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Luculia: Thank you for coming back to me alive.

Spencer: Thank you for welcoming me back.

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Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough

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Last day of Ascot!

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Althorp House, Northamptonshire

Hi guys!!

I'm sharing Althorp House, the seat of Spencer Family. This is one of the most recognizable states in the UK, whose owners have a rich family history.

House History: A hamlet named Althorp existed here in medieval times, believed to have been situated on the southwest side of the park, east of West Lodge. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a population of ten at the time, and being part of the parish of Brington.

In 1469 John Spencer's uncle – also named John Spencer – had become feoffee (feudal lord) of Wormleighton in Warwickshire and a tenant at Althorp in Northamptonshire in 1486. The family's administration of their Northamptonshire and Warwickshire estates gained them admiration and a following throughout England, and their sheep-rearing business earned large profits.[12] After beginning construction of Wormleighton Manor the previous year with some 60 relatives, John Spencer bought Althorp in 1508 for £800 from the Catesby family.

King Charles I is documented to have visited Althorp during his reign. The drawing room was built and the main hall enlarged for the occasion, with £1,300 spent on the banquet, an exorbitant sum for the period.

Robert Spencer built the current house in 1688 and made a series of changes to Althorp park.

More history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althorp

This house fits a 64x64 lot and features the following rooms:

Wooton hall

The painter's gallery

South Drawing room

Billiard room

Long Library

Marlborough room

Sunderland room

State dining room

Principal salon (1st floor) and Spencer's gallery (2nd floor of the salon)

Picture Gallery

Private chapel

The great room

9 Bedrooms/bathrooms

This time I decorated most of the rooms for picture purposes. Hope you like it.

Be warned: I did not have the floor plan for the 2nd floor (Just for the gallery, great room and chapel) The distribution is based on my own decision.

You will need the usual CC I use: all of Felixandre, The Jim, SYB, Anachrosims, Regal Sims, TGS, The Golden Sanctuary, Cliffou, Dndr recolors, etc.

Please enjoy, comment if you like it and share pictures with me if you use my creations!

Early acces: 7/15

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Group portrait Of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke Of Marlborough, his wife Elizabeth and their children; after Joshua Reynolads, 1750s

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Sophie's Hon 💋

If you want to know more about the guy Sophie Turner is smooching lately, you know, that very tall, very very rich, British aristocrat with a fantasy novel name, this post is for you . . . . lol

His full name is The Hon Peregrine John Dickinson Pearson, but he goes by “Perry.” And the photo above is his company profile picture.

Born on October 27th, 1994, he's 29 years old and the future 5th Viscount Cowdray.

Perry is from Midhurst, West Sussex, and now lives in a £5million house in Chelsea, West London.

The Hon before his name means The Honourable, a title used for all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons. Hon also works for 'honey' and 'sweetheart', hence this post's title.

Peregrine may come from Henry Winston Peregrine Spencer-Churchill, nephew of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill.

Yes, Churchill, you read it right! Perry's grandfather Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, was the son of Agnes Beryl Spencer-Churchill, who was the granddaughter of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough.

So Perry is distant related to Winston Churchill and Diana Spencer, The Lady D . . . . In fact, he has already introduced Sophie to some of the current Spencer-Churchills (they are cousins with Perry, I guess 🤷‍♀️).

Now, I have no idea why his parents opted to name him Peregrine over Weetman, since each of the four former Viscounts Cowdray were all named Weetman; but his peculiar fantasy novel/bird-like name inmmediately made me think of House Arryn and Harry Hardyng. More on this later.

But since he's not named Weetman, he fixed that by naming his own property investment and development company 'Weetman'.

John is for both grandfathers: Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray, and John Howard Cordle. 

Dickinson is for his great-great-grandfather: Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray.

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Family

The seat of the Pearson Family is Cowdray Estate, Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex. The picture of the family above was taken at Buck Hall, the atrium of Cowdray House.

The name Cowdray comes from Coudreye, the Norman word for the nearby hazel woods.

Perry is the son and heir of Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray, and Marina Rose Cordle.

His dad produced the documentary "Sympathy for the Devil," directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard, documenting the creative evolution of the song "Sympathy for the Devil" as the Rolling Stones developed it during recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London.

His mom is an artist, sculptress, interior designer and mindfulness coach, she's keenly interested in spiritual matters, she practises Transcendental Meditation (a form of silent meditation) and Qigong.

His parents separated in August 2023, after 36 years of marriage.

Perry has three older sisters and a younger brother:

Eliza Anne Venetia Pearson (born 31 May 1988). She married her first husband at 21. Later he left her for the Kate Winslet . . . . She remarried, had children and lives in Ibiza now.

Emily Jane Marina Pearson (born 13 December 1989). Tatler Magazine included her as one of the 10 perfect potential brides for Prince Harry . . . . She she studied Plant-based Nutrition and is one of the founders of the vegan restaurant "Farmacy" in Notting Hill.

Catrina Sophie Lavinia Pearson (born 13 March 1991). She goes by "Catty." She's a musician and a film-school graduate.

Montague Orlando William Pearson (born 17 May 1997). He goes by "Monty". Wee brother is 6'4. He's a helicopter pilot, enjoys flying drones and studied film production and graphic design. He was named after the former owners of Cowdray Estate, the Viscounts of Montague.

