The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-29
MRS. FIELD To WE'D,
SAYS LONDON CABLE
Name of Widow of Merchant
Princes Son Coupled With
Lord Innes-Ker.

CHICAGO. July 2s.-The report from
London that there is a likelihood Of
a marriage between Mrs. Marshall
Field. jr, and Lord Robert Innes-Ker.
younger brother of the Duke Of Rox-
burghe. has aroused the keenest inter
est and surprise in Chicago.
Lord Innes-Ker is only twenty-three
years oid-several years the junior Of
Mrs. Eield-but he Is a big. brawny
lieutenant Of the London Highlanders,
and looks much older than he really
is
HIS attentions to the handsome Chi
cago widow, the dispatches say. are
quite marked. Nearly every day he is
10 be seen riding or walking with her,
and the two frequently make the rounds
OF the art stores together. It did not
take the young lord long 10 find out
that Mrs. Field IS devoted 10 art, and
TO employ his knowledge Of it TO the
best advantage.
Has Lived in Retirement.
Since she went TO England. after the
tragic death OF her husband. 70 educate
her children, Mrs. Field has lived IN
the strictest retirement refusing in
vitations right and left.
OF late her rigorous attitude with re-
gard to society has been relaxed some
what and london believes 1t has Lord
Innes-Ker to thank for it. II he makes
her Lady Innes-Ker, Mrs. Field will in
turn confer upon him the distinction Of
becoming stepfather 10 the richest chill
dren in the world.
BY far the greater part OF Marshall
Fields fortune-oficially estimated at
$50. 900, OOO-was bcQUeathed by the mer-
chant prince 10 his two grandsons,
Marshall Field, III, now fourteen years
old. and Henry, twelve: The little
wealthy young woman. also, but her
fortune will be trifing as compared
with those Of her brothers
Millions Piling Up.
If the boys are both alive when Mar
shall attains the age Of fifty, the grand
fathers estate will be divided between
them, the elder receiving three-fifths
and the younger two-ffths. Until that
time. It will be held in trust for them
and, at the rate their unostentatious
mother lives, the millions must be pill
ing up at an incredible rate.
Before her marriage TO the son OF
Chicago's wealthiest citizen. Mrs. Field
was Miss AIbertine Huck She belongs
10 an excellent family, noted for its re-
finement and culture. rather than for
its money. although the Hucks are Tar
from poor.
Aside from the fact that she is the
mother OF the worlds richest boys. SIZE
received q large fortune upon the death
OF her husband fortune that has No
strings 10 II. and that leaves her free
to marry whom ana when she chooses
Popular in Chicago.
Chicago had begun TO think that she
never would choose TO marry, and the
news that SIZE may enter one Of Eng
lands noblest families has been re-
ceived here with real delight. There
never was a more popular matron in
Chicago's fashionable set than Mrs
Marshall Field. il. Pretty. accomplish
&c with tire air of one who is 10 the
manner born. she won friends by the
hundreds and kept them.
Lord Innes-Ker is son Of James
Henry Pober, Ianes-Ner. seventh Duke
burghesEire. His mother was Lady
Anne Emily Spencer Churchill. lady oil
the bedchauber TO Queen Victoria, and
mistress Of her majesty's robes. She
Uas the fourth daughter Of John Win
ston, seventh Duke o. Marlborough
Ker Lineage Goes Back to 1857.
Robert Edward is the third son. III:
next elder brother. Aastair Robert III
nes-Ker. Is the heir presumptive 10 the
duchy. He married Hiss Anna Breeze
of New York.
John Ker. who sprang into prominence
among the landed gentry Of England
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