Mrs Eric Loder – The Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette – Friday 9th July 1926
By Direction of Mrs.Eric Loder.
CLOSE TO STOKE POGES, BUCKS.
Four miles from Slough and 22 miles from London.
Notice of Sale of
THE Exceptionally Attractive FREEHOLD RESIDENCE, known as “WOOANDS,” FARNHAM COMMON, an old-fashioned residence with beautiful gardens, in all nearly ¼ acres; the accommodation is 6 bed and dressing rooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, full domestic offices, excellent cottage with further domestic accommodation if required (6 rooms), squash racquet court, hard tennis court, beautiful rose garden, electric light, company’s water. The Property is a few minutes walk from Burnham Beeches, between Slough and Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross, 4 miles from Maidenhead, 4 ½ from Windsor and Eton, and about 10 miles from Ascot. Golf can be enjoyed at a choice of five’ courses including Stoke Poges.
Messrs. LANE, SAVILLE & CO.
Are instructed to dispose of the above Property by Private Treaty, or by Auction. in London,
On AUGUST 10th, 1926.
Particulars can he obtained of the Vendors’ Solicitors, Messrs. Rider, Heaton, Meredith Mills, 8, New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, W.C.2 ; or of the Auctioneers, 14, Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London, W.I.
The Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette – Friday 9th July 1926
Gabrielle Ray – Engagement – The Brighton Argus – Thursday 11th January 1912
ERIC LODER’S ENGAGEMENT.
Mr. Eric Loder, whose engagement to Miss Gabrielle Ray, the famous musical comedy artist, is announced from Paris, is a grandson of the late Sir Robert Loder, Bart., and nephew of Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart., of Leonardslee, Mr. G. W. E. Loder, formerly M.P. for Brighton, and Major Eustace Loder, a well-known personality on the Turf. Mr. Eric Loder is in his twenty-fourth year, and is a son of the late Mr. Alfred Basil Loder. He is an enthusiastic motorist, and a popular figure at Brooklands. Four years ago Mr. Basil Charles Loder, elder brother of Mr. Eric Loder, resigned his commission in the Scots Guards and married Miss Barbara Deane, one of the most, charming singers in Mr. Seymour Hicks’ “Gay Gordons” company,
The Brighton Argus – Thursday 11th January 1912
Gabrielle Ray – Marriage – The Leicester Daily Mercury – Friday 1st March 1912
MISS GABRIELLE RAY WEDDED
CEREMONY AT WINDSOR.
The marriage of Miss Gabrielle Ray, musical comedy actress, to Mr. Eric Loder, which was to have taken place at Windsor Roman Catholic Church yesterday, was solemnised there this morning. The bride motored from London with another lady. Only a few people were present at the ceremony.
The Leicester Daily Mercury – Friday 1st March 1912
Gabrielle Ray – Lord Mayor’s Cripples Fund – The Tatler – Wednesday 27th February 1907
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURYLANE.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5th, 1907.
A MATINEE will be given (by kind permission of Mr. Arthur Collins and the Directors) in Aid of the
LORD MAYOR’S CRIPPLES’ FUND.
Lady Bancroft will say a few words.
Miss Winifred Emery will recite an address, specially written by Captain
Robert Marshall.
Mr. Tree and Company, including. Miss Constance Collier, will appear in
“THE MAN WHO WAS.”
Mr. Cyril Maude and his original Company, including Miss Jessie Batemam,
In the Second Act of “THE BEAUTY AND THE BARGE.”
Mr. Edward Terry and a distinguished Company in the Trial Scene from
“BARDELL v. PICKWICK”
Miss Violet Vanbrugh,
Supported by Mr. Chas. V. France and Miss Dorothy Thomas, in the
Sleep- Walking Scene from “MACBETH.”
A Grand Pot-Pourri of the Pantomime “SINDBAD,”
Arranged by Mr. Arthur Collins,
including
Mr. Walter Passmore. Mr. Harry Fragson.
Mr. Harry Randall. Mr. Fred Emney.
Messrs. Drew and Alders. Miss Queenie Leighton.
Miss Florence Warde. Miss Marie George.
A PRE-HISTORIC LORD MAYOR’S SHOW,
arranged by Mr. E. T. Reed, of “Punch,”
in which will appear amongst others
Mr. W. H. Berry. Mr. Arthur Williams.
Mr. W. Louis Bradfield. Mr. C. Herbert Workman
Mr. Joseph Coyne. Mr. J. A. Warden.
Mr. Robert Evett. Miss Jean Aylwin.
Mr. Aubrey Fitzgerald. Miss Billie Burke.
Mr. Geo. Grossmith, Jun. Miss Kitty Mason.
Mr. Fred Kaye. Miss Olive May.
Mr. Edmund Payne. Miss Louie Pounds.
Mr. Willie Warde. Miss Ruby Ray.
Mr. Lewis Waller will recite.
Mr. Ben Davies will sing.
Mr. H. B. Irving will recite.
Mr. Huntley Wright will sing.
Mdlle. Genee will dance.
Miss Denise Orme will sing.
Miss Margaret Cooper will give a Musical Sketch.
