{"product_id":"antique-british-royal-invitation-baron-knightly-prince-leopold-wedding-luncheon","title":"Antique British Royal Invitation Baron Knightly Prince Leopold Wedding Luncheon","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eBibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c0\" style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 18.66670036315918px; background-color: rgb(245, 240, 240);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFine and rare antique invitation from the Lord Steward on behalf of Queen Victoria to the Tory politician Sir Rainald Knightley (1819-1895), and his wife Louisa Mary nee Bowater (1842-1913), to the Luncheon at Windsor \u003c\/font\u003eCastle\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e following the marriage of her haemophiliac son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), to Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861-1922), dated 27th April 1882. British Museum green stamp \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e reverse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003eBorn on Lower Grosvenor Street in London Louisa was the daughter of General Edward Bowater and Emilia Mary Barne. She was educated at home and kept a diary from the age of fourteen. The family were close to the British Royal Family, and Louisa was a Lady-in-Waiting at the marriage of Prince Leopold. In 1869, she married Knightley twenty-three years her senior.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px;\"\u003eKnightley devoted much of her time to the church, serving as a national vice-president and the Peterborough diocese president of the Girls' Friendly Society. She was also interested in politics, and when the Primrose League was established in 1883, she soon joined, and from 1885 until 1907, she served on its Ladies' Grand Council. In line with the organisation's aims, she was very active in mobilising women in support of the Conservative Party, and was credited with saving Rainald's seat in the 1885 and 1886 general elections. The experience of involvement in an election campaign without being able to vote convinced her of the case for women's suffrage. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-odnb_1-1\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.199999809265137px;\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px;\"\u003eProbably due to Louisa's lobbying, Rainald was created Baron Knightley in 1892. Rainald died in 1895, and Louisa thereafter devoted more of her time to women's rights. She was a founder member of the National Union of Women Workers, serving as a vice-president from 1906, also serving on the committee of the Freedom of Labour Defence League, and as president of the Northamptonshire Society for Promoting the Return of Women as Poor Law Guardians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#333333\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003eSize: 17.5 x 13 cm approx\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: center;\"\u003ePhotos\nform part of the description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:\nauto;text-align:center\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u0026lt;\/\u0026lt;\/\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal:\u003c\/strong\u003e Queen Victoria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Commemorate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wedding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Invitations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyalty:\u003c\/strong\u003e UK Royalty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1882\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e British Royal Court\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheme:\u003c\/strong\u003e Royalty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Antique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of Origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bibelots London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54571946213714,"sku":"377476165735","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9735\/0482\/files\/57_2b961c48-8941-4e03-a301-a3cc135f5b30.jpg?v=1788725360","url":"https:\/\/bibelotslondon.com\/products\/antique-british-royal-invitation-baron-knightly-prince-leopold-wedding-luncheon","provider":"Bibelots London","version":"1.0","type":"link"}