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Margaret Collection (page 4)

"Margaret: A Name Woven into History's Tapestry" From the formidable Margaret Thatcher, who reshaped British politics in the 20th century

Background imageMargaret Collection: Rocking Horse Policeman

Rocking Horse Policeman
Little Margaret rides through the streets on her rocking horse, and meets a policeman

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor
MARGARET TUDOR Daughter of Henry VII and elder sister of Henry VIII Married i) James IV of Scotland ii) 6th Earl of Angus iii) 1st Baron Methuen

Background imageMargaret Collection: Bedlam Patient Nicholson

Bedlam Patient Nicholson
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT on KING GEORGE III Mrs Margaret Nicholson who, after stabbing attempt, was sent to Bedlam for life

Background imageMargaret Collection: Venus Chiding Cupid and Removing His Wings

Venus Chiding Cupid and Removing His Wings; Julia Margaret Cameron, British, born India, 1815 - 1879; Freshwater, England

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Margaret on her wedding day

Princess Margaret on her wedding day
Princess Margaret (1930-2002) on the day of her wedding to Anthony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) - 6th May 1960 - leaving for Westminster Abbey with her Father Prince Philip

Background imageMargaret Collection: Queen Mary with grandchildren

Queen Mary with grandchildren
Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren: left, young Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II), right, Princess Margaret, and centre (on Queen Marys lap), Prince Edward, son of Prince George

Background imageMargaret Collection: The new world, the discovery of the Americas: Margaret of Roberval. after being shipwrecked

The new world, the discovery of the Americas: Margaret of Roberval. after being shipwrecked
5313680 The new world, the discovery of the Americas: Margaret of Roberval. after being shipwrecked. tries to draw the attention of some boats to the sea making signals with a fire

Background imageMargaret Collection: St Margaret of Antioch (Greek - St Marina) 3rd century virgin martyr

St Margaret of Antioch (Greek - St Marina) 3rd century virgin martyr, standing on Devil in form of dragon
535079 St Margaret of Antioch (Greek - St Marina) 3rd century virgin martyr, standing on Devil in form of dragon. 19th century (french woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Tudor, 1489 - 1541. Queen of Scots. Hand writing sample and signature

Margaret Tudor, 1489 - 1541. Queen of Scots. Hand writing sample and signature
3083202 Margaret Tudor, 1489 - 1541. Queen of Scots. Hand writing sample and signature.; Private Collection.

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) and her son Edward of Westminster (1453-1471)

Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) and her son Edward of Westminster (1453-1471)
FLO4607655 Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) and her son Edward of Westminster (1453-1471) were protected by a bandit after the Battle of Hexam, 1464 - Margaret, Queen of Henry VI, with her son

Background imageMargaret Collection: Queen Elizabeth with her daughters Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth with her daughters Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, left and Princess Margaret, right
3432474 Queen Elizabeth with her daughters Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, left and Princess Margaret, right, in 1937 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Margaret, Margaret Rose, from Their Gracious Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Princess Margaret, Margaret Rose, from Their Gracious Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
3432588 Princess Margaret, Margaret Rose, from Their Gracious Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, published 1937 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Elizabeth of England and her sister princess Margaret in gardens of Windsor

Princess Elizabeth of England and her sister princess Margaret in gardens of Windsor, 1941 (b/w photo)
3432477 Princess Elizabeth of England and her sister princess Margaret in gardens of Windsor, 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection.

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Margaret, left, and Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, right

Princess Margaret, left, and Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, right
3432475 Princess Margaret, left, and Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, right, at the Royal Agricultural Show in 1939 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Background imageMargaret Collection: Harper's Bazaar - Margaret Lockwood - Molyneux Dress

Harper's Bazaar - Margaret Lockwood - Molyneux Dress
Client: Harper's Bazaar - Margaret Lockwood - location legendary socialite Chips Channon's house at 5 Belgrave Square - Molyneux Dress - February 4, 1942 Date: 1942

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828 - 1897

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828 - 1897
3083244 Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, nee Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828 - 1897.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish novelist and historical writer, who wrote as Mrs. Oliphant)

Background imageMargaret Collection: Saint Margaret

Saint Margaret
1279228 Saint Margaret; Saint Andre les Vergers, Troyes, France; (add.info.: France, Troyes, St Andre les Vergers).

