Person    | Female  Born 13/10/1853  Died 12/2/1929

Lillie Langtry

Categories: Theatre

Countries: Monaco, USA

Actress. Born as Emilie Charlotte Le Breton at St Saviour's rectory, Jersey. She married Edward Langtry in 1874 and they moved to England, where they became established in London society. She had affairs with Albert, Prince of Wales, (the future King Edward VII) and Prince Louis of Battenberg (father of Earl Mountbatten of Burma) with whom she had a child (not the Earl). Unsurprisingly her marriage broke up and she embarked on a highly successful career as an actress. touring extensively in America where she owned a ranch. Died in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Both plaques have her birth year as 1852 but the ODNB has 1853.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lillie Langtry

Commemorated ati

Lillie Langtry - Pont Street

Lillie Langtry, 1852-1929, actress, lived here. Greater London Council

Read More

Lillie Langtry - Wilton Place

Lillie Langtry, 1852-1929, actress, lived here.

Read More

Rules Restaurant 1

The English Heritage listing does indeed say "Benjamin  Rule" but we are assu...

Read More

Rules Restaurant 2

Rules®. London's oldest restaurant. In the year Napoleon opened his campaign ...

Read More

Other Subjects

Fortune Theatre - EC1

Fortune Theatre - EC1

Knowledge of London says: "One of the earliest theatres, the Fortune Theatre . . . was first opened in 1600 by Philip Henslowe and Edward Allen {Alleyn}. It burnt down in 1621 and was rebuilt soon ...

Building, Theatre

2 memorials
Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Film and theatre director, critic and writer, ‘This sporting Life', ‘If', ‘The Whales of August', awarded the 1955 Oscar for Best Documentary Short. Born India, died France.

Person, Cinema, Theatre, France, India

1 memorial
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE

Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE

Theatre manager. Born Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Grand-daughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte. Became her father's heir at the age of 24 on the death of her brother in a motoring accident. She took an a...

Person, Commerce, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Pollock's toy theatre shop

Pollock's toy theatre shop

This was started by John Redington, selling printed sheets of characters and scenery for toy theatres. He ran it until his death when his family took over. 1877 his daughter Eliza married Benjamin ...

Building, Children, Commerce, Theatre

1 memorial
James Burbage

James Burbage

Actor, theatre builder and manager. Built The Theatre in Curtain Road.

Person, Theatre

1 memorial