Biography

Eva Carrington, the stage name of Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler, was born before 12 June 1887 in London, Middlesex, England, and died there on 25 January 1979. She was the daughter of Walter Robert Chandler (later Carrington) and his wife Louisa Brown.

Evelyn was an actress, model and sometime peeress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Carrington

Carrington was born Evelyn Chandler in London, the daughter of Anglo-Irish Walter Robert Chandler, a messenger and hall porter at the Walsingham House Hotel, Piccadilly, sometime orderly room clerk to Colonel Fred Burnaby. Her mother, Louisa, was a theatre attendant. By 1891, the family were using "Carrington" as their surname.[1][4][5]

Her sister, Gladys Winifred Carrington Chandler, married Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Christopher Humphrey Tancred (1888-1972), grandson of Sir Thomas Tancred, 7th Baronet, a philanthropist and early colonist of Canterbury, New Zealand; their son was the actor Anthony Tancred (1930-1995).[6]

Modelling career

Eva was a model for the artist James Whistler between 1898 and 1902. She posed for a number of Whistler's paintings and drawings, e.g. "A dancing woman in a pink robe, seen from the back", "The Tambourine","Eva and Gladys Carrington seated on a sofa" and "The Bead Stringers" .

Stage career

Eva became a renowned actress during the Edwardian period. A famous role was as one of the “Gibson Girls” in the British theatre performance of "The Catch of the Season."

Marriages

Eva married Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford, in February 1906. She adopted the title Lady de Clifford. This marriage, of a commoner and showgirl to a senior peer, created a scandal at the time.[13]

Following her first husband's death, she married Captain Arthur Roy Stock of Glenapp Castle, Ayrshire, in 1913; he died in 1915.[14] In 1922, Eva married George Vernon Tate, grandson of the founder of the Tate Gallery.[15]

She had several children, and the only son, the eldest child, Edward Southwell Russell, succeeded to the de Clifford barony.[3] A colour photographic portrait of her and her four daughters by Yevonde taken in 1932 is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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Children of Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler and Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Lord de Clifford:

1. Lt.-Col. Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Lord de Clifford+1 b. 31 Jan 1907, d. 3 Jan 1982
2. Hon. Diana Katharine Russell b. 28 Feb 1909, d. 16 Mar 1978

Child of Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler and Arthur Boy Stock:

1. Evelyn Mary Patricia Stock b. 21 Sep 1915 d. 29 Dec 1983

Children of Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler and George Vernon Tate:

1. Pamela Aloysia Tate b. 1923, d. 6 Jun 2021
2. Virginia Ann Tate b. 1931, d. b 1999

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Eva Carrington (Evelyn Victoria Anne, Lady de Clifford (née Chandler, later Mrs Tate)) (1887-1979), Actress and model; former wife of 25th Baron de Clifford and Arthur Stock and wife of George Vernon Tate; daughter of Walter Robert Chandler.

The Washington Herald Apr 5 1908 • Washington, District of Columbia, United States link

When handsome Eva Carrington won the dashing young Lord de Clifford she was not quite nineteen - at least, so declared the many articles written about her and was one of the most famous of the many Gibson girls then on the stage. That she was not consumed by eagerness to enter the social' realms to which her new title was to prove the open sesame, was shown by the fact that she gladly consented to a six months' honeymoon in Abyssinia. When she returned home to assume the many social duties awaiting her, she speedily developed into a model country grande dame. Evelyn Victoria Chandler - that was her real name met John Southwell Russell, Lord de Clifford, at a little dinner in Dublin, and the two were victims of a bad case of love at first sight. The wedding took place February 16, 1906, Lord de Clifford will not settle down as a model Irish landlord, perhaps, for a number of years. The spirit of" wanderlust " is in his blood: he is a great traveler, and his wife is no less enthusiastic in that direction. During her residence on Lord de Clifford's Irish estate the former Bctress has become an expert rider to hounds,

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“Mrs Vernon Tate and daughters by Madame Yevonde”< link >

Mrs Vernon Tate and her four daughters by Madame Yevonde. She was formerly Evelyn Victoria Anne Chandler (c.1887-1979), the wife of George Vernon Tate. On the right is the Hon. Diana Russell (1909-1978), daughter of the late 25th Lord de Clifford, Mrs Tates first husband. On the left is Miss Cynthia Stock [sic: Patricia], daughter of the late Captain Arthur Stock, Mrs Tates second husband. In front are the two younger daughters, Miss Pamela Tate and Miss Virginia Tate. Date: 1932

