Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-31
Great Britain.

Man Becomes His Own Son-The Curt-
 Result of Ducal Marriage.
 LONDON, July 3O.-The Duke of Vest minister WAS married to Lady Catherine Caro- line Cavendish at Holkham yesterday. What makes this marriage somewhat remarkable is that, although there is no blsod relation ship whatever between the bride and bride groom, there is already between them con- nection by marriage. Miss Cavendish's cid est brother, Captain Cavendish, married the Dukes daughter, Lady Beatrice Grosvenor, upward of four years ago, and has son, Charles William Hugh, by her, now three years and a half old. Captain Cavendish will therefore become the brother in-law of his father in law; his son, Charles William Hugh, will become the nephew of his own grandfather, and any son born of the Dukes second marriage will be at once the brother and the nephew of Lady Beatrice Cavendish. The Duke will become the uncle of his grandson and the brother in-law of his own daughter, and thus in sense he will be his own son. The Dukes proposal was made quite recently to Lady Cheshsm, and having been accepted the marriage was arranged to take place in 8 comparatively private manner. Miss Caven-
 
 dy, who is just over twenty four years of age. The Duke, on the other hand, is over fifty seven years of age, and is in fact thirty two , ears and two months older than his bride. He has been & widower over fifteen months.
 Next to MT. Mackay, of California, the Duke of Westminster has the reputation of being the richest man in the world. The Grosvenor estates outside of London include about $500 aores yielding rental of some- thing over G37, ,OOO. Eaton Hall, near Ches- ter, is magnificent modern palace. Another of the Dukes residences Is the beautiful and historic Cliveden, on the Thames, near Maid enLead. His town residence is Grosvenor House, the art galleries of which are thrown open to London workingmen on Sunday. The Duke is thoroughgoing business man, having all the Grosvenor thrift and business talent, though he Is a good landlord and wisely liberal in benevo- lent and charitable matters. He IS an ardent foxhunter, and of late has had great run of luck on the turf, winning the Derby in 1880 with Bend Or, and again this year with Shotoyer. The Grosvenors, of which the newly married Duke is the head, descend from Gilbert la Grosvenor, of whom the heralds tell us that he held in Normandy before the Conquest the post of Le Gros Veneur, the chief hunter, under the dukes of that prov1pce. After the conquest they settled in Cheshire, where they acquired by marriage with an heiress the estate of Eaton or Eton, and remained among the untitled nobility of the kingdom down to the reign of James l., having disputed with the Scropes the right to bear the shield ''azure, 8 bend or "a suit which lasted several years. They were raised to a baronetcy in 1921, and did not attain the peerage till 1764, when S:l Richard Grosvenor was created Baron Gros
 venor of Eaton, in the county palatine o1 Chester. His Lordship was advanced to the dignities of Viscount Belgrade and Earl Gros venor to 17S4. The second earl vas raised tC | the Marquisate of Westminster at the cor onation of William ". in 1881.