Show us your Vintage Kilt Photos

[Rex_Tremende]

David and I rented the DVD of The Duchess, the 2008 movie based on the life of Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, as portrayed by Keira Knightley. Georgiana landed her title through William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. In Wikipedia, I was following the succession of Dukes of Devonshire, reaching the 9th, Victor Cavendish, who was appointed by the well-kilted George V as the 11th Governor General of Canada, succeeding Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, also appointed Governor by George V, his nephew.

There I came upon this photo of Prince Arthur in this Scottish finery.

A very large version is also available.

Regards,
Rex.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Judging by the wig, the dress Stuart tartan (?), and the white cockade, I'd guess HRH is portraying Bonnie Prince Charlie in one of those ever popular Tableaux that seemed to be a feature of week-long house parties before the Great War.

You can just see the handle of his dirk (which matches the sgian dubh), and doubtless the sword would have been part of the suite. He is also wearing the cordon of the Order of the Thistle, in case anyone was wondering what the "sash" was.

[BoldHighlander]

Mr. Harry Lauder was a popular Scots entertainer, performer, balladeer and poet, famous throughout the English-speaking world. His son John Lauder, was killed on the Western front in December 1916.

from: a Scots Minstrel on the Western Front

[BoldHighlander]

I do not have any other info regarding this photo, other than its of an Argyll:



The following photo was given to me to use by Donna Smillie on my website dedicated to the A&SH's (2nd Bn) of WWI (along with copies of same ones Rex posted on pg 5 of this thread):

Captain McAinsh - Padre - Sergeant Houston, and NCO's.
8th Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Belgium 1919


--- Photos I've collected from other, long forgotten sources ---

Officers of the Argylls 11th Battalion
1917


Men from the 2nd Battalion in the trenches holding bombs made from tin cans.
Flanders 1915


Recipients of the VC:
Escorting a British convoy near La Brassée in April 1915 these three men
from the Regiment beat off an attacking German patrol of 50.


John Alexander McLaren.
He surived the Great War and was de mobbed from
the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in 1918.


Group of soldiers from the Territorial Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders
a.k.a. the (5th) Sutherland and Caithness Highlanders.
circa 1914


Quartermaster Serjeants
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

[BoldHighlander]

Liverpool Scottish arriving at Turnbridge Wells
1914

[BoldHighlander]

From the website:
Record Number DWT-100
Title Aran Islands.
Collection D W Thompson D W Thompson
Image Type lantern slide
Originator D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Location Co Galway, Ireland
Date 1935

Description
Three barefoot children in skirts or kilts and cloth caps, by drystone wall in village lane, cottages behind.

Notes
DWT-100 (ms 45721/iv) pc/
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson teaching slides.

DETAIL: Two of the children have what appear to be school exercise books, the other has a shoulder bag.

BIOG: D'arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860-1948), Professor of Biology at University College, Dundee from December 1884 to December 1917, when he took up a chair in Natural History at the University of St Andrews, remaining here until his death in 1948. His main areas of research were evolutionary cell structure and fisheries. He was also a mathematician, bibliophile and classicist, writer and lecturer of renown and was knighted in 1937.

ADD: The tradition of dressing boys as girls on the Aran Islands until about seven years of age possibly began as a protective measure and dates back to the times when Viking raiders would plunder the islands and kidnap male children to use as slaves. Although it may also be a form of Celic kilt. A fable then grew up that the boys were dressed as girls to prevent the fairies taking them away.

[BoldHighlander]

The Doctor, the Chaplain, & the Major of the 1st Argyll Highland Rifle Volunteers
1880s


Bandboys of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
1856


left to right:
Drum-major, pipe-major, sergeant, sergeant-major
2nd Battalion A&SH's
Aldershot 1890


Officers of the 2nd Battalion A&SH's
Aldershot 1890


Pipeband of the 93rd (pipe-major on left)
1914


A&SH's in the Armentières trenches
1914-15


8th Battalion A&SH's in winter kit
Beaumont Hamel area
1916

[freddie]

Mr. Harry Lauder was a popular Scots entertainer, performer, balladeer and poet, famous throughout the English-speaking world. His son John Lauder, was killed on the Western front in December 1916.

from: a Scots Minstrel on the Western Front

After receiving the news of his son's death Sir Harry Lauder went on stage that night and sung 'Keep right on to the end of the road'. What an emotional night that must have been.

[BoldHighlander]

CDV of the five children of Edward Prince of Wales and Alexandra Princess of Wales. They are Prince Albert Victor, George V, Princess Louise, Princess Victoria and Princess Maud. Albert & George V are both seen posing in kilts. Studio mark of "Hills & Saunders, Eton".

[BoldHighlander]

I posted this in the media section here with questions asked about it that we can discuss over there.

Since this is a historical vintage film (reputed to be at Balmoral circa 1896...though I question if its not in fact earlier), I thought it most appropriate to share in this gallery as well.

Enjoy!

The first sequence shows her in a carriage at Balmoral in 1896, surrounded by her grandson, later George V, and various other courtiers, including Indian dignitaries or perhaps household staff.

There is a partial glimpse of a Highlander leading the horse of the carriage -

The second shows the queen riding down Pall Mall in a carriage with perhaps the later Queen Mary and Kings George V during her Jubilee Celebrations of 1897.

Here, first, are three stills captured from the video (note another kilted Highlander in the background, you will see either him again or a 3rd kilted gentleman following the pony cart towards the end of the first film):