Perry also has an older half brother:

Sebastian William Orlando Pearson (born 1970).

As you can see, Perry is privileged to be the heir above his older half brother Sebastian, since he was born out of wedlock, and above his older sisters: Eliza, Emily and Catrina, since they were born women . . . . Where have I heard this before???

Sometimes I'm glad I'm an only child . . . .

As any other younger brother of three older sisters, he was annoying. According to Tatler Magazine, Perry liked to wind up his sisters (then vegan) by scoffing meat.

Perry is also an uncle, his sisters Eliza and Emily are mothers of cute babies, but sadly I can't show you pictures. He looks cute holding a baby tho.

Talking about cute babies, that little curly blonde boy sat in a chair next to his standing father in one of the portraits in the picture above, is Perry. His portrait was painted by Chinese artist Chen Yanning, who also painted Queen Elizabeth II's portrait:

Here a few more childhood pics:

That picture of of him as a baby peeing on a plant, is his Instagram profile picture . . . .

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Education

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at the University of West London, UK.

Not Oxford or Cambridge? Shocking!

UX Desing at General Assembly in New York, NY, US.

Dear Perry, you can improve my user experience by making your instagram account public. That would do!

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Occupation

In January 2015, it was reported by Tatler Magazine that he was working for Aylesford International Estate Agents in London.

He also worked as an assistant site manager for Cordles, a London based contractor company founded by his maternal uncle Rupert Cordle.

He started working at Cowdray Estate in West Sussex, his family estate and heirdom, since 2016 to this day.

He's also the founder, partner and director of Weetman Developments, his own property investment and development company in London, since 2019 to this day.

Perry is also a Le Chameau – the wellington boot brand – ambassador.

As you can see, Perry is basically a nepo baby lol

But that doesn't mean he doesn't work, Cowdray Estate is huge (16,500 acre), and offers a vast variety of activities like golf, clay-pigeon shooting, fly fishing on the river Rother, walking, cycling, riding, polo, truffle hunting, hospitality at the farm shop & café, holiday cottages, tree houses, wedding venues, private stays and events at Cowdray House, filming locations (the Cowdray Ruins were used during the filming of Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan’s film, "Mary Queen of Scots"), among others, and Perry is/will be in charge of all of that.

According to his mom, back in 2019 he was pioneering aquaponic farming on a commercial scale [The Telegraph - June, 2019].

In an interview for The Gentleman's Journal, Perry said that he's working to pass the estate on to his heir in better conditions: “But the dream is to pass it on to my son or daughter in better nick than it’s in now. That’s the mentality when it comes to estates,” “You’re so grateful that you’ve been given this opportunity, you want others to have the same opportunity that you had.”

I don't know if Perry will try to change the primogeniture rules, but it was really nice to read that he thinks his heir could be a son or a daughter.

Perry's family was always wealthy (construction and petroleum in the past, publishing nowadays); but not always aristocrats.

His great-great-grandfather, Weetman Dickinson Pearson, was made a Baronet of Paddockhurst in 1894, then he purchased Cowdray Estate in 1909. Later he was made Baron Cowdray first, in 1910, and then the 1st Viscount Cowdray in 1917.

Viscount, is a European title of nobility, ranking immediately below a count, or earl. It is one of the five ranks of British nobility and peerage, which, in descending order, are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

So, when Perry becomes the 5th Viscount Cowdray, he won't be on top of the british nobility; but he will be richer. At present, Perry's family is thought to be worth £224million, and one day, he will inherit all of that.

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Hobbies

Riding (Not Polo)

His family estate includes Cowdray Park Polo Club, dubbed The Home of British Polo, but Perry doesn't play Polo.

His parents never pushed him to, perhaps fearing that he could get hurt by falling from a horse. "Michael (Perry's father) never sought polo glory after a fall from a horse at the age of 13" [standard.co.uk - 2010].

In 2018 he said: “Cowdray is to polo what Goodwood is to racing and Glyndebourne to opera.” “I’m getting lessons.” “I grew up riding and over the next few years it’s something I can see myself doing a lot more” [The Telegraph - August, 2018].

Later, in an interview for The Gentleman's Journal, he joked by saying that "he’s not particularly good at it".

So far, I only saw him presenting Polo trophies and congratulating the champions, so I guess the lessons didn't work . . . . lol

Maybe is better that way, if he doesn't play polo he wont smell of horses. Sophie is asthmatic and allergic to horses.

Golf

He plays golf for some charity and corporate events. No idea if he's good at it.

Clay-pigeon shooting

Not sure if he really shoots at flying clay targets or he only modeled to promote the shooting school at his family estate.

Huntings

He likes to attend posh huntings wearing tweed, baker boy caps and suspenders.

He already took Sophie to one of those last December, but she didn't wear tweed, she defied the rules by wearing a Zara black jacket and a pair of acid washed jeans. . . . She would look great wearing tweed, tho . . . .

(There have been hunters in my family, so I can't judge much)

Here some pics:

Skiing

He seems very skilled at it.

Meribel in France seems to be his family favorite destination to enjoy the snow.

He already took Sophie to ski & “après ski” there, and they were having the time of their lives!

Going to the beach

Yeah!

