… had yet another relationship with Prince Louis Esterhazy who shared her passion for horse racing.
A bit more than a year later, in 1899, Lillie married again. This time it was 28 year old Hugo de Bathe, the son of English nobility. Hugo was the heir to a baronetcy, because although he was not the first born, his parents had all his brothers and sisters out of wedlock, and he was the first “true son”.
The wedding was back at Langtry’s father’s former church in Jersey; the same day her horse won a major race in England.
de Bathe joined the British to fight in the Boer War, and they were still married in 1907 when his father died, making him Baronet, and Langtry became Lady de Bathe. They had many estates and properties including a house named “Langtry”. She sold many of them plus her American properties in 1919.
(Photo: Lady de Bathe in 1908)