Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-16
MARRIED A spENDrHR1rr LORD.
Miss Rachel Quincy Will Wear thu Famous
Dudley Jewels.

Miss Rachel Quincy Will Wear thu Famous
Dudley Jewels.
The Earl Of Dudley was married on Monday
to Miss Rachel Quincy at Trinity Church
Sloane street. London. The chancel was lined
with tall palm trees, backed with rows of white
Lilies and ferns, producing q most beautiful
effect The Duke Of Bedford gave the bride
away. The bridal dress of ivory duchesse
satin with full court train. The Prince Of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Portland the
Duke and Duchess Of Manchester, the Duke
and Duchess Of Athole, the Duke and Duchess
OF Montrose and host Of members Of the
aristocracy were present. a. ~ ss.-
The Right Hon. William Humble Ward sec-
ond Earl OF Dudley and Viscount Ednam in the
peerage Of the united kingdom, and Baron
Ward III the peerage Of England, has been re-
garded as the greatest "catch" in all England.
The present earl was born in 1867. was cdu-
Gated at Eton. and was scarcely nineteen when
he came into the family titles and estates. He
forthwith burst his leading strings, and bis life
SO far has been one long series of indulgence
and pleasure. At every race course he has
been prominently conspicuous, surrounded by
cohort OF femininities decidedly not of the
caste Of We're de We're, who drank greediiy of
Pommery Sec, called HIM darling openly,
and rocked him unscrupulOusly.
Meanwhile Ills mother planned indefatigably
FOR his reformation, and when in May, 1880, he
and twenty other young sweils were run in by
the police Ill the famous raid on the Field Club
at clock In the morning, it was reported at
first that Lady Dudley had instigated the raid
Tor the express purpose of bringing the gam
bling career Of her hopeful son to an end. When
the hearing came off. however, counsel for the
countess put in an appearance and denied that
she had had any communication with the po-
lice concerning the character of the Field Club
or that she had instigatcd tho raid. When the
Field Club became an impossible resort the earl,
according to report, transferred bis gambling
operations to Paris. where he dropped &c, 900
at cards q month Or SO later.
Marriage, from the countess point of view,
was the only Ger tain way OF bringing the reck-
less young spendthrift to terms, and his mother,
it is said, looked as high ~ Sandringha Hall
for bride. The young earl, however, would
have nothing to do with the daughters of the
Prince Of Wales, if there were, indeed, any
chance for such an alliance. but astonshed
society last summer by announcing his engage
ment to Miss Rachel Quincy. Her parents are
known as Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Quincy. But
and here comes the sting of 1.-THE 'trail of
the serpent rests all too plainly upon the
young ladys mother, who began life as Nine.
Valentine, partner in the well-known Regent
street mOdstes, 3lme. Elise and whose Joyous
and gaysome proclivities found full scope in
friendships as volatile as they were intense
and eclectic.
A long. long line Of attachments" could
this vivacious and clever costumiere claim "a
dowry, from H.R. H. down to lesser lights, and
when at last Mr.. Quincy and matrimony put
an end to erratic flights Of fancy she still kept
herself Sin touch with her old life Of free
lance" A separation was the inevitable result
and on Miss Rachel Quincy fell the greater
odium of the whole business.
Miss Quincy was brought up and educated
entirely by the Duchess Of Bedford and has
been quite like daughter to her and the duke.