The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23
Burdett- -GOutts Bartlett.
A Notable Wedding.
A NAN WITH FOUR NAMES
Marries His Grandmother.

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PicadilIy, London, BY Rev. w. Car
J dill, assisted by Rev. Henry White
chaplain Of the Savoy Chapel Roy
al. Only the nearest relatives anC
! most intimate friends OF the parties
were present, including Sir Francis
: and Lady Burdett and MIR Eli.
Ashmead Bartlett, NJ. p. Sir Fran.
els Burdett, the head Of the family
gave away the bride. The Baron
ess is said to have looked remarka-
bly, well. Previous to the marriage
Mr.. Bartlett, in accordance with the
Duchess of st, Alban's will, assum-
ed the name of Burdett-C -Coutts be-
fore his own surname. From an
elaborate history of the Burdett fam
lily, accompanying the marriage no
tice in the New York World, we
condense these brief and interesting
points in the history Of the two con-
tracing parties:
Angela Georgina Burdett, the
youngest of a family of one brother
and five sisters, was born in Picca-
diIIy, London, in April, 1914, and
on the 9Th of August, 1887, fell heir
to the estate of her grandfather's
wife, the Duchess of St. Albans.
The Duchess left Miss Burdett some
81, 100000 in ready money and an
interests in COutt's famous banking
house worth it is difficult to say
how much. The conditions at
tached to the legacy were that Miss
Burdett should take the name Of
Coutts, and that should she die
without a male heir, or marry an
allen naturaIized or not, her share
in Coutt's was to pass to another
heir. Miss Burdett- Coutts almost
from the day that she inherited her
! great fortune has been before the
world as a liberal and wise benefac-
tress Of innumerabIe charities and
promoter Of innumerable useful
schemes. She endowed the bishop
RIGS Of ADELAIDE, British Columbia
and Cape Town; built and endowed
the handsome church Of St. Ste
phen's Westminster, with its three
schools and parsonage, as also the
church Of st. Stephens, Carlisle;
| built the model tenements Of Beth
nal Green, and, at a cost Of $780,
| 600, the fine structure known as
Columbia Market, which, November
3, 1871, she presented to the city of
London; founded an establishment
in South Australia for the improve
ment Of the aborigines; supplied
the funds for the Typographical sur
vey Of Jerusalem, and offered to re
build the Aqueduct Of Solomon, so
as to supply the Holy City with
water; aided Raiah Brooke to i'm
prove the condition Of the Dyaks Of
Sarawak, and established a model
farm for their instruction and bene-
fit; was a liberal friend to Living
stone in his work Of African explor-
alton, and to Florence Nightingale
during the Crimean war; succeeded
in introducing instruction in sewing
and other household occupations in
the national schools; founded the
Home at Shepherds Bush for
Magdalens desirOus of reforming,
and the establishment in SpitaIfelds
to teach adult women sewing and
find them work, food, clothing and !
nursing established the Shoeblacks'
Brigade and the East London Wea- |
Vers' Aid Association; helped the |
starving people of Girvan, Scotland, |
to emigrate, and lent like aid to
those of Cape Clear and the frozen
out tanners of Bermondsey; built |
numerous drinking fountains both |
in London and Manchester; turned |
the churchyard Of old st. Pancras |
into garden for the poor; organ
lied the Turkish compassionate fund; |
endowed the Leeds Deaf and Dumb |
Institution befriended the flower
girls and shop-girIs Of London, and |
was as warm an opponent of cruelty |
Of insects, birds and beasts as Mr..
Bergh himself could desire. These |
are only few of the objects on
which it was estimated in 1871 that /
she had spent G5,OOO,OOO Despite /
her iberality, her fortune at that
time was placed at G10,O0O,OO0
On the 26th Of May, 1871, Miss /
Burdett-C Coutts was gazetted Baro-
ness Burdett- Coutts Of IIighgate and
BrookfeId, in the county of Middle j
sex, and on the 18th Of July, 1872, /
she received, being the first lady |
hOnOred with such a distinction, the |
freedom of the city Of London in q
splendid gold casket covered with
designs representing her charities
and public works. The Company |
of ClothwOrkers gave her its free
dom in 1873, and the city Of Edin-
burgh January Is, 1874. March |
y, 1873, the Sultan conferred upon
her the Grand Gordon of the Med
iidic, never before given to woman, !
and afterwards that of the new
Turkish Order of Charity, the latter
decoration being accompanied by a
pair of handsome vases and an auto
graph letter
Mr.. William Ashmead Bartlett, to
whom the Brroness was yesterday
married, is the younger son OF the
late Ellis Bartlett, formerly of New
Bedford, Mass, and of his wife, a
Miss Ashmead. He was born at /
Philadelphia in 1851, and after his
fathers death was taken to England /
by his mother, who settled first at .
Dartmoor, then in London A |
slight service done to the ex-Em- 7
press of the French at Torquay is
said to have brought him and his
elder brother to the Baroness at
tention. When he was studying at
Christ Church, Oxford, (whence he