Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-081-001
This album consists of photographs documenting the wedding of Kathleen Kennedy and William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, on May 6, 1944. Photographs in this album show the couple immediately before and after the civil ceremony that was held at the Register Office, Chelsea Town Hall, on King's Road in London, England. Also with the couple are Kathleen’s brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (wearing his United States Navy "Class A" dress uniform); Billy Hartington’s parents, Sir Edward and Lady Mary Cavendish, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire; and others who are unidentified. Of note are photographic postcards of views of Compton Place, the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. This photograph album contains 15 photographic prints and two photographic postcards.