Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-12-20
AN EARL'S AMERICAN BRIDE.
Miss Adele Grant, a New York Belle, Be-
comes the Countess of Essex.

wife of the British nobility, a man with
handsome estate and a title dating
back TO the days Of Henry VIII. The
bride is Miss Adele Grant, Of New
York, and the groom is George Dew
ereux de We're Capell, Earl of Essex.
The ceremony took place in st. Marga-
ret's Chapel, in historic old Westmin
ster, and was simple vet appropriate TO
the high social standing of the fair bride
and the position in the affairs Of Eng
land occupied by the Earl.
The new Countess has for ten years
been the most widely cele brated and en-
Enthusiastically admired Of the beautiful
American girls who have shone in the
daughter of the late David
Beach Grant, of New York. She
has brother, Douglas Stewart
Grant, who married daughter
of George A. Scott, and sister,
Miss Edythe Grant. Mrs. Beach
Grant is niece of the late Thomas
Scott, president of the Pennsylvania
Railway Company, and the daughter Of
the late Gen. Stewart. From her
father and her uncle Mrs. Grant re-
ceived some money-not much, but
enough to enable her to maintain her
position in society and to give little to
her daughters. Thus Miss Grant is by
no means rich, either now or pros
wealth from Suydam Grant. He
formerly possessed large for
tune, but whether he possesses it
now since the recent failure of the
Grant Locomotive Works in Chicago it
is impossible to say. Miss Grants de-
but in New York society was made at
one of the Delmonico balls in the sea-
son of 1854 All that winter she was
the acknowledged belle of the town,
though she shared the honors with
Miss Marion Langdon. Miss Grant has
particularly beautiful eyes, which have
been widely celebrated by the hosts Of
her admirers.
The Earl of Essex, the lucky man who
has won this prize, is a widower 80 years
of age. He succeeded 10 the title and
came into the estate NO longer ago than
September Of last year on the death Of
his grandfather, the sixth Earl. July
II, 1882, he married the daugh-
ter of commoner in Glouces-
tershire. She died three years
later leaving one child, son, who, Of
course, is the heir to title and estates.
The Earl is said by his friends to be
man Of wonderfully attractive personal
ity. He is not rich, though his main
country seat, Glastonbury, in Hertford-
shire, is one of the show places of Eng
land He has no town house. Essex is
member of the Travellers, Carlton
and Turf clubs.
Once before Miss Grant came very
near securing the coronet Of countess.
While at Cannes during the winter and
spring of 1886 she became engaged to
Earl Cairns, whom she met when Wis
count Garmoyle in America. During
the season the beautiful American was
the toast of Cannes, and later in Lon
don she was invited to all the brilliant
parties of the season. Her marriage
to Lord Cairns was set for the early
part of July, 1886, and all prepa-
rations had been made for the event
A splendid trousseau was prepared in
Paris, house taken in Grosvenor
| Square for the wedding breakfast, invi-
! tations were sent out to all the swells of
| New England and New York, and many
costly presents were received from far
and near, including jewels to the value
Of thousands of pounds from Lord
Cairns. One day the world of fashion
was astounded to learn that
after all these preparations the
wedding was Indefinitely post
poned for the reason that Lord Cairns
was hopelessly in debt and was in such
deep financial complications that Miss
Grants relatives did not think it WORTH
while to eXtricate him for the sake of
his coronet and title. Miss Grant was
then obliged to perform the disagree
able duty of returning all her presents,
and her trousseau was worn at the regu-
lation parties Of the remainder of the
London season. Two years latter Lord
Cairns married Miss Olivia Berens, an
English beauty, which marriage he
survived but two years.
Since that unfortunate event Miss
Grant has passed little of her time i'll
America. For the last four years she
has been prominently identified with
the American set in London, of which
the leaders are the Duchess of Man
chester, formerly Miss Consuelo Yznaga;
Lady Randolph Churchill and Mrs.
Arthur Paget. She has frequently
visited. Nine. Won Hoffman in Cannes,
and at Homburg has always had a court
of admirers, among them the Prince of
Wales.
The future home of the beautiful
American girl Glastonbury, lies not tar
from big and thriving Watford, near
English beauty, overlooking its hun
~
with countless trees, which stand here
in little clumps or circles, here
alone, here-away across the riv-
er, sloping up along the west
ward hill that bounds the
view-in great avenue, planned by LIE
Notre (who also laid out, but in far
more formal fashion, the gardens of
Versailles) And one has just glimpse
of little waterfall not far away, and a
wooden bridge over which drive the
farmers in their little carts going to buy
and sell at Watford market. Over all
these the great house looks; simple,
stately building, modern Gothic in
style, Of good red brick. In it's CEN
ter is a little square tower or
gate-house, and above the entrance
surmounted by the Essex arms
pinnacled porch, beneath which
wooden seats anticipate the hospitality
Of the open door. Northward stands
another tower, red, with a blue clock
face; and thence runs down wall
which connects stables and brewhouse
with the main building. The river
winding thrOuph the mark is the Gade