Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey (31 page)

A photo of the Earl of Carnarvon taken shortly before his trip to Egypt in 1922.
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A portrait of the Earl of Carnarvon, currently displayed in the saloon at Highclere.

The Earl of Carnarvon relaxing in Egypt, 1923.
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The Earl of Carnarvon with Lady Almina at Ascot, 1923.
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The Earl of Carnarvon, his daughter Evelyn, and Howard Carter, meeting with H.E. Mudirt Jehir Bey, in Luxor, shortly before the opening of the tomb.

General Edmund Allenby, High Commissioner in Egypt, with his wife, Lady Adelaide, and the 5th Earl of Carnarvon.
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Howard Carter and the Earl of Carnarvon at the opening of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, 1922.

Standing on the steps leading to the doorway of Tutankhamun’s tomb, December 1922. Lady Evelyn is standing with her father, along with Howard Carter and his assistant. Evelyn accompanied her father to Egypt often and was there when the tomb was first opened.
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Lord Carnarvon photographed working on the summit of Beacon Hill, shortly before he died. Coincidentally, this was where he was buried.
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The widowed 5th Countess of Carnarvon keeping vigil on Beacon Hill after the funeral of the 5th Earl, on the 30th April, 1923. She remained there until evening.

The 5th Earl of Carnarvon’s faithful dog, Susie. She is famously said to have howled and dropped down dead at 2am on the morning that her master died.

The Pall Mall Gazette’s front page from the 5th April 1923, announcing Lord Carnarvon’s death.

The 5th Earl’s death certificate. It mistakenly lists his date of birth as the 22nd June 1865. He was actually born on the 26th June 1866.
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