The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-26
Marriages nnd Divorces.

Inasmuch as Lord Cowlcy was prac-
tically forced into his present mar
vorced wife of Sir Charles Hartopp,
after having figured as the co-respon-
dent in the latter's divorce case, 1t Is
not astonishing that the union should
have turned out very unhappily and
that both the earl and the countess
should be once more appearing In the
divorce court for the purpose OF securr-
ing liberation from matrimonial bonds
that have never been agreeable, and
which have now become absolutely In
toIerable Lady Cowlcy is a daush-
ter of the late Lord @unburnholme,
better known by the name of Charles
Wilson. Of Warter Priory, which he
bore until his elevation to the House
of Lords. She is a very pretty wo-
man, the eldest of a quartet Of lovely
sisters the others coinprlslhS me
Countess Of chesterheeid, Mrs. Eric
fax, who Tilted the Duke of Manches-
ter in order to marry her present hus-
band. Lady Cowley's younger brother
married the late Lady Isabel Inncs
Kerr, sister OF the Duke of Roxburghe
holme, is head of the Wilson line of
steamers.
The name of Lady cowley8 is a
familiar one in the London courts of
than three different women. One Of
them IS tho mother of the present Lord
Cowley, who not long before the death
OF her husband became involved in n
proved TO have been the writer and
sender Of anonymous letters of sour
rilous character. and made so poor Il
showing that the present Duke OF Beau
fort, between whom and herself ro-
mantle attachment had existed for
years. and who even acted as her es-
cort during the greater part OF the
trial abandoned her, and instead of
wedding her. as every one had cH-
pccted he would do when the late Earl
stead the widowed Baroness Carlo de
Tuyll. The Dowager Lady Cow!ey
has likewise had u good deal of It'll
cation with moneXslen'lers. notably the
late sam Lewis. Of unsavory memory
Many Indies CowIcy.
Then there is the first wife Of the
Violet Nevill daughter of the Marquis
of Abergavenny who obtained a di-
vorce from the earl in 1897. and Is
Cowley brought all sorts of legal pro-
ceedings against her in a vain attempt
to prevent her, after her second mar
riage, from continuing to style herself
Countess Cowicy. But he was defeated
at every turn. and II was made clear
to him that although his former wife
had forfeited her rights as n peeress
through her remarrlage, and could only
appear at court, or in any official docu-
mcnt, as Lady Violet Myddelton, yet
that there was nothing TO prevent her
from using the titic OF Countess Cow
ley in society. The litigation about
the matter attracted widespread atten-
tlon not only at home. but also
abroad.
And now English society Is once
more being treated to a Cowley d.
vorce case, with the former Miliicent
Wilson and e&-Lady HarJopp in the
role formerly occupied there by Lord
Abergavcnny's daughter once the al
yorce IL granted, there Will he notll-
ing TO prevent Lord Cowley from mar
rying again, and furnishing to the
Countess cowley lie has q son and
heir by his first marriage. who is
now twenty years Of age, bears the IT,
tie OF Viscount Dangan and has been
brought up entirely by his mother
Lord Cowley has also a son by the
marriage now about to be dissolved, a
boy Of about three years old who
bears tho name of the Hon Valerian
Wellesley, and who will probably be
assigned by the court to the care
OF his mother. who fortunateIy for,
herself, has inherited from her father
IN independent fortune of about $25-
Vun I; year, WHEREAS Lord Cowley has
itlle or nothing besides his sadly
furnished title.
hn'l for Royal Children,
Emperor Francis Joseph's devotion