The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13
DOMESTIC BR0|LS
REGALE SOCIETY
Two Divorce Cases Will Afford
Some Lively Gossip for
London.
.LuRID HEARINGS PROMISED
Earl and Countess Cowley, and
Sir Morgan and Lady Croft
ton Central Figures.
LuRID HEARINGS PROMISED
BY CHARLES p. NonCRoss.


London, February 1.-TWO divorce
cases. those of Earl and Countess Cow
ley and of Sir Morgan and Lady Croft
ton, are expected, shortly. They will
certainly afford some lively gossip to
London society.
That of the Croftons has been an
ticipated; that of the Cowleys comes as
a shock to the public. Lady Cowley
will be remembered as Lady Hartopp,
who not long since was divorced after
a lurid hearing, during which the NOR
ais OF the hunting set" we're ana
lyzed by the husband. Sir Charles Har-
topp The earl was correspondent, and
when the case was settled Lady Har-
topp followed Earl Cowley to Ceylon,
where they were married. Tempera-
mentally unsuited. they lived most
unhappily.
There is saying in Leicestershire:
1--WE do not care what you do SO long
as you don't brighten the horses :"
sion caused a stampede. Indeed, the
hunting set nicknamed her Fiddle
Headed Man Eater" The tissue OF
charges and counter-charges is likely
to prove more Illuminating than the
stories told in the Hartopp case.
Lord Cowley's matrimonial experi-
ences have been unhappy. His first
wife was Lady Violet Neville, daugh-
ter of the Marquis of Abergavenny.
and sister of the notorious Lord VIII.
liam Neville. who served two sentences
for fraud. There is madness in the
Abergavenny family. as was shown in
Lady violnt's desire to elope with a
friend of her husband. The present
Lady Cowley is a member of the ia
nous Wilson family. a cousin of Muriel
Wilson, of l'ranby Croft. The former
Lady Hartopp once eloped with prom
inent financier. They got as far as
Dover. when the man was scared by the
| lady's actions, and wired Hartopp:
.'Will give you 10000 If you will
! take back Millicent"
"Right-o,' was the answer.
This man was called as witness In
| the Hartopp divorce, but was not put
en- the stand.
The Crofton case is pathetic. Sir
Morgan is comparatively poor. and his
pretty wife, who was.a Miss 1rby, is
socially ambitious and extravagant.
/ Tired of the pinch and screw of an
economical life she deserted Crofton
4 and her child and went away with q
man of great wealth. The affair was
hushed up. the husband taking back
, his wife. whom he tried to forgive
, Lately the wife went away again with
case is likely to be determined quickly
A Pence Enthusiast.
Queen Alexandra Is a peace enthu.
siast like the King. The Queen, who
is Impressed with the simplicity and
kindness of the German Empress, has
thought that another visit of the Wal
Lords wife would go a long way L
confound the scarem onsers, and so has
written inviting the latter to England
\ ,.Jyoe. hal Z i,,t
Edwards visit to Biarritz Is over til;
German Empress and her handsom
daughter will be the guests OF tn
English royal family at Sandringhan
: for q fortnight
William Phillips and his bride mr.
. cutting short their honeymoon in Kent
!. and have taken a small but charming
house in Curzon Street, Mayfair. Late
they Will buy house in Grosveno
Square, which is RAPIDLY bccominl
Americanized. Mrs. Phillips. after he
formal presentation ION her marriage
at the first diplomatic official cour'
: which will be held before the Kin
leaves for Biarritz, will be expected t
present her compatriots, owing to Mrs
Whitelaw Reid being in mourning.
is not likely. however, that there WI
be any presentations at the first cour
r Mrs. Phillips shortly will begin
series of dinners to the diplomat
circle in London. Her mother is SUI
in III health and cannot be reckone
on as hostess for some time
The Countess of Essex, formerly Mr.
Adele Grant, will entertain extensive
! In her old fashioned house IN DAVE
III Street. Like her husband, she IS
:. born gambler. and as the finances
= the couple have been at low ebb =
: some time, society people believe thf
70 must have effected a coup.
Countess Pappenheim VIII give
81 series of dances during the spring Sc
: son, as will Cora, Lady Stafford
J. Lady Granard is making many.
I'll terra tons in Mortimer House, Whe
she will entertain extensively.
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