Beschreibung:

Parliamentary Robe. A fur-trimmed robe worn by Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan (1911-1988), Wilkinson & Son, 1950s, red wool robe with a wide miniver collar, applied with three bands of miniver and wide gold oak-leaf braid, latter rubbed and tarnished in places (reused from an earlier robe?), cream silk shoulder bows (one detached), black silk ties to neck and left shoulder, lined with ivory silk taffeta (some minor staining and a few short splits), purple ink stamp at nape 'Wilkinson & Son, late John Hunter Tailors & Robe Makers To Her Majesty, 34, Maddox Street, Regent Street, London', length at front 135 cm (53.25 ins), and at back 180 cm (71 ins), contained in a red wool bag, marked and with a few tiny holes, with twisted tasselled drawstring to top, and matching tassels to lower corners, the ivory silk lining with ink stamp as before, and maker's printed label sewn to front of bag, with manuscript label stitched below 'Earl of Cavan KP GCMG', 66.5 x 59 cm (26.25 x 23.25 ins), together with: Invitation Letter to Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, 1953, a printed letter of invitation to Michael Edward Oliver to attend the coronation, signed by Queen Elizabeth II to upper right corner, and by the Duke of Norfolk to lower right, the recipient's name written in calligraphic ink lower left, 1 gilt edged leaf (33 x 20 cm/13 x 8 ins), contained in original envelope stamped 'Earl Marshall's Office', and 2 other items of ephemera related: an 8pp. booklet 'The Earl Marshal's Orders Concerning Robes and Dress to be worn by Peers & Peeresses attending the solemnity of The Coronation of Her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey'; and a printed letter with armorial letterhead of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, thanking Lady Ellen Lambert (sister of the 12th Earl of Cavan) for her service to the country in 1939 (Quantity: 4) Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan (1911-1988), succeeded his father to the earldom in 1950. He was educated at Radley College, in Oxfordshire, and was commanding officer of the Shropshire Yeomanry between 1955 and 1958. He married Essex Lucy Cholmondeley, daughter of Henry Arthur Cholmondeley and Helen Mary Wrigley, on 10th April 1947. He had no sons, so on his death the title passed to a distant cousin, Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th Earl of Cavan. One of Michael Lambert's first cousins - the daughter of his uncle the 10th earl - was Lady Elizabeth Mary Longman née Lambert, who was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and one of her eight bridesmaids. Wilkinson & Son made the opulent coat of gold silk, or supertunica, worn by King Charles III at his Coronation; it was made for the Coronation of King George V in 1911, and was subsequently worn by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Wilkinson & Son also made the Sword Belt worn by King Charles which was made for his grandfather, King George VI, in 1937.