Ibiza is a favorite destination for his family, his dad used to live there, and now his eldest sister established there with her own family.

Can't wait to see Sophie enjoying the sun in Ibiza next . . . .

Enjoy some pics:

Partying

Fuck yeah!

"Like all the Cowdrays, he loves a party" [Tatler Magazine, January 2015].

"(...) the Hon Peregrine Pearson (the Cowdray heir), known for throwing ‘wild afterparties’ at his house in Chelsea, which he shares with Ella (Richards)’s boyfriend, Sascha von Bismarck" [Tatler Magazine, March 2023]. 

Here abundant evidence:

Pottery

Perry enjoyed spending time in his mom's pottery studio in the garden: “We were brought up being quite creative – spending time in her studio was very bonding” [The Telegraph - August, 2018].

I would love to see one of those creative pieces made by Perry 👀

Meditation

Like his mom, Perry practises meditation as well. [The Telegraph - June, 2019].

From pictures, it seems he usually wears a silver Meditator pendant. The Meditator is a seated figure, with a pointed head, a heart and a hole in its middle. His mom designed it herself, as a reminder to live in the present moment, rather than fretting about the past or future.

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Previous relationships

His only known/famous relationship was with Princess Maria Olympia of Greece and Denmark.

He dated Olympia for three years, since 2020 to 2023.

She seemed really into Perry during the relationship:

But shortly after their break up was official, she was reported being in a relationship with an older, married with children man . . . .

His wife kicked him out of the house after the news. Good for her! [Read more about it here]

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So far, this is all I learnt about Sophie's Hon Perry Pearson. I love that he's so tall and the way he can hug her being so tall, I bet Sophie loves it too.

But I kinda hate that the press only uses his most unflattering pictures, when is easy to find public pictures where he actually looks good.

Also, my friend told me that he reminds her a bit of Paul Mescal, and now I can't unsee it . . . .

What more can I say about him after my research? Oh, maybe that he has met the Dalai Lama and sat next to Kim Kardashian and Kimora Lee Simmons at Paris Hilton's wedding lol

He also loves to wear sunglasses, even indoors . . . .

Anyways, now to the point of this post!

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Romance with Sophie Turner

Perry is a Scorpio and Sophie is a Pisces, like Scorpio Ryan Gosling and Pisces Eva Mendes . . . .

I have no idea how they met, where they met, or when they met, but we have evidence that they spent the last part of October 2023 together.

2023 was a rough year for both of them, with her divorce and custody battle, and with his own break up with his ex, and the separation of his parents after 36 years of marriage.

The first time we saw him next to Sophie, we have no idea who he was. It was during the Rugby World Cup final on October 28th 2023, just before Sophie unveiled the trophy:

Perry was there with Sophie, but we had no idea they were together until October 31th 2023, when a couple of pictures of them sharing a kiss outside Paris’s Gare du Nord train station were made public and got viral:

The pictures were taken on the same day as the Rugby World Cup final. It was reported that they arrived together in Paris from London via the Eurostar, and said goodbye with a kiss before meeting again later at the Stade de France.

When their Paris kiss pictures were all over the press, someone claimed that their friend had seen them together the week before:

So, if the Rugby World Cup final was on October 28th 2023 and Perry's 29th birthday was the day before, I bet the lovebirds spent his birthday together in London.

I wonder what Sophie got Perry for his birthday??? An appointment with a fashion stylist, I hope!

(Perry, honey, burn those double breasted suits in your closet, please! They don't fit your large body 🙏 King Felipe II of Spain, has a similar body and his tailoring is👌)

I also believe they spent the last days of October together in Paris, since they were seen all cozy during a romantic dinner at some fancy Parisian restaurant:

After that Sophie was seen back in New York on November 3th 2023. We don't know if Perry travelled with her to New York, but some anon claims he saw them holding hands in West Village:

Back in London, they were seen making out in a famous spot on November 2023 . . . .

. . . . And having dinner with friends on early December 2023:

Later, we have graphic evidence of them spending time together from the 7th to the 10th of December 2023, at least.

December 7th 2023:

They went to Hyde Park Winter Wonderland at night, where they walked around, hugged and kissed:

December 8th 2023:

They had brunch in West London and walked around hand in hand, eventually stopping so Perry could gently caress Sophie's face and kiss her:

That day, this also happened . . . . 🤨

December 9th 2023:

They attended a posh hunting weekend at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, held by some of the current Spencer-Churchills: George Spencer-Churchill and his wife Camilla Thorp, Marquess and Marchioness of Blandford (they will be Duke and Duchess of Marlborough one day).

The event was full of Perry's aristocrat friends like Alexander Spencer-Churchill, Lady Jemima Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke’s daughter, and Eleanor Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington’s niece, among others.

So, Perry has basically already introduced Sophie to some relative and close friends:

Can someone please explain to me why is Perry wearing a pink ribbon around his neck in the last picture? Is a mystery I need to resolve in this lifetime.

Here a few more pics:

After that, I suspect they spent the holidays together in London, or, at least, that they saw each other for a few hours during those days. I'm not saying she introduced him to her family and daughters, but it's obvious that they are dating and Christmas and the New Year are festivities you want to share with the people you care for.

I wonder what Perry got Sophie for Christmas? A handmade ceramic vase? A basket full of hydroponic vegetables that he grew himself?Diamonds?

