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1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks

1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks. Photo by Mark Shaw. 1959

Photo by Mark Shaw. 1959. 1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks

1960s London beauty Henrietta Tiarks
Once, among the vintage photos of the 1950s, I came across the image of a beautiful lady, whose waist was fantastically thin. Whether it was a corset, or a matter constitution, there was something else, that didn’t let me pass by. It was her touchingly beautiful appearance reminiscent of Jacqueline Kennedy, that can hardly be found these days – the embodiment of femininity, gentility, elegance, doll-like, but natural face. She looks at us with raised eyebrows and eyes wide opened, and this kind and clever look is from the distant 1959. Henrietta Joan Tiarks was one of the most popular London beauties at the time.

1932 photo - English actress Joan Barry, born Ina Florence Marshman Bell (5 November 1903 - 10 April 1989)

1932 photo – English actress Joan Barry, born Ina Florence Marshman Bell (5 November 1903 – 10 April 1989)

Henrietta took much after her mother – beautiful English actress Joan Barry, born Ina Florence Marshman Bell (5 November 1903 – 10 April 1989). Joan Barry starred in early Alfred Hitchcock thriller Blackmail (1929) and in his “Rich and Strange” (1931) two years later. She retired from the screen because of her marriage. Joan Barry married Henry Frederick Tiarks III on 3 October 1936 and had lived with him for 53 years, until her death in 1989.

Henrietta Tiarks herself nearly became an actress too, she was invited to audition, but … her groom, whom she was going to marry, said that they certainly would not be able to get married. Robin Russell had the title of Marquess of Tavistock, and after his father’s death he was to become the 14th Duke of Bedford (which happened in 2002, he survived his father only for a year). In marriage they had three sons – Andrew Ian Henry Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford (b. 30 March 1962), Lord Robin Loel Hastings Russell (b. 12 August 1963), Lord James Edward Herbrand Russell (b. 11 February 1975). Robin Russell died on 13 June 2003, aged 63.

Having become Marchioness of Tavistock, she has dedicated herself to managing the affairs of the estate (by her own admission, the first year she was afraid to go out of her rooms – not even trying to manage a huge farm). She was breeding horses. As a widow, she lives in Woburn Abbey with her eldest son and his wife.

In a recent interview she said: “I have still preserved some beautiful ball gowns, but they hang in the closet – no one gives balls. I do not put on a tiara for 25 years. Times have changed. The aristocracy is no longer needed.”

London beauty Henrietta Tiarks

17-year-old Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford. 1957

17-year-old Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford. 1957

Portrait of heiress Henrietta Tiarks, smiling as she leaves her home to attend her coming-out party at Buckingham Palace, London, April 3rd 1957

Portrait of heiress Henrietta Tiarks, smiling as she leaves her home to attend her coming-out party at Buckingham Palace, London, April 3rd 1957. Gettyimages

1957 photo of Henrietta Joan Tiarks

1957 photo of Henrietta Joan Tiarks

Tiarks in 1957

Tiarks in 1957

Tiarks in 1957

Vintage beauty Henrietta Joan Tiarks, 1957

1961 Life

1961 Life Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford in a wedding dress

Duchess of Bedford in a beautiful wedding dress, 1961

Duchess of Bedford in a beautiful wedding dress, 1961

Duchess of Bedford in a beautiful wedding dress, 1961

Tiarks Duchess of Bedford in a wedding dress, 1961

Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford, 1961

Wedding day, Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford, 1961

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Stunningly beautiful Henrietta Tiarks Duchess of Bedford. 1957

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Richard Avedon. Henrietta Joan Tiarks

La Tour d'Argent 1959

La Tour d’Argent restaurant, 1959 photo of Henrietta Tiarks by Mark Shaw

for Vanity Fair 1960

Fashion photo Tiarks for Vanity Fair 1960

Jules Francois Crahay. Mark Shaw. fashion house Nina Ricci in Paris, 1959

Jules Francois Crahay. Mark Shaw. fashion house Nina Ricci in Paris, 1959

Vanity Fair 1960

Vanity Fair 1960

Henrietta Joan Tiarks

1960 photo of Henrietta Tiarks

Henrietta Joan Tiarks

Horse breeder, Henrietta Joan Tiarks

with children, 1970

with children, 1970

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