Lord Suffield's yacht Flower of Yarrow in the Bay of Naples

Flower of Yarrow was a handsome two-masted cruising schooner of 212 tons, owned, from 1869-1871, by Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield (1830-1914). After four years as a Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria (1868-1872), during which period he was elected to the Royal Yacht Squadron and briefly owned the Flower of Yarrow, he was appointed Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, a position he retained until the latter succeeded to the throne as Edward VII in 1901. Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order the same year, Suffield then became Lord-in-Waiting to the King for the entire reign and only retired from public life when the King died in 1910. Suffield was one of the late King's oldest friends and confidantes, the latter having known him since purchasing Sandringham House in 1864, which adjoined Suffield's Norfolk estate at Gunton Park.