And most recently, on January 17, 2024, they were seen walking around London at night all cozied up:

I want her UGGS!!!

Also, are those really mini liquor bottles at Perry's hand??? At first I thought they were Sophie's nail polish bottles 💅🏼

Someone spotted them skiing in Meribel, France. It was reported on January 28th, 2024, but it was probably before that date. Deuixmoi titled the stories as "let's see what your fave celebs have been up to the past week"

She's having the time of her life with Perry? GOOD FOR HER!

OK, today January 29th 2024, Sophie herself posted pics of them skiing in Meribel together with a couple of Perry's friends:

Lol at Perry not looking at the camera in the first pic 🤭

So, I suppose they are official now, right? Maybe it's time to post this post . . . .

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Now, in the beginning of this post I said that after knowing Perry's fantasy novel/bird-like name, I immediately thought about ASOIAF's House Arryn and Harry Hardyng, you know, since House Arryn's sigil is a falcon, Harry Hardyng is dubbed the Young Falcon, and the peregrine is literally a species of falcon.

And since Harry Hardyng is the current Sansa's suitor in the ASOIAF incomplete series, I joked with my friends by saying that Sophie has entered his Harry Hardyng era . . . .

Perry also made me remember that passage in A Storm of Swords where Margaery's peregrine took a heron in full flight the day she and Sansa went hawking.

Peregrine is also the name of a ship that Arianne Martell boards in one of the few chapters of The Winds of Winter that GRRM released in advance.

Perry's name also reminds me of Pippin from The Lord of the Rings, since his full name is Peregrin Tuk, but this is a story for another day.

But if the Pearsons of Cowdray were a House from Westeros, they would be the Arryns enemies, since the Pearson's sigil is a gryphon:

And thanks to Sansa/Alayne we all know that the Winged Knight and the Griffin King were mortal enemies:

The Winged Knight was Ser Artys Arryn. Legend said that he had driven the First Men from the Vale and flown to the top of the Giant's Lance on a huge falcon to slay the Griffin King.  —A Feast for Crows - Alayne II

You know, in some ancient mythologies, the creature known as gryphon is depicted as fire-belching: "winged, tailed, and taloned dragon which spat fire." 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Just saying . . . .

House Pearson motto is:

'Do it with thy might'

These words are carved on the stone fireplace in Buck Hall, the atrium at the heart of Cowdray House.

According to The Gentleman's Journal, Perry translates his family motto to simpler words: “Just do it — that might be a more modern approximation.”

But he's more into Adidas and North Star. Sorry Nike . . . . lol

Anyways, GRRM has the opportunity to do the funniest thing . . . .

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And talking about GRRM, it's time to tell you that Perry's family are the founders and large share holders of Pearson plc, a British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London.

Pearson plc owns Penguin Random House, you know, GRRM's publishers, the ones that publish the ASOIAF series . . . .

And I recently came to know that Penguin Random House is going to republish Joan Hannington’s autobiography “I Am What I Am” under the title ‘Joan.’ And, you know, Sophie's upcoming project is precisely a tv series called ‘Joan,’ with Sophie taking the role of Joan Hannington . . . .

Some will say that this is part of the j word agenda, lol

Again, GRRM has the opportunity to do the funniest thing . . . .

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Finally, we need to answer an important question!

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So . . . .

A match made in heaven? Or maybe we won't see his face again?

Only time will tell. I only hope that he makes Sophie super happy as long as they are together.

I will probably update this post with time or make a part 2, because Tumblr doesn't let me add more pictures 😢

Thanks for reading!

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Part 5

[Previously]

The cartoons couldn’t have been more different. 

One showed a beautiful young woman standing on a pedestal, with a crowd of tweed-wearing , short, fat men in front of her. The caption read: Let the bidding begin

The men each held up pedals and shouted things like “A Baron”, one said, “A Lord”, another, “An Earl” a third

The second was hardly any more flattering than the first. 

An old woman and a younger, unattractive man were sitting together on a bench.

The speech bubble over the woman said: “She speaks French, Italian and Greek, can sew and dance, sing and play the harp, is an excellent hostess and has a hand in charity-”

The man had his hands raised and was leaning towards her anxiously. 

“But can she pay for a roof?”

Others showed a different side. 

It was set to be a race, with women holding their hiked up skirts as they ran under cheers with the banner “Who will get the biggest title?” flattering above. 

On either side of the Atlantic, they had much and more to say about these so called Dollar-Princesses. 

American heiresses who married, were married to or coerced British aristocrats into marriage, depending on who wrote about them. 

They brought money to those old families that desperately needed them. 

The Americans mocked the British Lords, while hailing New York’s heiresses as “America’s most successful export”, sought to send their daughters off with well wishes and pride. 

The English newspapers were far more critical and couldn’t help their pointed remarks whenever another one of their own ended up with a foreign bride, almost expecting them to fail. 

There was a list of them by now, Mary Leitner, Jennie Chamberlain, Consuelo Yznaga, Minnie Stevens, Consuelo Vanderbilt - and Cora Levinson. 

And of course Jennie Jerome, who had preceded most of them. 

