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<\/a>Main Stairs – Leixlip Castle Ground Plan Leixlip Castle Main Stairs<\/p><\/div> Main Stairs in Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Main Stairs in Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Main Stairs in Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Leixlip Castle Main Stairs Window from outside<\/p><\/div> Under the Leixlip Castle Main Stairs<\/p><\/div> Leixlip Castle Main Stairs<\/p><\/div> Leixlip Castle Main Stairs<\/p><\/div> From Main Stairs to Hallway at Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Hall – Leixlip Castle Ground Plan Shell Chair, Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Shell Chair, Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div>The shell chair looks like one from this photo from Advantage In Vintage Blog.<\/p>\n Fashion photographer obsessions: Tim Walker<\/strong> Hallway of Leixlip Castle<\/p><\/div> Leixlip Castle Hallway<\/p><\/div> Diana Mitford, Desmond Guinness\u2019 mother Diana Mitford, Desmond Guinness\u2019 mother Diana Mitford was one of the controversial Mitford sisters. Raised in an upper-class family, the six stylish sisters shocked society with their provocative political and social views and at times scandalous lifestyles.<\/p>\n Diana Mitford was secretly engaged to Bryan Walter Guinness, one of the heirs to the Guinness Beer fortune, when she was 18. Although her family initially resisted, they hosted the wedding of the year in 1929. They shared a fortune in income and were known for hosting extravagant bohemian society parties. Their circle, the \u201cBright Young Things\u201d were known for drinking, drug experimentation and masquerades. Think the De Momerie crowd in the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy Sayers.<\/p>\n The book with the green cover is about Diana Mitford\u2019s sister Nancy. The drawing on that cover is also by William Acton.<\/p>\n
\nThe entire Ground Plan is on the Leixlip Castle Page.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>
\nThe entire Ground Plan is on the Leixlip Castle Page.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/a>
\n“Three Guinness heirs (seated) in the Blue Room of Leixlip Castle, their ancestral home, in County Kildare, Ireland\u2014Tom Guinness, Jasmine Guinness, and Violet Ogden\u2014flanked by family friends and neighbors Georgina O\u2019Hagan and Poppy Lloyd. ”
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\nPortrait by William Acton<\/p><\/div><\/a>
\nPortrait by William Acton<\/p><\/div>The painting and the cover of the book are of Diana Mitford, Desmond Guinness\u2019 mother.<\/p>\n