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  Lillie Langtry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lillie Langtry [1] (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, nicknamed the Jersey Lily) (13 October 1853 12 February 1929) was a British actress and courtesan born on the island of Jersey in 1853.
Langtry's heyday as a society beauty and courtesan culminated in her becoming a semi-official mistress to the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son Albert Edward ("Bertie"), the future king Edward VII.
Lillie Langtry's story was dramatised by London Weekend Television in 1978 as Lillie, with Francesca Annis in the title role.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lillie_Langtry   (1040 words)

  
 Rude Mechanicals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lillie refused to apologize as advised by her friends and overnight became a social outcast, invitations were withdrawn and creditors sensing a shift in Lillie’s fortunes pressed her to settle her accounts urgently.
Edward Langtry was not as wealthy as was first thought and his fortune was not enough to sustain Lillie’s new lifestyle, he was socially inept, their marriage was effectively over and as a result he took to drinking heavily.
Lillie on the verge of bankruptcy realized that she needed a job, a way of being independent, she took advice from many of her friends but she soon realized that her options were limited.
www.rudemechs.com /old_site/history/elparaiso/langtry.html   (1276 words)

  
 Lilly Langtry
Lillie's mother took her to London when she was 16 in an attempt to complete her education and help her to mix with society.
Lillie was not content with her life as a country housewife and was struggling to run such a large house.
Lillie wrote a letter to Edward asking for a separation and made no mention of the fact that she was pregnant.
www.jerseybox.com /interest/history/lilly.html   (2411 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry
Lillie was devastated at the news of her brother's death and sadly arrived in the island too late to attend his funeral.
Lillie chose to retain the image of the plain fl dress at a time when her contemporaries were dressed in elaborate garments with expensive trims.
Lillie even noted how very kind Princess Alexandra was to her and Edward's solution to the problem was often to go away on extended fishing trips, or simply sit at home drinking.
www.jaynesjersey.com /lillielang.htm   (3649 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry - Museum on the Internet
Lillie Langtry (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, nicknamed the Jersey Lily) (13 October 1853 - 12 February 1929) was a British actress born on the island of Jersey in 1853.
The child's actual father was reportedly Lillie Langtry's lover Prince Louis of Battenberg (later 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, 1854-1921), who married Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse and the Rhine in 1884 and became father of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India, and grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Lillie's heyday as a society beauty culminated in her becoming a semi-official mistress to the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son Albert Edward ("Bertie"), the future king Edward VII.
www.lillielangtry.com   (509 words)

  
 Hotels, East Cliff Bournemouth - History Langtry Manor
Lillie was determined to stamp her personality on the building and on entering her friends would be welcomed with the greeting 'and yours my friends' meaning this is your home too.
Lillie hated dark wood and as in the rest of the house the wood was painted with the new white enamel.
Lillie named her pride and joy the 'Red House' and she and Bertie were delighted with the home that she had made for them.
www.langtrymanor.co.uk /history.htm   (611 words)

  
 This is Jersey - Living in Jersey - History & Heritage - Lillie Langtry
But when Lillie Le Breton used her engagement ring to scratch her name into a window pane of the St Saviour's Parish church rectory she was unaware of the fame and fortune life outside the Island was about to bring her.
Lillie never went to school - she was educated by a French governess during the day and her brothers' tutor in the evenings.
Lillie became well known for her sense of humour and there were stories of her tobogganing tea-trays down the stairs of Cunliffe Brooks' house in Scotland.
www.thisisjersey.com /code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000455   (975 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry
Lillie saw her way out of the island of her birth which had become too parochial for such a beautiful and intelligent woman.
One of the most renowned portrait painters of the day, a Jerseyman Sir John Millais, painted her and when the portrait, "A Jersey Lily", was first exhibited at The Royal Academy Lillie was already so famous that the picture had to be roped off to protect it from the crowds who flocked to view.
Thereafter, Lillie’s fame was assured and she was a huge hit across America including a town in Texas, Langtry, named after her by yet another admirer, Judge Roy Bean.
jersey.typepad.com /lillie_langtry   (1070 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Emilie Charlotte (Lillie) Langtry, actress, was born on October 13, 1853, on the Isle of Jersey, the sixth child of the Right Reverend William Corbet Le Breton, dean of Jersey, and Emilie David (Martin) Le Breton.
Langtry never mentioned a meeting in her memoirs, although she gave considerable space to her pause at Langtry on January 4, 1904, in the course of another transcontinental tour.
Lillie Langtry continued her intercontinental tours until she was sixty-five and even made one moving picture in the United States.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/LL/fla74.html   (570 words)