Some of them became rivals, it seemed, at least according to the social pages, but apparently Jennie Jerome had taken Cora Levinson under her wing when she became first The Viscountess Downton and later The Countess of Grantham and in turn, The Countess of Grantham developed a deep and meaningful connection with Consuelo Vanderbilt, as soon as she came to England as The Duchess of Marlborough.

And so the Duchess became godmother to Lady Charlotte Crawley, while the Earl of Grantham was godfather to her second son, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill.

All of them, thick as thieves. Close as family. 

There were even pictures. Jennie with her two prodigies and their children. 

Like her, Conseulo had only had boys, so apparently she was more than fond of Cora’s girls. 

The three women all stood tall, dressed in Edwardian finery, with white dresses with high collars. 

His hands shook as he put the picture down which had been taken for a newspaper to discuss a charity bazaar at Blenheim Palace, the home of the Duchess of Marlborough. He could see it behind them. 

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. 

A palace he could see, the palace he had been born in, while Tommy had been born on a boat, a palace, Charlotte was undoubtedly familiar with. 

He reached for the glass and drank again, but not even the strongest liquor could burn through the headache that this information caused him, a headache he shouldn’t even be having. 

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On his return to the soup kitchen, he immediately scanned the room and tried to ignore the tightening in his stomach when he saw her collecting dishes on a tray.

She looked ordinary, boring even. The kind of girl that would be overlooked in a crowd, not ugly and not beautiful, not striking in any way. A good daughter, a good sister, a good neighbour. Good, but unremarkable. 

She looked so normal and yet was anything but. 

What a mockery, Tommy thought. 

When Charlotte looked up and saw him, she smiled.

Stupid girl. 

But then again, she had no clue of guessing the war that waged in his head. 

He had searched, worked and hoped for a solution, and he had found it, so why complain?

“Good day.”, she greeted. 

Is it really?, he thought, as he watched her smile at him as if he was an old friend. 

But he wasn’t. 

He was anything but, though not yet, and even if, she couldn’t know. 

So Tommy cleared his throat and shifted on his feet. 

“How’s the hand?”, he asked.

“Very well, thank you. You did a remarkable job.”

Instead of trusting her word, he reached for her wrist and lifted it up to look for himself. 

“Seems to be healing up nicely. It might not even scar.”, he said, as his thumb traced over the healing flesh. 

“If it does, I won’t mind. It’ll only ever be little.”, she assured him. “Are you here for Mrs. Wollaston.”

No. 

“Yes. We are working out a list for care packages.”

“Like Princess Mary’s tin ones? I thought that was a wonderful campaign.”

She did try. 

He remembered the parcels from his time in France, sent to every single soldier at the front. 

Some men liked it, enjoying the idea that the Princess thought of them, but it was a poor exchange for what that Princess' father put them through. 

“Not quite.”

Charlotte looked as if she was about to say something, already taking a deep breath and lifting her hands, but then she decided against it.

“What?”, Tommy asked. 

“Never mind.”, she said quickly, trying to sway him with a smile. 

If he had been a boy her age it might have worked. But he wasn’t. 

“I do mind. Now what were you going to say?”, he asked. 

She wiped her hands on the apron and met his eyes. 

“Well, I am sure you have a very clear image in your head about what you want to do and it is your money, your donation, so I wouldn’t want to push in.”

Tommy tried very hard not to sound impatient.

“I asked ‘cause I wanted to know what you wanted to say.”

Her cheeks flushed slightly and she wrung her hands. 

“While we were a convalescent home, my sister Edith took great care of the soldier’s daily needs and wishes and she did a wonderful job of it. In fact, when Lieutenant General Strutt came, he singled her out for her excellent work.”

Tommy couldn’t care less for her reference, especially one she presented with such pride, and felt his jaw clench. 

It's. Not. Her. Fault, he tried to tell himself again and again. But that didn't make it easier. 

“I asked her and she, well, she gave me a list of the things they asked for most. I don’t know if it will be of any use at all, but I have it here.”

Once he gave his nod, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. 

As soon as his fingers touched it, he knew it was expensive, feeling the thickness of the paper. 

It was letter paper with a picture at the top of a house. But it was the writing that caught his attention. It was a neat, easily readable handwriting, small but with long, thin penstrokes that made words look like feathers. 

Tommy’s eyes scanned the list and the points on it. 

It had no hygiene products on it, so he supposed the house had taken care of that. 

But it included some sweets, chocolates, breath mints, cigarettes, which she had specified ‘each preference’, matches, writing utensils (pens, pencils, ink and erasers), playing cards or dice, but also books and further games. 

Luxuries. 

When he glanced up again he saw her expectant eyes.  

That list was as useless to him as could be, useful only as a tool to light a fire, but she didn’t know that. 

She didn’t know anything, not really. But how could she? 

No one had the power to chose which family to be born into. And despite the accident of her birth, she was trying, wasn’t she?

With all her limitations and screwed view of reality.

She was trying. 

And Tommy wished she wouldn’t. 

“Can I keep this?”, he asked. 

“Of course.”, she said, a glint of pride in her eyes. 

He let it disappear in his pocket. 

“You seem to know a lot about these things, organisations, committees, charities - championing causes and fighting plights, eh?”

She shrugged slightly.

“Well, it is all we do on a day to day basis. Apart from making calls and writing letters.”

