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Tomorrow marks the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Dame Margaret Greville, the Hon Mrs Greville The illegitimate daughter of a brewery millionaire, she married the son of a Baron, and became a noted Society Hostess, from her magnificent home at Polesden Lacey, getting close to the Queen Mother, to whom she left her enormous Jewellery Collection, which we are rounding up today!
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Greville Tiara
Origin: Commissioned by Dame Margaret Greville at Boucheron in Paris in 1921, later altered by the Queen Mother in 1953
Notable Appearances: Royal Visit to Paris in 1938, Tour of South Africa in 1947, numerous Galas and Official Portraits, the Japanese State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in 1971, the Wedding Gala of the Prince of Wales in 1981, the Ghillies Ball at Balmoral in 1991, the CHOGM Banquet in Uganda in 2007, at Queen Be