  
 BISS CH. CHOTOVOTKAS LILLIE LANGTRY
Lillie was born on March 4, 1999, and is registered as Ch.
Lillie took her eleventh point at the Brazos Valley Kennel Club, Inc. show on 4/1/2001 under Mr James G Reynolds.
Lillie took her fourth point at the Nolan River Kennel Club show on 1/7/2001 under Mrs Judith A Brown.
members.ispwest.com /zvezda/pictures/lillie.htm   (450 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry
Lillie soon came to feel more affection for the ‘Stars and Stripes’ than she had for the ‘Union Jack’, playing in numerous different roles, both in modern costume and Shakespearean adaptations.
Aside from her love of the theatre, Lillie had a passion for horses, her biography detailing all of her dealings with the animals from an early age and her attempts at breeding blood stock on her ranch in the United States of America, to the race horses she owned towards the end of her life.
Lillie’s own account of her life makes for fascinating reading in her autobiography ‘The Days I knew’(1925), with her fastidious attention to detail revealing the lighter side to her personality; though regretfully she manages to hide a great deal about her innermost thoughts and feelings in the process.
www.hurstmereclose.freeserve.co.uk /html/lillie_langtry.html   (1062 words)

  
 Divas - The Site / Society Divas / Lillie Langtry
Apparently, Lillie LeBreton fell in love with the yacht but not the man as she saw this as a means of escape from the confines of Jersey.
Edward Langtry was not much of a mixer, but Lillie, fully recovered from her illness and very bored, desired a change so she convinced Edward to go.
Lillie was given credit by every merchant she frequented as it was a given that Prince Albert was her benefactor.
www.divasthesite.com /Society_Divas/lillie_langtry_a.htm   (2186 words)

  
 Langtry Manor built by King Edward VII for Lillie Langtry, is a unique conferencing or meeting venue in Bournemouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Langtry Manor built by King Edward VII for Lillie Langtry, is a unique conferencing or meeting venue in Bournemouth
Langtry Manor was built in 1877 as a Royal meeting place by Edward VII for Lillie Langtry.
Lillie Langtry’s magnificent award winning restaurant is available for private dining, networking, business lunches and product launches for up to 100 people.
www.bournemouthconferencing.com /pages/langtry.html   (368 words)

  
 Biography for: Lillie Langtry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lillie Langtry, actress and society beauty, was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, the daughter of the Very Reverand W.C. Le Breton, Dean of Jersey.
Lillie Langtry was a celebrated society beauty; known as 'The Jersey Lily', she became a popular subject with artists like Millais, Frank Miles, Edward Poynter, G.F. Watts and Burne-Jones.
Langtry was a competent if limited actress; her best known stage roles were Rosalind in As You Like It in 1882 and Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal in 1885.
www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk /biog/Lang_L.htm   (436 words)

  
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Lillie became the first acknowledged mistress of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, yet she remained friendly with his wife, Princess Alexandria.
Lillie also had a relationship with Prince Louis of Battenberg, by whom she had a daughter.
Lillie Langtry could best be described as being an individualist believing in the right of women to lead their own life.
www.jersey.com /press_releases/uploads/9712-2053.doc   (347 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry and George Baird
Lillie soon joined the society set and met a large number of the intellectuals of the time, of whom, Oscar Wilde was probably the most famous.
Lillie, at this time, was living in Pont Street, London while at the other end of the same street stood St Columba's Church, the Scots Kirk, which had been built with a very generous donation from George's uncle, James Baird.
In 1897, Lillie met Hugo de Bathe, and despite their age difference, he was 26 and she was 44, they married two years later.
www.bairdnet.com /borders/article2.html   (851 words)

  
 Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry, the Jersey Lily, was born on the island of Jersey in 1852.
She married Edward Langtry on the island in 1874 and later became a famous actress of striking beauty.
Mrs Langtry was a very successful racehorse owner, running her horses under the name 'Mr Jersey', and patronising a number of trainers at different times, including Mr J Cannon, Mr Pickering, Mr F Webb and Mr W T Robinson.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /kentford22/lillie_langtry.htm   (602 words)

  
 The Cadogan Hotel - 5 Star Hotel - SW1 - Center of London
Lillie Langtry, famous actress and close friend of Edward VII, lived at 21 Pont Street from 1892 to 1897.
Long after she had sold the house, Lillie would stay in her old bedroom, by then a part of the hotel.
The Cadogan, built in 1887, is well known for its association with Lillie Langtry, famous actress and friend of King Edward VII.
www.londonby.com /thecadogan/pages/profile.htm   (369 words)