Miss Gabrielle Ray and Mr. Willie Warde in a pas de deux from the
“LADY DANDIES.”
The above ladies and gentlemen are all appearing by the kind permission of their respective Managers.
Hon. Business Manager Mr. Sydney Smith.
Hon. Stage Manager Mr. Ernest D’Aubak.
Musical Director Mr. James M. Glover.
Accompanist Mr. Wilhelm Ganz.
Programme arranged (under the supervision of the Committee)
by Mr. M. V. Leveaux.
Seats can now be booked at the Box Office, of the Secretary, Cripples’ Fund, Mansion House, E.G., and all Libraries.
Prices: Reserved Seats: Private Boxes, £10 10s. and £5 5s. Stalls, £1 1s and 10s. 6d. Grand Circle, £1 1s. and 10s. 6d.; First Circle, 7s. 6d. and 6s.; Balcony, 5s. Unreserved Seats: Pit, 4s.; Amphitheatre, 2s.
May Kinder
LATEST STAGE WEDDING.
A marriage is reported to have taken registry office yesterday between Miss May Kinder and Mr. Henry J Delaval Astley, son of Lady Florence Willoughby. Miss Kinder made her at the Shaftesbury Theatre “The Arcadians,” and is now appearing in “The Dollar Princess” Daly’s Theatre. She is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. William Kinder, Philadelphia, U.S.A., who belong an old Quaker family. The bridegroom, who is 21 years of age, is, through his father, connected with the Barony of Hastings, and, through his mother, with the Marquisate of Conyngham.
The Nottingham Evening Post – Wednesday 27th October 1909
CROMWELL AND THE STAGE.
To historical students it would seem a far cry from the stern Puritan, Oliver Cromwell, to The Dollar Princess at Daly’s Theatre, but the association arises through the recent marriage of Miss May Kinder, a pretty actress at Daly’s Theatre, to Mr. Henry Astley, a member of the Russell-Astley family, whose coming of age a few months ago was celebrated with great festivities at Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire, the hereditary seat of the family. The Astleys do not now live at Chequers Court but they did so for two centuries, and they formerly possessed there all the most interesting memorials of Cromwell that have come down to us. Cromwell’s daughter, Frances, married a Russell hence the interesting association. Miss Kinder is an American from Philadelphia. In The Merry Widow she was understudy to Miss Gabrielle Ray in The Dollar Princess she has been playing the part of Dulcie Du Cros, the Californian girl. Mr. Astlev’s mother was of the Marquis Conyngham’s family, thus having a certain relation with Byron.
The Sphere – Saturday 6th November 1909
A Theatrical Marriage.
Miss May Kinder, whose portrait together with her husband, Mr. Henry Jacob Delaval Astlev, is given here, is a young American actress who until her marriage a few days ago was appearing under Mr. George Edwardes’s banner in The Dollar Princess at Daly’s Theatre. A short time ago, it will be remembered, Miss Kinder appeared as Chrysea in The Arcadians at the Shaftesbury, but she was only lent by Mr. Edwardes until the Daly’s new piece was ready. Her husband, who is only just twenty-one, is the son of Lady Florence Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. It is not expected that Miss Kinder will return to the stage now that she is married, which item of news will certainly fill the hearts of London playgoers with regret. There are few so pretty and modest little actresses appearing in musical comedy as Miss May Kinder, and her charming personality and attractive singing voice will be greatly missed.
The Tatler – Wednesday 10th November 1909
May Kinder appeared in The Merry Widow as Zo-Zo in 1908 and understudied Miss Ray whose part, Frou Frou she played in September 1908. She later played the role of Dulcie du Cros, a Californian Girl in The Dollar Princess at Daly’s in September 1909. She resigned her role in The Dollar Princess soon after marrying Henry Astley on 29th October 1909. On 21st December 1912 Astley was killed whilst demonstrating flying at the Balmoral Show Grounds in Belfast. May inherited her husband’s substantial fortune including Chequers, her husband’s ancestral home which she later sold to Viscount Lee of Fareham who, in 1917, presented it to the nation as a country retreat for Prime Ministers (which remains in use today).
Frost, C. (2016) “The Female Stars of Musical Theatre in Edwardian England,” The Lavenham Press, Lavenham, Suffolk. (p172)
The Dollar Princess – Programme – 1909
Stage and Cromwell – The World’s News Sydney, NSW) – 1909
Gabrielle Ray – Ritzol Preparations -The Daily Mirror – Thursday 27th November 1913
There is still time to obtain one of these trial outfits of the wonderful Ritzol Preparations.
So successful was the last distribution, that Bichara de Paris decided to renew the offer, and set aside a further 10,000 outfits for the purpose. These preparations are used and recommended by famous’ actresses and Society leaders everywhere, including Miss Ellaline Terriss, Miss Constance Dreyer, Miss Elsie Spain, Miss Ethel Irving, Miss Gabrielle Ray, &c., &c.
Less than 4,000 Outfits now remain, and those readers who wish to participate in the distribution should at once apply.
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Daily Mirror – Thursday 27th November 1913
William Austin Cook – The Stockport Advertiser and Guardian – Friday 7th December 1877
BOROUGH POLICE COURT,
WEDNESDAY
Before H. Bell (Mayor), W. Williamson, and S. Christy, Esqrs.
