Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-22
THE STAGE AND THE PEERAGE.
--"NearlY are allied,

-"Nearly are allied,
And thin partitions do the two divide"
Iheitamous Earl of Peterborough. the
hero ofsthe succession in Spain, married in,
or aboutthe year 17l5, the celebrated Anas-
tasla Robinson, q songstress.
LADY Henrietta Herbert, widow Of Lord
Edward Herbert, second son of the Mar
guess ofPowis, and only daughter Of James;
first Earl of Waldo, took, s'for better
ter f~orssorse." ON the 9th of January, 1899
John Board. Esq, of the Theatre Royal.
CoventsG Garden.
Charles, the third Duke Of Bolton, married
secondly, in 1851, Miss Fcnton, tile original
Polly liz The Beggar's Opera. 1t is said
that, on his Grace once threatening a sepa-
rate maintenance, she knelt and sang "Oh!
ponder well" in a style so tenderly persua-
sive, that he had not The heart to fulfil his
intention.
Lady Elizabeth Ber,ie, daughter of the
Earl Of Abingdon, married Signor Gallini,
one OF the corps de ballet at the Kings
Theatre. The date Of the marriage is not
known.
In 1764 Lady Susannah Sarah Louisa
Straneways, daughter of the Earl oil llches-
ter, married WIN. O'Brien, of Hinsford,
Dorsetshire, ESQ.,, a ~favorite comedian on
hcuiuos dtu q oulCuipOld al vi
Garrick, Mossop and Barry.
The Countess of Derby, the noble Earl's
second wife, who died in 1929, was n Miss
Farren.of the Cork Theatre.
The late Earl of Craven married, 18th
December, 1902, Miss Brunton, a popular
actress, of Covcnt Garden Theatre, aud
mother Of the present Earl, born July 18th
1909,
The Reggar's Opera now put another
coronet on The hrows of another Polly (;
Mary Cathminc Bolton, called also Polly
Bolton, 1919 became the wife ofLu ord Thur
low, nephew eff The first Baron Thurlow,
nominated Lord High Chancellor of Great
Britain. 1875. His Lordship dying. unmar-
ricd, hc was succeeded by his nephew, Ed
ward Howell Thurlow, Esq. as second Ba-
ron, WIN married Miss Bolton, by whom.
(who dit,i in ls:30,) he hash issue, Edward
Thomas The present peer, and two other
Lord EN%illiam Lcnox espouscd Miss Pa
ton (no.7 the celebrated Mrs. Wood which
marriag' was dissolved by the avs orScot-
land in $3.50.
The f.arl oi Harrington, 9TH April, 1881.
marrieds hc fascinating Maria Footc. and
has onXzsn, Lord Petersham.
uf-St. tI'b1,Ts was
Miss Mellon. of the Portsmouth Theatre,
who was married to, and subsequently be-
came the relict Of Thomas Cou,ts, ESD.
an eminent metropolitan banker, when she
married the present Duke of ST. Adams,
June 10th, 1892. Her Grace like indcsd
all thef fortunate heroes and h~croines whom
we have been cnumcraiing. had the good
sense not to forget her fretting hours on the
stage; and as an instance, it may he men
toned that, OF passing through Macclesield
a few years ago, she visited the site Of n
barn theatre (ong since demolished,) and
pointed out to one other attendants The hum
BILE dwelling in which she had once lodged.
She also Oh this occasion. afforded an ex-
ample of that charitable disposition which
prevails,in an eminent degree. among play
ers. by presenting q handsome sourenirt to
an old decaycd performer, who had often
performed with her before Il Micclcsficld
audience.