Hon. Janet (Gladys) Kidd (née Aitken); Jane Kidd
Hon. Janet (Gladys) Kidd (née Aitken); Jane Kidd
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 22 February 1945
Given by Bassano & Vandyk Studios, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x72961
Sittersback to top
- Jane Kidd (1943-), Daughter of Thomas E.D. Kidd and Janet Gladys Kidd. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Hon. Janet Gladys Kidd (née Aitken, later Campbell, later Montagu) (1908-1988), Former wife of 11th Duke of Argyll and of Hon. William Montagu, and later wife of Thomas Kidd; daughter of 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bassano Ltd (active 1901-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 42747 portraits.
Events of 1945back to top
Current affairs
Despite Churchill's popularity during, and indeed after, the War, Clement Attlee wins a landslide Labour victory in the general election. Labour's success was due to its promise of a better society through the Welfare state, and was demonstrative of the public's desire for a new and better post-War society.Art and science
Noel Coward's Brief Encounter is released. The film, based on Coward's play, Still Life, is about the love affair between two married people who meet at a railway station. Conscious of the risk of being caught the couple decide to break off their relationship to protect their marriages.George Orwell publishes his satirical novel Animal Farm, as an allegorical critique of Soviet Totalitarianism.
International
A war on two fronts finally proves too much for Germany as allied forces push from the East and West. On the 30th April Hitler committed suicide and Germany soon surrendered to Soviet troops. Victory in Europe was announced on the 8th May. War in the Pacific continued until America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 214,000 people, and ending the war with Japan.Tell us more back to top
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