Happy Birthday to Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro, who turns 55 today! An Italian Heiress married to a Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a leading Socialite, today, we are featuring the Duchess’ Chaumet Ruby Necklace!
Yesterday marks the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of the Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, who was born in 1896! The morganatic member of the Russian Imperial Family who married a Battenberg Prince and became a Marchioness, becoming closely related to the British Royal Family as the aunt of the Duke of Edinburgh, so today we are revisiting the magnificent Milford Haven Ruby Kokoshnik!
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the legendary XVIII Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart de Silva Falcó y Gurtubay, who was born on this day in 1926! The vibrant billionaire Head of the illustrious House of Alba, who was the world’s most titled aristocrat, the Duchess inherited several magnificent heirlooms, including this Russian Diamond Tiara!
Happy Birthday to Emma Thynn, the Marchioness of Bath, who turns 40 today! The glamourous Socialite and Model is the first mixed race Marchioness in British History, and has often worn this magnificent Diamond Tiara which is a spectacular heirloom of the illustrious Thynn Family!
Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the Birth of the late Duchess of Abercorn, who was born on this day in 1946! The illustrious Aristocrat who married into the prominent Anglo-Irish Family, becoming an accomplished philanthropist and the Founder of the Pushkin Trust, today we are featuring her heirloom Diamond Floral Tiara!
Gladys Deacon, the Duchess of Marlborough, who was born on this day in 1881, 145 years ago, owned Empress Maria Feodorovna’s Pearl Drop Tiara and also acquired this magnificent Art Deco Amethyst and Diamond Sautoir from Cartier in London 100 years ago, which has been auctioned at Christie’s three times over the past 50 years!
Director Emerald Fennell wore the Duchess of Devonshire’s Cartier Opal Necklace for the ‘Wuthering Heights’ London Premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square last night. The Cartier Opal Tiara of Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the late Queen’s first Mistress of the Robes, was last worn by the sister of the Duke of Argyll and went on display in the Cartier Exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum last year.
Today marks the 95th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, who passed away on this day in 1931! The reserved Princess Royal who married a Scottish Duke and was the sister of King George V and Queen Maud of Norway, Princess Louise possessed a splendid Jewellery Collection, which included the iconic Fife Diamond Fringe Tiara!
Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, who passed away on this day in 1945! The granddaughter, niece and cousin of Kings, who married a Scottish Earl, Princess Maud possessed some spectacular Royal Heirlooms, including Queen Alexandra’s Amethyst Necklace!
Today marks the Anniversary of the Birth of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who was born on this day in 1901! The vivacious Heiress who married Prince Philip’s ambitious uncle and lived an uninhibited life before serving with distinction in the Second World War and becoming the last Vicereine of India, Lady Mountbatten had a fascinating life and quite a lovely jewellery collection, which included this Cartier Tutti Frutti Bandeau!
Yesterday was the Birthday of Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Countess Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, who turned 55! The accomplished niece of Queen Margrethe and Queen Anne Marie who married and divorced an illustrious German Count before marrying a prominent Danish Count, Princess Alexandra has worn several Royal Heirlooms but nowadays she wears the Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille Tiara!
Today marks the 135th Anniversary of the Death of Hannah de Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery, who passed away on this day in 1890! The legendary Rothschild Heiress said to be the richest women in England received this magnificent Diamond Tiara when she married the 5th Earl of Rosebery, which continues to be worn by the current Countess of Rosebery!
Happy Birthday to Elizabeth Curzon, Countess Howe, who turns 70 today! The Educator and Philanthropist who who is the first female Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in five centuries, today, we are featuring the magnificent Howe Diamond Fringe Tiara!
Today marks the 45th Anniversary of the Death of Gloria Guinness, who passed away on this day in 1980! The Maharaja of Nawanagar commissioned this magnificent Cartier Ruby Necklace in 1937, which was worn by socialite Gloria Guinness to Truman Capote’s legendary Black and White Ball and now belongs to the Qatar Royal Family’s Al-Thani Collection
Today marks the 5th Anniversary of the Death of Lindy Guinness, the 5th and last Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, who passed away on this day in 2020! The accomplished artist who married the illustrious Irish Aristocrat and became a noted conservationist and the chatelaine of the Clandeboye Estate, she wore the magnificent Diamond Shamrock Tiara now on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum!
Happy Birthday to Lady Sarah Keswick, who turns 80 today! The daughter of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie and an old friend of the King and Queen, Lady Sarah Keswick, who celebrates her 80th Birthday today, has worn this spectacular Diamond Fringe Tiara in her role as a ‘Queen’s Companion’ in recent years!
There are many striking antique Jewels coming up for Auction this Autumn. This month, the magnificent Airlie Tiara is among the Jewels of the late Countess of Airlie coming on the market in Lyon & Turnbull’s London Jewellery Sale on October 22nd, which we were graciously able to view earlier this week!
The House of Alba led the Spanish Nobility at the Wedding of Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, Duke of Arjona and Bárbara Mirjan at the Iglesia del Cristo de los Gitanos in Seville on October 4th.
Today marks the 45th Anniversary of the Death of Princess Anne of Denmark, who passed away on this day in 1980! The niece of the Queen Mother who married and divorced Viscount Anson before marrying Prince George Valdemar of Denmark, being closely related to the Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Belgian, and Luxembourg Royal Families, Princess Anne often wore this magnificent Diamond Tiara!
Today marks the 130th Anniversary of the Birth of Mona, the last Countess Beauchamp, who was born on this day in 1895! The Countess wore this magnificent heirloom Pearl and Diamond Tiara before it was sold to the former Sultanah of Pahang!
