The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-25
A Vanderbilt DUCHESS.
Miss COnsueIO and the Duke of NIarI-
borough VIII he Married This Year.

Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt will before
the end of the year become the Duchess
of Marlborough.
The engagement was quietly announced
to the families and intimate friends of
the contracting parties yesterday. 1t was
confirmed beyond any question last even
ing
As the engagement is of such recent date
| only few details OF the approaching mar
riage have yet been arranged The cere-
mony, however, will be held IN this city
within the next few months. 1t Will be
| performed in accordance with the ritual
| of the Protestant Episcopal Church, con-
/ forming with that OF the Church of Eng
| lana. Bishop Potter Will probably ON
| ciate, and the services, IL Is thought, VIII
| be IN open church.
The Duke of Marlborough cabled the
| news Yesterday morning to the members
! Of his family and intimate friends In
England and on the continent. Included
among those to whom the Information was
conveyed was the Prince of Wales, who
is godfather to the duke 1t is expected
that several of the intimate friends OF the
duke will cross the Atlantic TO be present
at the wedding.
Intimate friends of the duke last even
ing. in speaking of the engagement Of
which they had full cognizance. said that
the duke regarded the approaching mar
riage as a private affair. and one of
which he was 10th TO speak publicly How
ever, since II was now announced, II was
with his authority that such of the details
as are known were given to the Herald.
The acquaintance between the duke and
Miss Vanderbilt was formed in London
! about eighteen months ago During the
last two London seasons and in Paris last
spring they met frequently in society
and the friendship thus formed led to the
entertainment of Mrs. ana Miss Wander
bilt at Blenheim early in the present sum
mer.
II was but natural under the circum-
stances that when the duke reached New
York upon his contemplated tour of the
world that he should have received and
Il n fnrrt 20 t..a4 a..
HousS at Newport. The three weeks spent
there gave him a pleasant insight into
American manners and customs and cul-
minated In the engagement
The duke has said that under any cir
cumstances his best man and several Of
his ushers would be his own countrymen,
but that as yet ne had been unable to an
nounce their names. The persons who
VIII form the bridal party win be OF the
! first prominence in title, wealth and beau
/ ~ m england and this county. Under
/ these circumstances the wedding will be
most imposing spectacle.
/ The plans of the Duke of Marlborough
have naturally been changed by the en-
/ gagement and approaching wedding The
| tour Of the world will be abandoned, but
| he will devote s0me time In seeing Amer
| lea. Within few days now he will join
/ Sir Rivers Wilson, the recently elected
| president of the Grand Trunk railway
and party In making tour of that
Thereafter he will join Mrs. and Miss
! Vanderbilt either in this city or Newport,
II
/ tensive round of entertainments given In
/ his honor and that of his iancee. This win
make him well acquainted with the friends
| OF the vanderbilt family before the date
| of the wedding.
Charles Richard John Spencer Churchill,
| the ninth Duke Of Marlborough who in
| choosing for his wife an american girl is
! following the fashion set by his father and
MS uncle, the late Lord Randolph
/ Churchlll VIII be twenty-four years old ON
| Nov. IL next. He attained his majority
four days after his father, the late duke,
In addition to being Duge of Marlbor-
| ough, he is the Marquis of Blandford. and
! will be until he is the father of a son, who
will assume that title by courtesy. He is
! land, Baron Spencer of Wormleiahton:
Baron Churchill of Sandrge Prince Of the
Holy Roman Empire and Prince Of Minded
These titles are burdensome. however
and when, in the last week of August he
arrived in this city, on his first visit to this
country, his valet, who was the only per-
son to accompany him, inscribed his mas
ter ON the register of the Hotel Waldorf as
plain Charles Spencer.
me young duke is al strong contrast I'm
appearance to the general run OF the
Churchills, although he bears a family re-
semblance to the portraits of the first
duke, who was the greatest general of his
age. He inclines more to the Hamiltons
MS mother having been Lady Alberta
Hamilton, daughter of the Duke OF Aber-
corn She is still alive Like his father
4 I'll. q
brown hair.
His face is without hair with the OK.
ceptlon OF light mustache, and his IA
vorite attitude in converse ton is to stand
with his arms crossed on his breast
and one hand stroking his chin. HIS
the acute observer may occasionally de-
tect look of boredom in his eve or
what might be taken as a cynical curl
on his lip, but those who know him say
that his cynicism is only skin deep.
of family whose every member has
been conspicuous in one way or another
one the greatest soldier Of his day an,
other the best talker, still another the
possessor of fhe. handsomest leg, the
young duke, in his matter of fact way
has already shown that he has some Of
the family traits strongly developed
He went to Cambridge, where he soon
showed that he had reached his proper
sphere by flooring the boldest examiners
of whom Trinity College could boast
He speedily became q member of the
Carlton, and other organizations of the
students. He played polo and cricket
the latter with great precision and ac-
curacy of style. His rooms became no.
ted showing his excellent taste and
he was well known to the Bond street
dealers in antiques. He is a,boid horse
man as well, and with these, he Was an
excellent student, history being his favor
tie study while for mathematics he en-
tertained a strong dislike.
After the year Of mourning CONSEQUENT
on his fathers death the young dukes
coming OF age was COIlmeinOrated by a
grand fete in historical Blenheim Palace
in which he had passed almost ali Of
his life. Then he took his seat in the
House of Lords and began to take an
active seat in politics. But he found
some time to devote to literature ana
in January Of last year he made his de-
but as a writer with an article on ''Blen-
helm and its Memories" which was pub
lished in the Pail Mall Magazine
He gave. in a very interesting way the
history of the well known palace In
Woodstock Oxfordshire. from the time
when Queen Anne, in 17c5, in accordance
with an address Of the Commons. granted
to the first duke the royal estate. OF
which Woodstock was the center with
money to build a house. How costly the
building was is apparent from the fact
that the $4,000 voted for the purpose
did not suffice for the completion Of the
work