  
 Jersey, Channel Islands
Lillie saw her way out of the island of her birth which had become too parochial for such an attractive and intelligent woman.
In 1881, Lillie had given birth to her only child, Jeanne Marie, who rumour had it was fathered by Prince Albert’s nephew, Prince Louis of Battenberg.
She was raised as Lillie’s niece and was only told the real story on the eve of her own wedding day.
jersey.typepad.com /jersey_channel_islands   (1508 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Langtry is on Loop 25 off U.S. Highway 90 just north of the Rio Grande and eight miles west of the Pecos River near the southwestern corner of Val Verde County.
By 1900 Langtry had become the commercial center for ranching in the area, but soon after Bean's death in 1903 the town began to decline, when the commissioner's court moved the highway slightly north for a more direct route.
In 1923 the new owner of the Jersey Lilly discovered that it rested partly on the railroad right-of-way and in 1934 deeded the building-erected after fire destroyed the first one in 1897-to the state.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/hll17.html   (806 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Diary of Lillie Langtry: And Other Remembrances: Books: Donna Lee Harper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During her more than 30 years of performing in the United States, Lillie Langtry came into contact with numerous men and women who are now legends.
Lillie has been written about for a very long time and her own biography has been of great enjoyment.
Lillie's life (and her real-life acting tours across the USA) is used as a literary conceit to put together a series of biographies of contempoaray 'famous' american women.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1886571007?v=glance   (851 words)

  
 LILLIE LANGTRY WAS SHE EVER IN MIDDLETOWN CALIFORNIA?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Langtry writes that on her arrival at the house they went “in” right away as they were all tired from their trip and she continues “We found dinner ready…”.
Langtry states a fortnight (fourteen nights) was all she could spare.
Langtry made that observation about the railroad while describing her trip to her ranch for the first and apparently only time.
www.middletownca.com /LL.htm   (1157 words)

  
 Lady de Bathe - Lillie Langtry
In 1899 aged 46 Lillie married Hugo de Bathe nineteen years her junior and fulfilled her social ambitions by becoming Lady de Bathe when her father in law passed away.
In the 1900s Lillie changed with the times, bought a motorcar dressed in the latest fashions and was still in demand for photographs, with hundreds of different poses of her appearing on postcards of the day.
Lillie made her only film in 1913 and worked on the stage into her seventies.She lived out her twilight years in Monaco at her cliff top villa "Le Lys" her pride and joy being her garden for which she won prizes.
www.lillielangtry.com /lady-de-bathe.htm   (186 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lillie (Box Set) (2000) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born Emilie Le Breton in 1853 on the Channel Island of Jersey, Lillie Langtry went on to become one of the most famous women of the late 19th century, and this 1978 series (consisting of thirteen 50-minute episodes) does an admirable job of chronicling her fascinating life.
Lillie was gifted with exceptional beauty, and although she and her new husband Edward Langtry (played by Anton Rogers (May to December, Fresh Fields)) were people of very modest means when they moved to London, it didn't take long for Lillie to become noticed.
Francesca Annis is luminous as Lillie Langtry from her introduction as a teen to her death at the age of 75.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004T37O?v=glance   (1459 words)

  
 WineDay: Happy Birthday, Lily
Lillie Langtry, famous Victorian actress, settled just north of Napa County in 1888, with the intention of "making the greatest claret in the country." Langtry took her wine seriously, producing wine until 1906.
Lillie's wines bore her portrait (as the Guenoc Winery label does today), and sold well in San Francisco.
Langtry is the name of their super-premium line.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/wineday/wd1098/wd101398.html   (433 words)

  
 Lillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lillie is a British television serial made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast in 1978.
This period serial starred Francesca Annis in the title role of Lillie Langtry.
It was released on DVD in 2004, and has also been repeated on UKTV Drama.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lillie   (81 words)

  
 Princess Diana's Klondike Dress Worn in Canada on Royal Tour
Lillie's fame (she was known as the "Jersey Lily) begun in the 1870's when she became the rage of London society.
One problem was that Lillie Langtry was quite tall and statuesque (her stature well suited the shape and image of beauty of the time in which she was at her heyday).
Langtry inspired new fashions; once, when she was hurrying off to lunch, and not liking any of her hats, she wound some fl velvet round her head, held in place by a quill.
princessdiana.ca   (15111 words)

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