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MRS. RAOUL T. LLOYD-DOLBEY. Patricia Stock's mother, Mrs. Vernon Tate, was one of the original "Gibson Girls," but when Miss Stock married she went all the day back to medieval times for inspiration for the charming wedding frock she is seen wearing. She became the bride of Raoul T. Lloyd-Dolbey at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge on March 26. [1936]

Source: < newspapers.com >

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References

1. Evelyn Victoria Ann Chandler in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 < AncestrySharing > Name Evelyn Victoria Ann Chandler Gender Female Baptism Date 12 Jun 1887 Baptism Place Kennington, Surrey, England Father Walter Robert Chandler Mother Louisa Chandler FHL Film Number 375292
2. 1891 England Census for Eveline Victoria Anna [Carrington] < AncestryImage > Evelyn Victoria Anna, age 3, daughter of Walter Rbt Carrington & Louisa Carrington. Birth place: Kennington, London, England Civil Parish: St. Anne. Residence Place: Westminster, St Anne, London, England. Father’s occupation: messenger & hall porter. Mother’s occupation: attendant at the theatre.
3. The Catch of the Season is an Edwardian musical comedy by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by Herbert Haines and Evelyn Baker and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor, based on the fairy tale Cinderella. A debutante is engaged to a young aristocrat but loves a page.
4. "Baron and Actress" Newspapers.com. The Perthshire Advertiser, etc., February 19, 1906. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-perthshire-advertiser-etc-ba.... “ BARON AND ACTRESS. THE wedding of Miss Eva Carrington of the Vaudeville and Aldwych Theatres, London, to Lord de Clifford of Dalgan Park, Shrule, Taam, will take place at St Margaret's, Westminster, to-day. The news of the engagement has been kept close secret from all but intimate friends, the "'London News' of Friday being the first to give any intimation of the approaching event. The bride is a tall brunette of fascinating personality, and has been with Mr Seymour Hick's Companies since she was 14, some seven years ago, and was one of the bevy of "Gibson Girls" in the "Catch of the Season" at the Vaudeville. Lord de Clifford, who is a typical specimen of the young military officer, tall and finely set up, was formerly lieutenant in the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry, and has more recently been in command of detachment at Cairo. …”
5. PEER WEDS A SHOW GIRL. - Lord De Clifford Bears One of the Oldest of English Titles. - Front Page". The New York Times. 17 February 1906. < link > retrieved 16 April 2025.
6. "Actresses Who Have Made Notable Marriages" Munsey's Magazine (January 1909): 549. Author Bassano, London < Archive.Org > “Carrington — her real name, I believe, was Evelyn Chandler — is only a baroness, but her husband, Lord de Clifford, bears one of the very oldest English titles — one of the few that date from the thirteenth century.”
7. "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7QX-9BN2 : Fri Mar 08 14:18:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Jack Southwell De Clifford and Laurence Caird, 11 December 1909. Beneficiary's Name Evelyn Victoria Ann De Clifford.
8. National Portrait Gallery. Eva Carrington (Evelyn Victoria Anne, Lady de Clifford (née Chandler, later Mrs Tate)) (1887-1979), Actress and model; former wife of 25th Baron de Clifford and of Arthur Stock, and later wife of George Vernon Tate; daughter of Walter Robert Chandler. Sitter in 12 portraits.< link >
9. Mary Evans Picture Gallery. “Mrs Vernon Tate and daughters by Madame Yevonde.” (1932) < link >
10. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 3, 1936, Page 6, via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-gibson-g... : (accessed April 16, 2025), clip page for ““Gibson Girl’s” daughter weds.”
11. Evening Standard, January 7, 1956, page 19, via Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-1956-estate-of-... : accessed April 16, 2025), clip page for “Sugar chief Vernon Tate leaves £ 284,000”
12. Evelyn Victoria Ann Tate in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 < AncestrySharing > Name Evelyn Victoria Ann Tate Death Date 25 Jan 1979 Death Place London Probate Date 15 Mar 1979 Probate Registry London
13. WikiTree contributors, "Evelyn Victoria Ann (Chandler) Tate (1887-1979)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chandler-5297 : accessed 16 April 2025).
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