The Country Life Book of the Royal Silver Jubilee

by Patrick Montague-Smith

Royal Jubilees celebrate significant periods in monarchs' reigns and the national life. In anticipation of the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977 Country Life offers this wonderful photographic journey through Jubilees of the past.

176 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

Patrick Montague-Smith was born in 1920, the only child of Major Vernon Montague-Smith and his wife Sybil, daughter of William Bourne. He was educated at Mercers' School, and served in the RASC from 1940 to 1946, after which he joined Debrett as Assistant Editor, becoming Editor on his predecessor’s retirement in 1962.

Among his books are Royal Line of Succession in 1853 and The Royal Wedding of H.R.H. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips in 1973 and also Debrett’s Correct Form, which has been published in three editions, 1970, 1976, and 1978. He is also well known for one other book, Country Life Book of the Silver Jubilee, which was a best seller in 1977. He also wrote numerous other books and articles for national magazines and newspapers and established himself as the ultimate authority on the Peerage and Baronetage. He was a fellow of the Society of Genealogists and was widely regarded as one of the foremost genealogists in Great Britain. He died in 1986.

- compiled from http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv... and http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb029-e...

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read after the Queen's passing in her honour. Don't think I had read through it before. What a schedule she had! What a life she led. However, I did tire of reading Duke So and So and his wife... King So and So and his wife. I believe they all had names. This gave me a better picture of the scope of her duties. I have no idea how she remembered so much or presented herself again and again with a sincere smile and interest. Would have been exhausting. But she did herself and her parents proud!