Picture Gallery
Almina's Great
Benefactor
Baron
Alfred
de Rothschild
1842-1918
A member of the fabulously rich Rothschild banking dynasty.
A close friend of Almina's mother, Marie Wombwell, and a generous benefactor to both Almina and
George Herbert, Lord Carnarvon.
On the marriage of Almina and George in 1895 Alfred made a settlement upon them of upwards of £300,000.
When Alfred died in 1918 his principal heir was Almina, Countess of Carnarvon.
Almina's Husbands
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert
The 5th Earl of Carnarvon
1866-1923.
Co-discoverer with Howard Carter
of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
Died Egypt 1923
1st husband of Almina, from 1895 until 1923.
Below : Photograph of Lt Colonel Ian Onslow Dennistoun 1879-1938, second husband of Almina, Countess of Carnarvon.
