The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery (58 page)

39. Rothesay Stuart Wortley.

40. Marjorie, Marchioness of Anglesey, and her daughter Caroline, Belvoir Castle, 1915.

41. John and Kakoo’s wedding at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, on 27 January 1916.

42. Henry, Duke of Rutland, is toasted by his family after receiving the Order of the Garter from King George V. He was awarded the Order for his work in raising recruits for the war. Diana is seated on the left. Opposite her, on Henry’s left, is Marjorie, Marchioness of Anglesey, and, next to her, Kakoo, Marchioness of Granby.

43. John and Kakoo.

44. Henry and his daughter Diana.

45. Kakoo and Charlie Lindsay, 1918.

46. John at the christening of John, his second – and favourite – son, Haddon Hall, 1922.

47. Haddon Hall.

48. Haddon Hall by Rex Whistler. John commissioned the painting in the early 1930s. He and Charles, his eldest son, are the two figures in the foreground. The withered tree suggests that Whistler sensed – or was aware of – the tragedy in the family’s recent past.

49. John’s sons at King George VI’s coronation, May 1937. Left to right: Charles, Lord Granby, Page to the Duke of Gloucester; Lord John Manners, Page to Lord Ancaster; Lord Roger Manners, Page to his father.

50. John poses with the local cricket team and his bulldog Belvoir, a descendant of Toto, 1937.

51. The funeral of Violet, Duchess of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, January 1938. John leads the procession, followed by his three sons.