Editing Wentworth Woodhouse (section)

===Royal visit of 1912===
[[King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] visited south Yorkshire from 8 to 12 July 1912 and stayed at Wentworth Woodhouse for four days. The house party consisted of a large number of guests, including: [[Doctor (title)|Dr]] [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]], the then-[[Archbishop of York]]; the [[Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood|Earl of Harewood]] and his Countess; the Marchioness of Londonderry; the [[Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland|Marquess of Zetland]] and Lady Zetland; the [[Aldred Lumley, 10th Earl of Scarbrough|Earl of Scarborough]] and Lady Scarborough; the [[William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse|Earl of Rosse]] and Lady Rosse; [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[Lord Charles Beresford]] and Lady Mina Beresford; [[Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long|Mr Walter Long]] and Lady Doreen Long; and [[Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham|Lord Helmsley]] and Lady Helmsley.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Society and Court News. |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000748/19120709/100/0004 |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=9 July 1912 |access-date=1 June 2015 }}</ref>

The royal visit concluded on the evening of 11 July with a [[Military tattoo|torchlight tattoo]] by miners, and a musical programme by members of the Sheffield Musical Union and the Wentworth Choral Society. A crowd of 25,000 gathered on the lawn to witness the King and Queen on the balcony of the portico, from which the King gave a speech.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title="My Friends." The King's Speech to His Subjects. Wentworth Spectacle |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000276/19120712/218/0008 |newspaper=Sheffield Evening Telegraph |location=Sheffield |date=12 July 1912 |access-date=1 June 2015 }}</ref>