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Windsor-Clive emerald earrings Posted by mauriz on September 22, 2021, 6:38 pm Lady India Windsor-Clive, daughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth, married Sam Cooper last weekend. The bride is the granddaughter of Caroline Helen Rice, 3rd Countess of Plymouth, herself the granddaughter of Grace Elvina Hinds, second wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. (See a previous discussion of her jewels here) Lady India did not sport a tiara at her wedding, but she did wear the large emerald earrings worn by her grandmother Caroline at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The upper part may have been altered.

Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings Posted by Beth on September 22, 2021, 7:35 pm, in reply to "Windsor-Clive emerald earrings" What a marvellous find Mauriz!! I think you are spot on about the stud section having been changed; the diamond studs, as worn by the bride, look considerably smaller. Do you know if these are Plymouth heirlooms or if they entered the family via Grace, Marchioness of Curzon?

Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings Posted by mauriz on September 23, 2021, 4:17 am, in reply to "Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings" I’ve no idea, but I suppose there would be images of Lady Curzon wearing the emerald earrings if they had been hers. They are more significant than most of the earrings she was photographed or painted with, and she certainly loved prestigious jewellery too much not to have wanted to show off such grand gems. But then I have also never seen a picture of a previous Countess of Plymouth (nor of a Countess of Wemyss or Lady Elcho – Caroline Helen Rice’s mother-in-law was Lady Irene Corona Charteris, daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss) showing these emerald earrings.

Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings Posted by Beth on September 24, 2021, 6:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings" I think you are correct Mauriz. I am trying to sort out the very little evidence I can find, but it would appear that the emeralds did not enter the family with Grace Curzon's descendant, but well before then. I'll see if I can narrow down the time frame. But, I may not have much luck, as information on the Plymouth jewels is sparse.

Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings Posted by Dave on September 24, 2021, 3:24 pm, in reply to "Windsor-Clive emerald earrings" Nice. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Lady India Windsor-Clive, daughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth, married Sam Cooper last weekend. The bride is the granddaughter of Caroline Helen Rice, 3rd Countess of Plymouth, herself the granddaughter of Grace Elvina Hinds, second wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. (See a previous discussion of her jewels here ) Lady India did not sport a tiara at her wedding, but she did wear the large emerald earrings worn by her grandmother Caroline at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The upper part may have been altered.

Plymouth emeralds Posted by Beth on September 26, 2021, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Windsor-Clive emerald earrings" According to the press the Countess of Plymouth wore an emerald tiara, necklace and earrings to the Coronation in 1953. The earliest reports I have found of emeralds in the Plymouth family relate to Irene, Countess of Plymouth. If I have understood correctly she was the mother-n-law of Caroline Rice, Countess of Plymouth. The earliest mention of the emeralds come from the published lists of the wedding presents given to Lady Irene Charteris in 1921. She received 2 separate tiaras, one from the groom's grandmother, Walburga, Lady Paget and the other from Sir Reg and Lady Paget. I haven't found sufficient evidence to state definitely that the tiara worn by Caroline, Countess of Plymouth at the 1953 coronation is the one given to Lady Irene as a wedding gift; however, Irene, Countess of Plymouth was photographed wearing the tiara in the 1930s.

Re: Plymouth emeralds Posted by mauriz on September 27, 2021, 7:14 am, in reply to "Plymouth emeralds" Thank you, Beth, particularly for the pictures of Irene, Countess of Plymouth wearing her emerald tiara. The Getty photo of her son and daughter-in-law at the coronation in 1953, so blurry in the area of the tiara, has always left me a little doubtful as to whether Caroline, Countess of Plymouth might not, after all, have been wearing a tiara belonging to her grandmother Lady Curzon. That has now been clarified.

Re: Plymouth emeralds Posted by Beth on September 27, 2021, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Plymouth emeralds" And you were correct Mauriz. The elaborate emerald earrings worn by Lady Charlotte did not come from Grace Curzon. We can see Irene, Countess of Plymouth wearing them before her son's wedding to Caroline Rice.

Re: Plymouth emeralds Posted by mauriz on September 28, 2021, 5:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Plymouth emeralds" Your ability to come up with photo evidence never ceases to amaze me.

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