Ludovick Seymour Gordon-Cumming was born at Mortlach in Scotland on 24 September 1861. His father was Henry Gordon-Cumming (1822-1887), son of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Bt. His mother was Elizabeth Newton Gordon-Cumming, daughter of Major Ludovick Stewart.
On 29 July 1895 he married Mary Constance, daughter of Charles Carew, Count de Morel, of 20 Beaufort Gardens, Chelsea.
He died on 24 March 1906, leaving one daughter, Catherine Margaret Gordon-Cumming, born on 24 October 1896.
An inscription in a period hand in the lower margin reads 'Happy Thoughts.'
Photographer and location unidentified.