New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-22
THE CHURCHILLS.
AN ENGLlsHMANs NOTES ABOUT A FAMOUS
FAMILY.


FAMILY.
fFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
LONDON July Z.
The Duke of Marlborough is dead. Long
live the Duke OF Marlborough.
Thirteen years and five months ago there grand
wedding at Westminster Abbey; the wedding IN fact
which set the fashion for very great people 20 get mar
RED In the ancient cathedral church OF St. Peter II
was glorious wedding day. Two daughters OF the
Duke OF AbercOrn to be married. one to the Mar
qus of Lansdowne and the other 10 the Marquis 10y
courtesy) OF Bandord, heir apparent to the Dukedom
of Marlborough. Many celebrities dead and gone
were present in the old Abbey that day. among whom,
conspicuous by his Office Dean OF Westminster,
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley who not long since followed to
the grave the amiabe and accomplished wife whose OBJ
sequies were honorcd by the presence OF royalty But
In November 1863 the terrible mortality OF the last ten
wears had not attacked those foremost In this land for
noitical and intellectual rank, and It gorio1s
wedding day The AbercOrn branch 81 the Hamilton
family was already celebrated for it's noble alliances
OF the daughters one already Countess OF Ltchhcd
another Countess OF Durham, another Lady Dabcith,
wife OF the heir the Dukedom and enormous Estates OF
Buccleuch and n fourth was Countess OF Mount-Edg-
cumbe. Thus the Ladies Albertba and Maud Hamilton
had well kept pace with their sisters The Lady Maud
had married reigning" marquis, already In posses
sion OF immense OF land in England and In Ire
land and clever into the bargain or he would not
have been Just chosen VcerDy for Canada after his
conduct to the Liberal party In the matter of the IRISH
Land Act Lady Lansdo vines life has been singuary
fortunate. With husband OF lofty rank she obtained
vast wealth well ample intellect She has sons and
daughters and, with her sisters, enjoys an
extraordinary reputation for kindness genteness and
certain purity simplicity Of character and
not so widely distributed would Ike them
In any class OF the community.
THE MIsERIEs OF DEVOTED WIFE,
With equal claims TO love and honor tho Lady Alder
tina Hamilton, married. the day her became
Warehouses OF LansdOwne to the Marquis OF Bnndford
mourns existence utterly maryred by the perverslty
OF her husband--now Duke of Marlborough. Sister u
the Marquis OF Hamilton and Lords Claud and George
Hamilton, all In the House of Commons well a. to
the we-narried ladies just enumerated, her married
life has for several years past been unhappy az II
possible imagine. The story It Is like one OF those
| French realistic romances In which good woman Ia
made to suffer every torture by hopeessy bad one
About fifteen months after the glorious wedding day lust
mentioned. another wedding was soleDnized. Lord
Aylesford married Miss Edith Williams one Of the pretty
daughters OF the late Colonel Peers Williams OF Temple
House. This Colonel Peers Williams was the father OF
| Colonel owen Williams, between whom and Colonel
Erred Burnaby there TO have been lawsuit the
other day touching the authorship Of sent to
Mr.. Yates Of The World by anonymous hand and by
him net published but referred 10 Colonel Williams
The sisters OF this gentleman, all very handsome were
celebrated as the finest OF lady-rowers on the
Thames II the expression may he employed, they
" manned thoir boat In nrst-rate style and were
equally at home in the saddle riding straight TO hounds
Colonel williams has been and Is particular friend OF
the Prince OF Wales and there has always been much
! CAV company at Temple House. Lord Ayesford very
prominent at Elton while he Lord Guernsey IA n lad
VINO took his liquor and laid the odds the Derby with
equal freedom is popular man among men and
and commenced his married life under the happiest
pices OF his two daughters the Princess OF Wales
stood sponsor to the second, and all went well with the
Aylesfords socially for while.
It's however, notorious that these young sporting
lords are rarely happy with their wives Lord Duppln
was unfortunate in this way and presently 1t was found
that both Lord and Lady Ayesord were engaged In In
trgues those Of the latter being Of very vulgar type
Her ladyship few, or was flown at by higher game
The terrible scandal Of the packet Of letters said TO have
been written by an iiustrious parsonage broke upon
the astonshed world and finally 1t was known tnat Lazy