Has this picture been correctly identified?

Question

I recently found a very formal portrait photo amongst all my Grandmother's photo albums, which was stored inside a folder simply labelled "Gov General Clarendon".

I did a bit of sleuthing online and I believe it may be an official portrait of the 5th Governor-General to South Africa, George Herbert Hyde Villiers, who was the 6th Earl of Clarendon, together with his wife, Adeline Verena Ishbel Villiers (nee Cocks).

I'd love others to take a look and see if they agree (or disagree) with my findings.

Answer 1

Yes, think you’re absolutely right. It’s signed ‘Clarendon’ & ‘Verena Clarendon’ too.

Think you’re probably right about its  purpose too. (They look happy to be leaving don’t they!)

Comments

Thanks for the confirmation - always good to have a second opinion about things!

Answer 2

I did a google search in images, and there appear to be a lot of images, it looks to me like it is him.

https://www.google.com/search?q=5th+Governor-General+to+South+Africa,+George+Herbert+Hyde+Villiers,&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ALeKk01DxDyEbWmaDyDlSTofQrbiZYKqsQ:1611170608961&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjk58aenqvuAhUDnlkKHQgXD2oQ_AUIDCgC&biw=1029&bih=518&dpr=1.5

heres an interesting site too that appears to have his monument and grave site

http://rastall.com/grove/clarendons.html

Clicking on many of the images in google images you may find a lot of infos for him.

Comments

Thanks for the confirmation and those additional links!

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your welcome