The Washington herald., 1907-02-10
Attaches Made Social Lions
Foreign Minister Protests Against Attitude Taken Here.

the minds Of all those who participated
in the ceremony, or were interested in it.
and was celebrated at the Calvary
Church in Pittsburg. Lord and Lady
rE@~tfor4 the father and mother Of the
earl. were present at the wedding, with
their daughter. Lady Jane Seymour. who
was one OF Miss Thaw's attendants. The
other bridesmaids were Miss Elizabeth
and Miss Mary Thaw Thompson, the twin
daughters Of her half sister; Mrs. William
r Thompson. Miss Nancy Carnegie, Miss
Martha Ferguson, Miss Isobel May, and
Miss ElinOr Wilson. 1t viii be remem-
bered that there was quite a scandal, be
cause Harry Thaw, who had been named
to give his sister away, delayed the cere-
mony an hour by his nonappearance-
Various excuses were given for this, but
it was generally thought that it was due
to d disagreement about the marriage
settlements. Josiah c. Thaw, who has
been a faithful friend to his brother In
his deep trouble. eventually acted in the
place Of Harry.
The Earl Of Yarmouth, as his fathers
eldest son. win eventually inherit a title
which was created IN 1893, and will be-
come the head Of a famous and ancient
family the earIs father. the present Mar
quis OF Hartford pronounced Hartford,
being descended from the first Duke Of
Somerset through his eldest son. while
the present duke is descended from the
younger son. The noble English families
have 50 many connections and collateral
branches that It Is difficult to untangle
them. but the creator Of this family was
that very Edward Seymour, Duke Of
Somerset, brother Of Jane Seymour, the
third wife Of Henry VIII, and the uncle
Of Edward VI, who was made Earl Of
/ HEREFORD in 1913. His career is well
known; his invasion Of Scotland. his vic
/ tory at the battle OF Pinkie. his support
/ Of the Reformation, and his execution for
/ treason IN the Tower-and his descend
ants have been prominent in the politics
/ Of the country since that time
/ A member Of this family who used the
/ original name St MaUr, instead Of the
/ corruption. Seymour, was secretary OF
/ the British Legation in Washington in
/ the dine Of Lord Lyons, when IL Occu-
! pied the old Porter house, adjoining the
/ Metropolitan Club, now converted into
/ modern apartments. The career Of this
I gentleman was very romantic. for, after
/ leaving the diplomatic service, he came
\ near being shot as "a SPY by Dick Taylor
/ IN the Confederate headquarters in Rich
/ mond who unable TO find the name of
/ St MauT. which this son Of the house
/ affected, in the British peerage, was con-
\ WINGED that the former. secretary of the
! British Legation, Lord Edward St. Naur,
/ was an impOst0r and his letters Of intro
! ductiOn fOrgerieS. Happily however, he
/ was identified and escaped execution.
/ The family Of the Earl Of Yarmouth are
l far from rich, and the Thaw millions have
/ greatly benefited them; indeed. the wealth
/ that the former Miss Thaw brought 10
/ this impoverished family is so great that
I no stories Of estraugement between her
self and her husband can be credited. IL
would be so much 10 his disadvantage to
quarrel with his lovely American wife
/ The character Of the Marquis OF Steyne ia
/ Vanity Fair is said TO be drawn from one
/ Of the Earl OF Yarm0uth's ancestors, and
4 Ia speaking OF Gaunt House Thackeray
/ really means Hartford House The IA
nous marquis he describes as follows:
The candles lighted up Lord Steyne's
shining bald head, which was fringed
/ with red hair. He had thick, bushy eye
/ broWs with little twinkling. blO0dsbot
+ eyes surrounded by a thousand wrinkles.
/ His jaw was UNDERLYING. and when he
/ laughed two white buck teeth prOtruded
/ themselves and glistened savagely In the
midst Of the grin He had been dining
with royal personages, and wore his gar
I ter and ribbon A short man was his
7 lordship, broad-chested and bOw-legged.
/ but proud Of the fneness- of his-foot and
ankle, and always caressing his garter
/ knee"