Dog Cases. – The following persons were fined 5s and costs, or in default of payment seven days’ imprisonment for allowing their dogs to be at large; – John Thorneycroft Hallworth, Thomas Littler, William Austin Cook.
The Stockport Advertiser and Guardian – Friday 7th December 1877
Gabrielle Ray – The Burton Observer and Chronicle – 1914
PANTOMIME PRODUCER
Mr. C. BRYDON PHILLIPS
RECORD OF 120
HIS ASSOCIATION WITH LEADING ARTISTS
A RETURN VISIT TO BURTON.
GAVE GABRIELLE RAY HER FIRST PART.
Not a few artists who have achieved fame owe to Mr. Phillips their first real start in the profession. It was he who, at Richmond in “Little Red Riding Hood,” some 20 years ago, gave Gabrielle Ray her first speaking part. The present Marchioness of Headfort, as Miss Rosie Boote, was a member of his “Boy Blue” company about 21years ago; and other prominent people with whom he has been intimately associated are Mr. Dan Crawley, Mr. Huntley Wright, Mr. Bettie Wright, Mr. Will Bishop, the Selbini troupe, the Craggs, the Tribune Trio, Mr. O. B. Clarence, Miss Florrie Ford, Miss Jessie Preston, Miss Queenie Leighton, Miss Billie Barlow, Miss Gertie Gitana, and Miss Eileen Douglas.
It is satisfactory to learn that the bookings during the week at Burton have very good. Mr. Phillips introduced a novelty so far as the local theatre is concerned, of a Wednesday matinee – a departure which has proved eminently successful, while few seats are available for to-morrow.
The Burton Observer and Chronicle – Thursday 15th January 1914
About
One of my main interests is a love of old pictures and postcards that give us a brief glimpse into a past and often forgotten age.
Collecting old postcard and pictures enables the viewer to glimpse a brief moment from that individual’s life; often far removed from their own either by the passage of time or social class. Social History, often described as “history from below” shows everyday people, their social structure and the interaction of different groups; like the wealthy and politicians these people helped shape and maintain society and so shape history.
Examining the images one can’t help but wonder how the individuals lived, were their lives hard compared with today and were they happy. Often the images come with little or no information that can answer these questions, one can only imagine.
With each image saved and seen by others, so that moment, that person is kept alive, our understanding is increased and so our lives are enriched.
A picture is often more descriptive than words can ever be, but how true is this, if a picture enables us to gain entry to another time, another world, will, like the view from a different window, even in the same house provide a different image?
These images allow a glimpse into another time, another era; but what preceded or followed this image? As the individuals were positioned and posed like an artist’s model is what we see truly reflective or like the slightly softened image of an aging beauty a less that truthful representation?
I am reminded of a documentary I watched several years ago regarding the returning troops from the front during the First World War. The camera images show a broken, demoralised sea of humanity, young men who having seen images that most of us hope never to witness had lost that sparkle; that zest which only youth has. But bring on the news camera and that battered returning group came to life, the smiles returned and even though muddied and bloodied their heads and bodies became erect, their arms swung in time and they demonstrated a swagger that spoke of courage, defiance and determination; an image that gave hope to the viewer.
It seems to me that even in the early days of photography all was not what it appeared and now in the advancing digital age a picture may paint a thousand words but will it be factual or fiction?
My interests And collections vary from Maids, Nuns, religious dress and the more risqué images of the French Maid. Often when searching for a particular subject the boundaries cross and as well as true Maids we find Edwardian actresses dressed as Nuns or Maids. During one of my searches I came across Gabrielle Ray dressed as a Maid, “Susan” in Lady Madcap and was instantly captivated by her.
Collecting the individual cards isn’t enough; I like to know more about the individual, which is easier when that person is an actress, although often the information is scarce
Searching for information about Miss Ray I discovered that she was one of the most photographed women of the Edwardian era and described in “Temps” as the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom; but sadly her success, if measured by being visibly working or in the public eye was short-lived. She struggled with depression and alcohol abuse, and her health declined. In 1936, she suffered a complete mental breakdown and was institutionalized for nearly forty years; dying in 1973 at Holloway Sanatorium at the age of 90.
There are several other sites and blogs dedicated to the memory of Miss Ray and my intention is to share my small but growing collection of pictures and postcards with anyone who shares my interest. Reading about Miss Ray I was saddened that this lady, like many others before and since, after a brief moment in the sun they are soon forgotten. Hopefully as people view and enjoy this blog her memory will remain alive for a little longer.
I have started to write a short Biography about Miss Ray which I will try to update as frequently as possible. The Index page will show any updates under the Biography catagory.
I have also tried to link the various postcards and pictures to the plays in which Miss Ray appeared, however I realise, after several errors that this isn’t an easy task as many are decorative studio poses rather than production images. The individual Rotary, Philco and other publishers numbers are included with any description which should make searching for a particular card or ones from the same set easier. If I have made any glaring errors please feel free to let me know.
Thank you and I hope you enjoy my collection as much as I do.
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