Tommy nodded slowly, his thoughts running so fast he could barely keep up, exploring far away possabilities long before he had even decided which path to take. 

“I better get on,”, she said, shutting him down before he had prepared his phrasing, “But it was truly delightful to see you, Mr. Shelby.”

It rang around in his ear during his meeting with Mrs. Wollaston and long after that. 

~

He had poured the whisky before the skies had the chance to turn the same colour. But by now the bottle was half empty and the windows pitch black. 

Still, he hadn’t come to a decision. 

The research was piled all over this little office he had created for himself in Ada’s house. Books and files, ancient histories and newspaper clippings. 

If you want to defeat an enemy, you have to understand them. 

And so he had done everything he could to do just that, from Irene O’Donnel, Donal Henry, Campbell and Churchill.

All he had knew about them and people like them. 

He had to, to find something, anything that could help him, that he could use against them, to balance out what they held over him.

Irene O’Donnel’s boy and his irons had done the trick. 

There had been nothing for Campbell, a lonely, bitter man without family or friends, who lived for his work but didn’t respect his country enough to fight for it. 

And Churchill, he had been an enigma to him. A man like him, from a family like his, it had been almost a foregin concept to Tommy, like a language he had yet to learn and understand. May had been a good teacher. 

His head snapped up when the door knob twisted. 

“Tommy, what are you doing?”, she demanded to know. “I called you.”

He only huffed in response. 

“Didn’t you hear?”

“I was thinking.”, he muttered. 

Ada crooked her brow. 

“Thinking?”

Tommy nodded, and watched his sister’s eyes travel to the paperwork. 

“What are you thinking about?”, she wanted to know, pursing her lips. 

He had no doubt that she would have already looked through them out of curiosity. His sister was far from stupid after all. She knew something was happening, something he didn’t share with her or the others. 

“Tell me, Tom!”, she insisted. “I could help you.”

“I already know what you’d do.”, he said, leaning back in his chair. "Yep, I know exactly what you would do.”

That made her look even more confused. 

“So I don’t really need to tell you, do I?”

Her lips tightened into a thin line as she spun. On the way out she slammed the door with such force, the whisky in his glass began to tremble. 

Yes, Tommy knew exactly what Ada would do.

What he should do.

If she were like her sister, it would be easier, arrogant, snobbish, cold. But she wasn’t. She was kinder, foolish, yes, but she tried. She wanted to help and she tried her best to do it, even if she looked like the epitome of her class on all those pictures. 

But Ada was right.

These people were different. They were leeches on society, passing down power with their wealth and inheritance, as if it was their natural right to rule. 

The only thing they truly respected were themselves.

Sure, amongst themselves they were as vicious as stray street dogs fighting for scraps, but as soon as an outsider threatened them, they would close ranks faster and more efficient than a Roman legion. 

Campbell had raised the stakes and before he hadn’t hesitated to threaten his family, even Ada and little Finn. It was only natural that he had to retaliate. 

Besides, he had seen her lash out as soon as he had threatened her sister. 

Would he be doing anything different? 

Tommy had searched for something, anything, a lifeline he could hold onto to keep himself and his family from drowning in this mess, or a rope he could sling around Campbell’s neck - and now he had found it. 

Lady Charlotte Crawley, daughter of the Earl of Grantham. 

And goddaughter of the Duchess of Marlborough.

Everyone knew how fond Winston Churchill was of his cousin’s wife. 

Fuck - these people were all bound together like one endless net, every knot upheld by the other, every string tied to absorb the weight. And people like him slipped right through the gaps. 

He meant nothing to them because he wasn’t like them, just a soldier. To be used and discarded at any moment. With the cavalry just watching from above. 

Another nameless faceless weapon. Because he did not have a name that had value to them. 

Nor did his family. 

And he had to protect them. He needed something he could hold over Campbell and his minions in return, to even the scales.  

Someone like Charlotte, now that was a name they recognised, a title they respected, one that made her stand higher than Winston Churchill according to their rules.

She was one of their own. 

Her contacts, her knowledge and her loyalty would easily be more powerful than anything Campbell could throw at him. What was he, after all, compared to a Lady? A proper English Rose, the daughter of one of the richest heiresses in America and the great Earl of Grantham?

And she was so eager - to help, to please to be useful, didn’t she say just that? Something she didn’t often get a chance to. 

If he could give her that, she would be eating out of the palm in no time. 

Her friendship would be useful, there was no doubt in that, after all, his friendship with May was useful and in their world, the Carletons were small fish compared to the Crawleys both in rank, history and influence. 

Tommy reached for his glass and emptied it, his mind made up. 

Yes, she was sweet and nice, but in the end, she was like the rest of them.

And they hadn’t hesitated to use his family against him, so why should he have any qualms about using one of their own?

He knew he needed more than mere friendship, he needed security, in the case that she turned against him. 

And if her input wasn’t enough, one could only imagine all the strings the Earl of Grantham would pull in that net of theirs to keep his darling daughter from a scandal if it came down to it. 

He had been so desperate to find something and hadn't thought it could be so easy. 

Tommy never had problems when it came to women and she was a silly little girl yearning for approval so he knew it would be all too easy for him to seduce Lady Charlotte Crawley. 

