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LADY ALBERT CONYNGHAM.

DIED IN 1841.

The Hon. Henrietta Forester, married to Lord Albert Conyngham, afterwards Lord Londesborough, as his first wife.

QUEEN VICTORIA INVESTING THE SULTAN WITH THE ORDER OF THE GARTER ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT.

This picture was painted by permission of the Queen for Lord Bradford, who as Lord Chamberlain assisted at the ceremony. Mr. Thomas painted the same subject in a large picture for the Queen, and he died before he had finished this replica.

The Queen wished to confer the Order of the Garter upon the Sultan without any previous notice, and the Lord