The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-28
INTERNATIONAL RoMANCEs.
Beautiful American Girls Who Have We'd
ded Distinguished Foreigners.

Beautiful American Girls Who Have We'd
ded Distinguished Foreigners.
The beautiful Cummings of England had
their counterparts in America in the Misses
Cation, of Baltimore, grand-daughters of
Charles Carroll, of Carrolton. These lovely
girls were known as the tThree Graces," and
their subsequent careers were most romantic.
The eldest, when very young, married Robert
Patterson, brother of jerome Bonaparte's
American wife. During trip through Europe
with her husband Mrs. Patterson became ac-
quanted with Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterward
Duke of wellington. He fell madly in love
with the beautiful American, whom he fol-
lowed throughout the Continent. His open de-
votion created considerable gossip, but no scan
dal resulted, as he never received the slightest
encouragement from Mrs. Patterson. After
Mr.. Patterson's death, which occurred in Bal
timore, the widow revisited Europe, but her
former adOring lover was then married man.
Apparently determined to have this paragon of
beauty and virtue in the family, the Duke in
troduced to her his brother, the Marquis of
Wellesley, then Viceroy of Ireland. After a
short courtshp Mrs Patterson married the
Marquis. She died at Hampton Court in 1853.
The second of "The Graces" became the wife
of Col. Harvey, of the British army, and after
his death she married the Duke of Leeds The
youngest of this beautiful trio welded Baron
Stafford. A reminder of these romantic Eng
lish marriages came up last February before
the Equity Court in Towson, Nd, in suit filed
by Baltimore relatives for the sale and partition
of certain real estate in Baltimore County,
claimed under the will of the Right Honorable
Elizabeth Dowager Baroness Stafford, widow of
George William, Lord Stafford, peer of Great
Britain. The daughter of Cropley, the cele-
brated American historical painter, married
Lord Lyndhurst In the early days of the Re-
public one of the daughters of Henry White,
whose residence was on Wall street, near Broad
way, became the wife of Lord Hayes Susan,
daughter of Col. Stephen Delaney, of West
chester, n. Y, married Sir Hudson Lowe. She
was the beautiful Lady Lowe, so greatly ad
mired by Napoleon. The wife of j. Fenimore
Cooper was one of the Delaney family. Mar
cia Van Ness, daughter of Governor Van Ness,
American Minister to Spain under Jackson's
administration, was married in Washington in
1929 to Sir William Gore Ouseley Lady Ouse-
ley shared in all the triumphs of her husbands
distinguished diplomatic career. She accom-
panied him on important missions to Central
and South America, and was present at the
coronation of Dom Pedro of Brazil. She was
personally acquainted with nearly all the reign
ing sovereigns of Europe. In the days when
Harriet Lane presided at the White House Lady
Ouseley was a noted figure in Washington So
ciety. Her sister, Cornela Van Ness, married
Mr. James j. Roosevelt, of New York Their
wedding was solemniZed in Paris in 1881, Gen.
Lafayette giving the bride in marriage.
Russia has also borne part in the international
romances. The May and December marriage of
Baron Bodlsco and Miss Williams is always an
interesting story. The bride was sixteen--the
groom sixty years of age! One of the brides
maids at the brilliant wedding was Miss Jessie
Benton, who shortly after married John G.
Fremont. The first groomsman was James
| Buchanan, Secretary of State. Baron Bodisco's
successor Baron Stoeckl, married Miss How
ard, of Springfield, Mass. Count Bannelos,
| Spanish Minister to Washington, married Miss
Thordike of Boston.
Many titled Frenchmen have met their fate
| in this country. Miss Caldwel's prince would
| only have followed the family traditions had he
married an American. The wife of Prince
| Achille Murat was a grandniece of Gen. Wash
| ington. She was at the time of her first meeting
| with Prince Achile a very young widow, resid-
ing in great seclusion in Florida with her father
| 1t was case of love at first sight. After pass
| ing twenty-five years of contented married life
! on their Florida estate Prince Achille was gath
! cred to his fathers. Subsequently the widow
| visited Paris, and was received with great dis
| tinction by Napoleon III and the Empress Eu-
| genie
The younger brother of Prince Achille Murat,
| Napoleon Lucien, father of Miss Caldwell's IS
| hance, married Miss Fraser, of New Jersey.
Miss Sue Benton, youngest sister of Mrs. John
! G. Fremont, became the wife of Baron Boilleau,
| Secretary of the French Legation when Count
| de Sartiges was Frances representative at
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