End of Part 5

Part 6

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Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed and as always I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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The First Churchills - BBC Two - Septembr 27, 1969 - December 13, 1969

Period Drama (12 Episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Susan Hampshire as Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

James Villiers as King Charles II

John Westbrook as King James II

Sheila Gish as Queen Mary, wife to James II

Alan Rowe as King William III

Lisa Daniely as Queen Mary II

Margaret Tyzack as Queen Anne

Roger Mutton as Prince George of Denmark

Robert Robinson as King Louis XIV

John Standing as Sidney Godolphin

Frederick Peisley as Lord Shaftesbury

Job Stewart as Lord Shrewsbury

James Kerry as James, Duke of Monmouth

Richard Pearson as Robert Harley

Moira Redmond as Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland

Richard Warwick as Francis Godolphin

Polly Adams as Henrietta Churchill

Graham Armitage as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Colin Bean as Lord Russell

Consuela Chapman as Duchess of Portsmouth

Michael Culver as Charles Churchill

Andria Lawrence as Nell Gwyn

Michael Lynch as D'Artagnan:

Kay Patrick as Henrietta Wentworth

Arthur Pentelow as Marquess of Carmarthen

Bruce Purchase as Duke of Buckingham

John Ringham as Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

Nicholas Smith as Titus Oates

Michael Attwell as Henry St John

Jill Balcon as Abigail Masham

Freddie Wilson as James Stuart, the Old Pretender

Yvonne Antrobus as Anne Churchill

Robert Mill as Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

William Job as Adam de Cardonnel

Bernard Taylor as William Cadogan

Francis Wallis as John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

The First Churchills was the first series telecast by PBS under the title of Masterpiece Theatre from January 10, 1971 - March 28, 1971

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Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

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for the History ask game- asking for 1,3, 13, 14, 20,27, 28, 29, 30? - antebellumite

woahhhhhhh thank you for the ask!

1. Who's my fav?? CHARLES TALBOT DUKE OF SHREWSBURY!!!!

3. What is your country most infamous for in history? Well... America has uh.. there is a LOT of shit that has been done. Can't just name one. Slavery, displacement of Natives, massacres, etc.

13. random thing about random historical person(people) in random era. UH uH ujh least crazy England Restoration Era story: Charles Sackville and his pookie Charles Sedley pulled up to a balcony naked, mimicked very lewd things(i like to think they actually fucked[see: homosexual], but people think they were just 'demonstrating sex'), blasphemed😨🤓😤🥶🙏🙏, and drank a toast to king Charles with wine Sedley dipped his penis in.

14. why do I like history?? It's just... idk cuz it's like we'll never know the full story, their full person, every single detail of their life, their thoughts, who they met and who they didn't (but more importantly who they fucked and who they didn't) and I get to fill in all those blanks with either logical guesses or the craziest AU EVER??? But also because i get to learn about what made this country what made that country why is the government like this yada yada.

20. History crush? CHARLES TALBOT DUKE OF SHREWSBURY LETS GOOOO!! HE IS SO GIRLFAILURE 😤😤

27. Fav What If? I have too many but heres one: WHAT IF Frederick the Great did not get his ass saved by Petey the third. Prussia fuckin loses. what happens then?

28. DREAM TEAM?? Oh my shit theres so mANY! Honorable mentions: The Great Triumvirate and the Cabal Ministry of Charles II of England. Okay but for my favorite gangbang they don't have a definite group in the history books except they do because William of Orange's ministry or whatever: Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds, George Savile 1st Marquess of Halifax, Charles Montagu 1st Earl of Halifax, Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland, William Cavendish 1st Duke of Devonshire, Charles Talbot 1st Duke of Shrewsbury!1!!111!1, Daniel Finch 2nd Earl of Nottingham, Charles Sackville 6th Earl of Dorset, Edward Russell 1st Earl of Orford, Charles Mordaunt 3rd Earl of Peterborough, Arthur Herbert 1st Earl of Torrington, John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough, Henry Sydney 1st Earl of Romney

I know there are other fellas out there working for Orange but this is my gangbang

29. Great historical mystery im interested in???I know nothin about great historical mysteries 😭 idk man history itself is very mysterious since there's a lot we don't know.

30. Ask a question of my own hmmmm... Apart from the 21st century, which time period would you live in?

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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer (born 1979, American) 

"There Are Monsters on All Sides’: Artist Celeste Dupuy-Spencer on Why Her Epic Painting of the Capitol Riot Is Not a Simple Morality Tale. If you're on the Left, you're not meant to feel smug."Dupuy-Spencer was born in New York City in 1979. She received a BFA degree from Bard College in 2007. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Her paintings possess enormous depth and life, transforming routine moments into compelling statements, and making palpable the terror and spectacle of violence. Many layers of storytelling leap from the canvas as viewers are brought into the ecstatic and critical lenses with which Dupuy-Spencer views her subjects, which include her family and ancestral ties to New Orleans. Her work often addresses entrenched American narratives and values, taking on––often from a personal standpoint���–questions of religion, race, and privilege. 

Dupuy-Spencer began exhibiting in 2007, including collaborations with Ridykeulous Project. In 2015, her work was included in the show Queer Fantasy at Morán Morán in Los Angeles. She had solo shows at the Nino Mier Gallery in 2016 and 2018, and at the Marlborough Gallery in 2017. 

https://www.miergallery.com/artists/celeste-dupuy-spencer...

