1867· 1 entry
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And launching the ship HMS Druid in 1869
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1866· 2 entries
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Following the marriage of her elder sister Helena, despite the queen's concern that she was indiscreet
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And shortly after the Queen's lawyers were summoned to her residence
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1865· 1 entry
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Louise requested the ballroom to be opened for a debutante dance, the like of which had not been performed since Prince Albert's death
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1863· 2 entries
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Hallam Tennyson, the son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, remarked that Louise could "draw beautifully"
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Edward, the Prince of Wales, married Princess Alexandra of Denmark
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1858· 1 entry
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Louise and the three younger of her sisters were granted use of the royal arms, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony and differenced by a label of three points argent
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1848· 1 entry
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Born 1848-03-18.
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