The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

THE BRIDESMAIDS.

The bridesmaids to the Princess Royal are nearly
of the same age as her royal highness, though none
of th-m are as youthful ; her royal highness was 17
last November. The youngest of the bridesmaids,
Lady Caroline Villiers,
daughter of the Earl of
Clarendon, was 17 on the 2d of September last,
and Lady Catherine riamilton, daughter of the
Marquis of Abercorn, was the same age on the 9th
of June, in last year. The next most youthful of
the bridesmaids is Lady Victoria Noel, who was 18
on the 30th of June. Lady Susan Clinton, daughter
of the Duke of Newcastle, was
of the same age on
the 7th of April, 1857. Lady Cecilia Molyneux,
daughter of Lord Sefton, attained her 19th year on
the 7th of November last ; and Lady Cecilia Len-
nox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, was also
nineteen on the 13th of last April. Lady Susan
Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, arrived
at, her 19th year on the 7th of last July ; and Lady
Emma Stanley, daughter of the Earl of Derby, who
has the honour of being the eldest of the fair group
of ladies, was 22 on last Christmas Day. Of the
bridesmaids, two were
.born in the same year as her
Royal Highness, two in 1838, one in 1837, and
oue in 1835.

The dresses of the bridesmaids are from a design
furnished by the illustri .us bride herself. They con-
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Li.dy Sarah Villiers, Lady
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Francis Cooper, Lady
hfary Augusta Grintone, Lady Eleanor Paget,
L idy C. Gordon Lennox, Lady Elisabeth Georgina
Howard, Lady Adelaide Hay, Lady Catherine
Stauhope, Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie, and Lady
Mary Howard. Every one of hi-r Majesty's brides-
maids have since r-quired for themselves the like
good offices of bridesinaidg. The whole of them
are married, and with oi,e excels ion (Lady Eleanor
Paget) all are living. One of them is now ,% widow,
viz., Lady Francis Couper, now the Dnw-ger
ViscAiiitess Jocelyn. One of the blidvsinAids,
L,oly Catherine Stanhope, has ben twice marri-d,
her first husband being Lord Dalmenv, and the
second and present one, L-:rd Harry Vane and
one L tidy Caroline Lennox, daughter of the Duke
of Richmond, is. a sccorri wife of the Earl of Bes-
' borough. Tele lady in the sinter of Lady Cecili4
Lennox, one of the bridesmaids of-the Princess(
. Royal. Two of the Queen's bridesmaids were mar-
ried in the same year as her Majesty. Lady Mary
Grimstone, daughter of the Earl of Yerulam,
became Viscountess Folkestone on the 3d Oct.,
and is now the mother of 13 children ; and
Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the Earl
of C trlisle, was married to the Hon. and Rev.
Francis Grey. Of the bridesmaids who attended
her Majesty ten were younger than the royal bride.
Her Majesty was born the 24th May, 1819, and
was in hsr 21st year when married. Lady Catherine
Stanhope was younger by a week only, and Lady
Caroline Lennox by a few days ; she was born on
the 18th June of the same year. Lady Franees
Couper (Dowager Viscountess Jocelyn), Lady Mary
Grimstone (Viscountess Folkestone), and Lady
Eleanor Paget (Lady Sandford Graham) were in
their twentieth years, Lady Adelaide Hay (Vis-
countess Campden) was in her nineteenth year,
Lady Mary Howard, daughter of the late Duke of
Norfolk (Lady Foley), was but eighteen, and Lady
Sarah Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, now
the Princess Esterhazy, was of the same age.
Lady Adelaide Paget, daughter of the Marquis of
Angksea, now Viscountess Maidstone, who was
seventeen. The bridesmaids older than her
Majesty
were Lady Jane Bouveri •
e, now the Hon.
Mrs. Ellice, who was about six weeks the senior of
i
her Majesty, and Lad Elizabeth Howard, now the
Hon. Mrs. Grey, whoywas three years older than
the royal bride. The Princess Royal might have
selected for her bride-maids some noble daughters
of the ladies who, e
in 1840, attended at the marriage
of her Majesty, and thus Aablinhed as a branch of
the peerage, the honour of hereditary bridesmaids.
THE PROCESSION TO THE CHAPEL
ROY AL,
74ajristy'i procession ha'.ing bon marshalled in
the Throne-morn by Gr.rter, Principal King of Arms,
rnoviql through the state apartments, down the state
staircase, to the Chapel Royal, in the following order :