[mote-historie]

Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1845–1931), Consuelo Vanderbilt (1876–1964), Duchess of Marlborough, and Her Son, Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill (1898–1956) 1906, 

MET, NYC

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GENTLEMEN

Haris Hanggara, The Duke of Somerset

Maitreya Jumantara, The Duke of Devonshire

Petra Suhardi, The Marquess of Anglesey

Arjun Ganendra, The Marquess of Winchester

Gabriel Arsen, The Marquess of Northampton

Arsad Dirgantara, The Earl of Harrington

Felicel Emilio, The Earl of Dalkeith

Jerricho Eiser, The Earl of Spencer

Marcelino Austin, The Earl of Montgomery

Khai Sutanagara, The Viscount Lake

Abimana Endaru, Marquess of Tavistock

Dean Guthrie, Marquess of Worcester

Jonathan Rice, Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford

Manhattan Rainer, Marquess of Douro

Saddam Barradan, Marquess of Douglas and Clydedale

Aziel Reviano, Earl of Euston

Gavian Hananta, Earl of Wessex

Gian Gevariel, Viscount Lumley

Heenan Adhitama, Earl of Percy

Theodore Kastora, Viscount Grey de Wilton

Abraham Maesha, Baron Guernsey

Lord Arvin Sagara, the Son of The Duke of Rutland

Lord Auddravi Hawkhelm, the Second Son of The Duke of Devonshire

Lord Christopher Mario, the Second Son of The Duke of Somerset

Lord Eiser Nawasena, the First Son of The Duke of Marlborough

Lord Hans Finnegan, the Son of The Duke of Atholl

Lord Jan Leinz, the Son of The Duke of Argyll

Lord Marcello Antonio, The Second Son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

Lord Rifat Kenji, the Second Son of The Duke of Bedford

The Hon Sanggala Jagawana, the Third Son of The Earl of Winchilsea

LADIES

Lady Adelynn Séanne, the Daughter of The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon

Lady Aeriel Deimena, the Daughter of The Earl of Bristol

Lady Caroline Meredith, the Only Daughter of The Marquess of Exeter

Lady Cassabelle Amelyn, the Only Daughter of The Duke of Edinburgh

Lady Chelsya Dominique, the Only Daughter of The Duke of York

Lady Emmanuelle Este, the First Daughter of The Marquess of Salisbury

 Lady Gavyolé Orione, the only Daughter of The Duke of Lennox

Lady Geeta Reverie, the Daughter of The Earl of Dartmouth

Lady Isaralyn Alurea, the Daughter of The Earl of Aylesford

Lady Jovanka Kahiyang, the Only Daughter of The Marquess of Worcester

Lady Kaia Anindya, tthe Daughter of The Duke of Queensberry

Lady Kalula Priscilla, the Daughter of The Earl of Carlisle

Lady Kayana Amellie, the Daughter of The Duke of Wellington

Lady Leora Pramudita, the First Daughter of The Duke of Norfolk

Lady Meracellea dKailee, the Only Daughter of The Duke of Montrose

Lady Mirabel Rosalinda, the Second Daughter of The Earl of Arundel

Lady Namia Oliver, the Daughter of The Duke of St. Albans

Lady Natasha Josephine, the First DaughterEarl of Quartzford

Lady Sheira Anastasya, the First Daughter of The Earl of Newcastle

Lady Sierra Nafara, the Second Daughter of The Earl of Rosslyn

Lady Vivianne Eleanora, the Daughter of The Earl of Jersey

Lady Yoriel Rachiella, the Second Daughter of The Earl of Derby

Lady Ysabela Eden, the Daughter of The Duke of Northumberland

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[corallapis]

Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 7th September 1923

—

Friday 7th September

Lovely, dignified old Naworth re-echoes with the laughter of youth. We rage all day and play sardines in the evening and are generally irrepressible. All my best-loved chaps are here . . . Gage, Gerry and now Serge Obolenksy. We play tennis and golf and sometimes go to stuffy Lowther to shoot or to tea. Practical joking is on the tapis ... and once it begins it never ends until the party breaks up or someone is hurt. The romance of the party is Alice Astor, who is deeply in love with Serge. Both Dalmeny¹ and Ivor Churchill² who at different times have courted her are here too.

. . . . Gerry Wellesley one evening pompously announced his departure for dawn of next day. We bet him that he would never be up. Taking Lady Massereene³ into our confidence, we tricked him into exchanging watches with her, and not before she had deftly removed the spring from hers. He bade us farewell and went to bed. I slipped to his room and pinned a notice ‘Not to be called until 11.30’ on his door. When he awoke next day after what he thought an interminable night he found a doctor (whom we had sent) at his bedside. He was furious as it was luncheon before he dressed. Ten happy days have passed in riotous fun and Serge and I leave tomorrow for Scotland . . . .

—

Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose (1882-1974), by courtesy Lord Dalmeny until 1929, when he succeeded his father as 6th Earl of Rosebery.

Lord Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill (1898-1956), younger son of the 9th Duke of Marlborough and cousin of Winston Churchill.

Jean Barbara Ainsworth (1883-1937), married in 1905 Algernon William John Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Skeffington (1873-1956), 12th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard.