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Jpg:
Friend of the JSS Gallery
From: Matt
Davies, C.B.
Drennon , and
Jonathan Whitney
Matt D
avies@jssgallery.org
Date: Sun, 23 Feb
2003
First is Hugo
(known as "Ego") Charteris,
son of Lord
and Lady Elcho (Lady Mary Elcho, of Sargent's 'The
Wyndham Sisters'). He was the brother of Lady
Cynthia Charteris Asquith. He married Lady Violet Manners, daughter
of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland (sister of Marjorie Manners,
Marchioness
of Anglesey, and Lady Diana Manners,
who married Duff Cooper).
[Hugo would not become
Lord
Elcho
(his father's title) as he was killed in action during World War I in Egypt (1916).
His son became the 12th Earl of Wemyss. See Burke's Peerage.
Clarence
Drennon when his father succeeded his own father as Earl of Wemyss and
March.][1]
[Sargent also drew
a
"mug" of his
grandfather Earl of Wemyss and
March
around c. 1908]
Both [of these]
pictures
were reproduced
in Lady Cynthia Asquith's book, Diaries 1915-1918.
Though it's not
known for
sure, it
is highly possible these drawings were included in the 1916
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, hosted at the Grafton Galleries.
Notes:
Special thanks to Matt
Davies, of
Kansas City, C.B. Drennon, and Jonathan Whitney, all friends
of the JSS Gallery, for a composite entry.
- See the year
in
review 1916
Forum
From: C.B.
Drennon
cb dr enn@uakron.edu
Date: Wednesday,
January 14,
2004
The Lord Elcho
(Hugo
Charteris) of
Sargent's charcoal sketch, and who married Lady Violet Manners, never
became
Earl of Wemyss. He was killed in action during World War I
(1916).
His son became the 12th Earl of Wemyss. See Burke's Peerage.
Clarence Drennon
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