Background imageMargaret Collection: 1950 British GP

1950 British GP
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 13: HRH King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth watching the start of the first world championship race from a make-shift grandstand at

Background imageMargaret Collection: 1950 British GP

1950 British GP
SILVERSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 13: The Royal family watching the start of the race from a make-shift grandstand at Stowe Corner during the British GP at Silverstone on May 13, 1950 in Silverstone

Background imageMargaret Collection: 1950 British GP

1950 British GP
SILVERSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 13: The Royal family watching the start of the race from a make-shift grandstand at Stowe Corner during the British GP at Silverstone on May 13, 1950 in Silverstone

Background imageMargaret Collection: 1950 British GP

1950 British GP
SILVERSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 13: The Royal family watching the start of the race from a make-shift grandstand at Stowe Corner during the British GP at Silverstone on May 13, 1950 in Silverstone

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham & Charles Sweeny engagement at The Embassy

Margaret Whigham & Charles Sweeny engagement at The Embassy
Miss Margaret Whigham and Mr Charles Sweeny at a party at the Embassy Club to celebrate their engagement in December 1932

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party

Margaret Whigham as The Precious One at the Gay Party
Miss Margaret Whigham, celebrated debutante and it girl, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the Duchess of Argyll, whose divorce case in 1963 scandalised the country

Background imageMargaret Collection: Confessions by Camera, Ms Charles Sweeny

Confessions by Camera, Ms Charles Sweeny
Page from The Sketch, part of a series entitled, Confessions by Camera. This one features Mrs Charles Sweeny, former deb of the year and it girl

Background imageMargaret Collection: The Dream Pedlar - A Little Ugly Black Man

The Dream Pedlar - A Little Ugly Black Man
A Little Ugly Black Man - illustration in The Dream Pedlar by Lady Margaret Sackville. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration

Background imageMargaret Collection: King George VI with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

King George VI with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and Queen Mary during a recent visit by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland

Background imageMargaret Collection: Emily Roose, who was nanny to the children of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece

Emily Roose, who was nanny to the children of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured here with his two eldest sisters

Background imageMargaret Collection: HRH Princess Margaret in a black Dior Dress

HRH Princess Margaret in a black Dior Dress. Date: circa 1952

Background imageMargaret Collection: Royal Wedding, Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones

Royal Wedding, Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Royal Wedding of Princess Margaret (1930-2002) and Anthony Armstrong-Jones (1930-2017) on 6th May 1960 - pictured at Buckingham Palace after the ceremony. Date: 1960

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret - Fancy Dress Dance

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret - Fancy Dress Dance
Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) pictured at a Fancy Dress Dance given by Viscountess Astor at her house in St. Jamess Square

Background imageMargaret Collection: Illustration by William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, painter and printmaker

Illustration by William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, painter and printmaker
544354 Illustration by William Blake (1757-1827) English poet, painter and printmaker, for Edward Young's (1681-1765) poem Night Thoughts published 1742-1745. Night the Third, Narcissa

Background imageMargaret Collection: WW II King George VI Buckingham Palace, VE Day celebration

WW II King George VI Buckingham Palace, VE Day celebration
Vintage World War II photograph - the King, George VI of Great Britain accompanies by the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, VE Day celebration

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham & Mrs Colclough, Best of Everything Ball

Margaret Whigham & Mrs Colclough, Best of Everything Ball
Miss Margaret Whigham and Mrs Colclough displaying British gloves, stockings and scarves at the Best of Everything Dinner

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham at the British Porcelain Ball

Margaret Whigham at the British Porcelain Ball
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham with poodles Gabi & Suki by Madame Yevonde

Margaret Whigham with poodles Gabi & Suki by Madame Yevonde
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Background imageMargaret Collection: Mrs Charles Sweeny & Lady Dunn at Sandwich

Mrs Charles Sweeny & Lady Dunn at Sandwich
Mrs Charles Sweeny, looking as chic as ever, with Lady Dunn (rocking a rather fabulous jumpsuit) and her daughter, Countess John de Bendern at Whites Club golf tournament at Sandwich

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee

Margaret Whigham, Jeanne Stourton at Vacanis matinee
A group dressed as lawn tennis girls of the 1880s for the charity matinee performance at the Pavilion Theatre of pupils of Madame Vacanis dancing school

