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Girl Leaning on her Hand

            The Postcard

A Woodbury Series postcard that was posted in Sandringham on Tuesday the 3rd. November 1903 to:

The Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox,
Gordon Castle,
Fochabers,
Moray,
Scotland.

The recipient's name and address extended across the divided back of the card.

Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland

Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, was born on the 13th. December 1886 as Lady Helen Magdalan Gordon-Lennox, the daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (later the 7th. Duke of Richmond).

Lady Helen was just over a month short of her 17th. birthday when she received the postcard.

Helen became Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother from 1937 to 1964, and was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1938.

Helen was married on the 18th. October 1911 to Earl Percy, who succeeded his father as 8th. Duke of Northumberland in 1918, whereupon she became known as the Duchess of Northumberland. The couple had six children:

- Henry George Alan Percy, 9th Duke of Northumberland (born 15th. July 1912, killed in action 21 May 1940).

- Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (born 6th. April 1914, died 11th. October 1988).

- Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy (born 25th. May 1916, died 16th. September 2008), married Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th. Duke of Hamilton in 1937.

- Lady Diana Evelyn Percy (born 23rd. November 1917, died 16th. June 1978), married John Egerton, 6th. Duke of Sutherland in 1939 in Westminster Abbey.

- Lord Richard Charles Percy (born 11th. February 1921, died 1989).

- Lord Geoffrey William Percy (born 8th. July 1925, died 4th. December 1984).

The Death of the Duchess of Northumberland

Helen died aged 78 on the 13th. June 1965.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Jean-Baptiste Greuze was born in Tournus on the 21st. August  1725 and died at the age of 79 in Paris on the 21st. March 1805.  He was buried in Montmartre Cemetery.

Greuze was a French painter and designer.  His primary works were:
-  The Village Accord 
-  The Paternal Curse 
-  The Broken Eggs
-  Self-Portrait (C. 1769 - Musée du Louvre).Paris

Greuze's patron was Charles-Nicolas Duclos du Fresnoy.

The Separation of Panama From Colombia

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 3rd. November 1903, the separation of Panama from Colombia was formalised, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama.

Taken on: June 25, 2020

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