Price On Request While the impact of Lord David Yule’s production of jute and tea on the economic structure of India since the early 20th century cannot be overstated it is the story of his wife, Lady Annie Henrietta that holds the most fascination. In 1934 it was Lady Yule in collaboration with J. Arthur Rank and John Corefield who founded The British Films Institute, thus creating the studios which were responsible for so many landmark films in the history of British cinema. Curiously the most extraordinary story never made into a screenplay here was that of the founder herself….Lady Henrietta Yule. When Lord David died Henrietta inherited £15 million, an unheard of sum at the time. Her interests ranged from big-game hunting, world cruising, stud farming, cattle ranching and film making. Her money, flair and energy built a world famous breed of Arab horses second only to Crabbetts in horse-breeding history, the first privately owned steam powered yacht, the S. Y. Nahlin, and an iconic film studio. Remarkably, these all still exist. She also had a ranch in California, which sadly does not. It was here she befriended the renowned Western artist Edward Borien whom she commissioned to paint frescos, large water colours and individual place cards for lavish dinner parties. (see attached images)* In the summer of 1936, while Lady Yule and her daughter Gladys were on vacation on the ranch Tecolote in Santa Barbara, Henrietta made The S.Y. Nahlin available for King Edward VIII to charter for a cruise down the Adriatic with Wallis Simpson. This was the notoriously public holiday that attracted so much media attention to the royal romance, and preceded the abdication crisis. 1) A large photograph album 17.5” x 14” by Bert Clark Thayer, the noted society photographer, signed and dated 1936 and...