DLA123-0130 Transcription
The Lord Chamberlain is
commanded by Their Majesties[1] to invite
Mr & Mrs Laszlo
to a State Ball on
Friday the 16th of July 1909 at 10.30 o’clock.[2]
Buckingham Palace
Full Dress
[Page 2]
with the Lord Chamberlain’s Compliments
Editorial Note:
Charles Robert Spencer, 1st Viscount Althorp, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922); Lord Chamberlain from 1905 to 1912
HJ
03/12/2019
[1] King Edward VII of Great Britain (1841-1910) [7705]; Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, née Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) [7707]
[2] This was the second State Ball of the season. As recorded in the press, about 2000 invitations were issued, and 1700 were present by Their Majesties’ command (see, for example, ‘State Ball at Buckingham Palace’, The Irish Times, 17 July 1909, p. 8).