The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-07
MISS AsToR MAY
CAPTURE A DUKE


fNew York Herald.l
iady l met, who is generally fairly
I well informed, said that there is much
talk OF a marriage between the Duke
OF RoxburShe and Miss AstOr.
The duke is just 25 years old, and
mas recently returned from serving
win the army in South Africa as a
I lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards.
MISS Astor, she is OF opinion, IS one
OF the prettiest and most charming
young ladies' in society here, and the
marriage would be an eninently fitting
one, End probably pleasing to Mr.. VIII
liam Waldorf Aster.
4 ne young Duke of Roxburghe-he
IS now IN his 18th years. one of the
owners OF great titles and estates who
I nave been winning their spurs by ser
wee IN south Africa. He succeeded in
l6sz 10 the ducai title with its subsi-
diary honOrs OF Marquis of BOwmont
ana CaSSrord. Earl of ROXburghe. Earl
OF kelso, NiscoUnt Broxmouth and
l{afon ker on the death of his father
the seventh duke.
His mother, with her family Of two
younger sons and three unmarried
daughters. the eldest married daughter
being Lady Margaret Orr Ewing. still
resides with the duke at Floors Castle.
Neiso, IN Roxourgshire. on the Scottish
DoTuef, Where the kerS have long been
a power. Both the present Duchess of
I hONDurghe and the dukes grandmOth-
ef We're long intimately associated with
/ the court in personal attendance uDOn
/ the rate Queen Victoria as ladies of the
. oedchamber, while the dukes mother
was, IN addition, mistress of the robes
1 from 1881 to 1885 and was an especial
friend of the queen.
through his mother, Lady Anne
Spencer-ChuTChill who was the fourth
+. daughter OF the seventh duke of MARI
borough and sister of Lord Randolph
( n rne
HTSJ cousin of the present duke of
MARLBOROUGH, and in this way has al
ready close connections with American
families.
Rumor of d probable engagement of
the Duke of ROxbUrghe with IN Amer
Icah Deile IN English society got abroad
sumo Two years ago, and if the present
report should be confirmed one more
aillance viii BE- added to the list of
AHglo-American marriages of note.
which are said to be nearly approach
ing 400 in number.
The dukes family name Tnnas-L -s,.
IS que 10 the union of two families in
1000, when the descent passed into the
Ieiha4e line through an heiress of the
hers- hat family had received the
royal barony of Aud ROxburZbe as
early as l452- \ Sir Robert Ker accom-
panied James VI of Scotland into Eng
lahd and some years later was created
earl of RoXburghe. The dukedon was
conferred nearly a hundred years later
on the nth earl, who was a secretary
OF state and Knight of the Garter
win the fourth duke the direct male
me became extinct, and several claim
ants came forward in virtue of their
descent from branches in previous gen
efauOns- The house of lords 6nssIIy,
decided in 1872 in favor of Sir James
Ilhes-Norcliffe, the great-grandfather
- Iile present duke. In addition to
Uhe magnificent seat at Floors castle.
me duke mas an ancestral estate at
BroXmouth park, Dunbar. Haddington-
shire.
Mss AStor, the second child Of Will.
liam Waldorf Astor. was for several
years brought up in retirement with her
goVerneSs and companions at ClivedeD
since her debut she has been. made
inuch OF IN English society and round
her name has centeTed much gossip of
an impending engagement with this or
that man of title