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On 7th September 1863 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland was born to Thomas Dallas Yorke at Murthly Castle Perthshire.
On 11th June 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 31) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 27th February 1890 [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 32) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 26).
In 1891 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 27) became the first, and longest serving, president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds until her death in 1954.
On 16th March 1893 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29).
1899. Alice Hughes (age 42). Photograph of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 35) as the "Duchess of Savoy".
Around 1900 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36) became vegetarian.
On 27th July 1900 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36).
In 1902 John Singer Sargent (age 45). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 38).
On 9th August 1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 60) was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 57) was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan (age 76).
Winifred, Duchess of Portland (age 38), wearing the The Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
In 1907 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 43) was elected as the third President of the Nottinghamshire Beekeepers' Association
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
From 1913 to 1925 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was Mistress of the Robes to Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 68).
In 1913 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra (age 68).
On 12th August 1915 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th November 1918 [her son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss (age 30) and [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (age 28) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 60) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 55).
On 26th April 1943 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son [her son] William (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 22nd August 1950 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck (age 50) died.
On 30th July 1954 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.