Background imageMargaret Collection: Society at the Cataract Hotel, Assuan (Aswan), Egypt

Society at the Cataract Hotel, Assuan (Aswan), Egypt
Group of well-known people at the Cataract Hotel in Aswan, near the huge dam. Pictured are Sir Oliver Duncan (in white hat), Delia de Bagno, the Marquess of Huntly, Lady Joan Villiers

Background imageMargaret Collection: Mrs Charles Sweeny & Miss Jeanne Stourton at Maggy Rouff

Mrs Charles Sweeny & Miss Jeanne Stourton at Maggy Rouff
Miss Jeanne Stourton seated next to Mrs Charles Sweeny (formerly Miss Margaret Whigham, later the Duchess of Argyll), who she closely resembled, at a Maggy Rouff dress show in 1937

Background imageMargaret Collection: Mrs Charles Sweeny and daughter

Mrs Charles Sweeny and daughter
Mrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later, on her second marriage, Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her daughter Frances

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne

Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne
Margaret Lockwood, actress, as Nell Gwynne in the 1949 British comedy film, Cardboard Cavalier. 1949

Background imageMargaret Collection: Poulsens river club at Datchet

Poulsens river club at Datchet
Double page spread from The Bystander showing the new Poulsens club at Datchet with seemingly the whole of London society having a jolly time

Background imageMargaret Collection: Margaret Whigham at Ascot with her boater and ruches muff

Margaret Whigham at Ascot with her boater and ruches muff
Celebrated society it girl, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then the infamous Duchess of Argyll pictured at Ascot in June 1931 wearing an unusual boater style hat

Background imageMargaret Collection: Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Winston Churchill, James Callaghan, John Major, Harold Macmillan, Tony Blair, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas Hume, Gordon Brown, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher - Prime Ministers of Great Britain

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Margaret at Bethnal Green Youth Week, 1950

Princess Margaret at Bethnal Green Youth Week, 1950
Princess Marget visiting Bethnal Green in the East End of London to open the boroughs Youth Week. Pictured wearing a black straw hat trimmed with a single pink osprey. Date: 1950

Background imageMargaret Collection: Princess Margaret at Dior fashion show at Blenheim

Princess Margaret at Dior fashion show at Blenheim
A Dior mannequin curtsies before Princess Margaret in the Long Library at Blenheim Palace as she displays the highlight of the collection, a white satin off-the-shoulder evening dress named Blenheim

Background imageMargaret Collection: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Royal Princesses

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Royal Princesses
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Royal Princesses Margaret (left) and Elizabeth (right). Date: circa 1934

Background imageMargaret Collection: Dame Margaret Rutherford and her 1909 8 H. P. Humber

Dame Margaret Rutherford and her 1909 8 H. P. Humber
Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972), Lady Montagu of Beaulieu and her 1909 8 H.P. Humber car. Date: circa 1970



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"Margaret: A Name Woven into History's Tapestry" From the formidable Margaret Thatcher, who reshaped British politics in the 20th century, to the elegant Princess Margaret gracing Tatler front covers, this name has left an indelible mark on our collective memory. Born in 1925, Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister and a symbol of strength and determination. As VE Day celebrations erupted across London, Winston Churchill stood alongside the Royal Family on Buckingham Palace's balcony, including young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Speaking of Tatler covers, one featured a radiant Princess Elizabeth with her sister Margaret - two figures destined for extraordinary lives. But let us not forget St. Margaret of Scotland or even dancer-choreographer Margaret Morris from 1931; these women too have contributed their own unique chapters to history. Delving further back in time reveals another influential figure bearing this name - Queen consort Margaret of Anjou. Her role during the tumultuous Wars of the Roses shaped England's destiny forever. As we reflect on moments captured by Julia Margaret Cameron's lens – such as Mary Pinnock embodying Ophelia – we are reminded that art too immortalizes those named Margaret. Finally, casting our gaze back to George V Silver Jubilee brings forth images of young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret standing beside their royal family members—a testament to tradition and continuity within Great Britain. Intriguingly diverse yet united by a common thread—Margaret—the individuals associated with this name have carved out their places in history’s grand narrative.