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  Up the great staircase trooped the 2,500 guests, resplendent in tiaras and jewels or white tie and tails, to be greeted by their
  hostess, the Marchioness of Londonderry, glamorous in a clinging black satin Paris dress.
  Either side of her impressive cleavage gleamed great swathes of diamonds.
  Round her neck hung a heavy row of pearls that fell
  below her waist. On her head was the largest of the Londonderry tiaras, so big it was known in the
  family as ‘the fender'.
  
  
  
  
  Pale rays illuminate the top-lit gallery of Londonderry house
  
  Beside her stood her handsome husband Charles,
  the seventh Marquess of Londonderry, and the Prime Minister, Lloyd George.
  That November night in 1919 was Edith Londonderry's first Eve of Parliament reception, a tradition that continued for 20-odd
  years.
  
  
  
  
  The Marchioness of Londonderry wears ‘the fender' to greet guests,
  1934
  
  Londonderry House, like many of London's great houses, was built for entertaining.
  
  In the 18th and 19th centuries, most aristocrats and others who lived on their estates for much of the year had a town house to which they migrated for
  ‘the Season' - those summer months filled with balls
  and parties, when débutantes were presented at court and launched into ‘society' in the hope
  of making a splendid marriage.
  
  
  
  
  The ballroom, Devonshire House
  
  These houses were as magnificent as their owners could manage.
  
  Built and decorated by the most talented of the age,
  they were sumptuously furnished - walls were hung
  with silk, damask and wonderful paintings - and often embellished with marble statuary.
  
  The mustard-yellow drawing rooms of Londonderry House were
  filled with blue Sèvres vases and gold plate; in the entrance hall
  stood a Canova statue of Theseus and the Minotaur (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum).
  Suites of rooms, with a ballroom at one end, could be flung open for entertaining.
  
  
  
  
  
  Georgiana Cavendish (1757-1806), a lover of gambling -
  and threesomes
  
  Today most of these palatial mansions have been pulled down or turned into blocks of flats.
  With their disappearance went their furnishings, objets and paintings.
  But what their wonderful rooms looked like can be
  seen in London: Lost Interiors, a book compiled from superb black-and-white photographs of these amazing houses, some
  of which belonged to aristocratic landowners, others to plutocrats or society
  figures.
  
  
  
  
  The drawing room, Grosvenor House
  
  Most of the townhouses - those used for the Season rather than permanent residences
  - were clustered round Park Lane, Mayfair or on Piccadilly, like Devonshire House.
  Here once lived the fifth Duke of Devonshire and his wife Georgiana (pronounced jaw-janer), whom he had married in 1774 when she was just 17.
  
  She was a celebrated beauty who quickly became a
  leader of fashion, famous for her towering hairstyles
  three feet high, decorated with birds, fruit, even ships in sail.
  
  The couple spent 20 years in a ménage à trois with Lady Elizabeth Foster, Georgiana's
  close friend, who was also the Duke's mistress.
  Meanwhile, Georgiana's gambling led to mounting debts:
  on her death in 1806 they were found to be the equivalent of £4
  million in today's money.
  
  
  
  
  The rich, restless second Duke of Westminster, AKA Bendor, in his 20s
  
  Another Park Lane mansion was Grosvenor House, belonging to the dukes of Westminster and one of the largest
  in London, as befitted the family's status and wealth (their huge fortune came from their ownership of Mayfair).
  
  Bendor, the blond and handsome second duke (1879-1953)
  was known as one of the richest men in England, lavishing jewels on his mistresses, chief among whom was Coco Chanel.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The picture gallery, Grosvenor House
  
  A restless soul, Bendor would arrive without warning at any
  of his houses (or yachts). All were kept ready: cars fuelled, silver polished, servants in livery.
  But after the First World War, during which Grosvenor House had been requisitioned as a hospital, land prices had risen so high that even for Bendor it had become
  uneconomic and he sold it. It was demolished in 1927 and the Grosvenor House Hotel
  was built on the site.
  
  
  
  
  Designer Oliver Messel, Devonshire House, 1934
  
  At the other end of the scale was 8 Pelham Place, the South Kensington home of Cecil Beaton from 1940 to 1975.
  
  Superbly furnished by this brilliant photographer, it was
  described loftily by the diarist Chips Channon (for whom the word ‘snob' could have
  been invented - in his diaries he declares, ‘I am only really happy with royalty')
  as ‘a tiny but super-attractive snuffbox of a house'. Beaton, himself no social slouch, ran him close: at his parties the women often wore stiletto heels,
  which pitted the floor, and later he would point them out, saying, ‘That's Princess Marina, that's Julie Andrews, that's
  Vivien Leigh…'
  
  
  
  
  French furnishings at 8 Pelham Place, the South Kensington home of Cecil Beaton
  
  Beaton's near neighbour in Pelham Place, until the mid-60s,
  was the great stage designer Oliver Messel. When Messel's nephew
  Tony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) became engaged to
  Princess Margaret, Messel laid on a lunch, asking the Princess if there was anyone she would particularly like to meet.
  She said she had always greatly admired the witty cabaret star Bea Lillie and
  so Messel invited her.
  
  What none of them knew was that Bea Lillie had a
  drinking habit. At the end of lunch she slid quietly under the table and was carried upstairs to sleep it
  off. Tony and the Princess took their leave and Messel rushed
  back to his studio, where he was busy with fittings for Elizabeth Taylor, only
  to be interrupted by a telephone call.
  
  
  
  
  Cecil Beaton at home in Pelham Place, 1947
  
  ‘It's Kensington Police Station here, Mr Messel,' said the voice
  at the other end. ‘We thought you ought to
  know that there's a naked woman on your balcony, throwing
  bottles at everyone who passes by.'
  
  Among the last of these fascinating residences to survive was the
  aforementioned Londonderry House. Throughout the 20s and 30s it
  had seen receptions and balls, hosted by the Londonderrys for their four daughters and two granddaughters.
  When eventually it had to go, in July 1962, a farewell party
  for 300 was given by Alastair, the 9th Marquess. Live sounds were supplied by a blues band
  featuring a swaggering young Mick Jagger, no less - presaging the rise of a whole new swinging London generation.
  
  
   
  
  
  London: Lost Interiors by Steven Brindle is published by Atlantic, £50.
  To order a copy for £42.50 with free UK delivery until 22 December, go to mailshop.co.uk/books or call
  020 3176 2937. 
  
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