There must have been some compelling reason for Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, to believe that the tiara belonged to Marie Antoinette as I strongly suspect that he was not the gullible type.
It would be interesting to know how and when it entered his collection and when he gave it to his daughter, Margaret.
As I mentioned earlier, it is not listed as one of the wedding gifts to his daughter. Nor is it likely to have passed to her at his death -- but some time beforehand.
Report of the will of Baron Revelstoke. The sensible man had everything tied up in trusts so, without access to the Spencer or Revelstoke archives, we are unlikely to discover much more.
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