The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05
BY LA MApau1sE DE FoNrESoy

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~ board the Olympic. is the widow
ed Warehouses of Donegal. who
although OF Canadian birth. being a
daughter of the late Henry ST George
IwininG, of Halifax. is an American
by education, having received her
schooling a the Quincy Mansion school,
Just outside Boston. Mass. and then
at Welleaey College. The marchion
esss career Is strange one. When
quite a girl. she. as Violet Twining.
became engaged to an English officer
stationed, L believe. at Halifax When
the war In South Africa broke out.
and he was ordered into the field. she
and her mother followed him to Cape
town, and when in the early stages Of
the conflict he WAS killed in action.
II was found that he had made Will
at Capetown just before proceeding TO
the front, in which he bequeathcd to
her the whole OF his very large for
tune.
Two years afterwards. Miss Tw!nlng,
then twenty-five. created amazement
by marrying. first before the registrar
. in London. and afterwards In St
| Georges Church. Hanover Square. the
aged Marquis OF Donegal, repeatedly
bankrupt. as battered in reputation
as In physique. and eighty-two years
OF age that is TO say, fully three-score
years the senior OF his bride. who was
obliged 10 assist him to his feet after
he had been knee!!ng at the altar to re-
ceive the blessing of the church TO this
extraordinary union.
1t Is claimed that the marriage was
originally brought about through an
advertisement inserted by the marquis
in the London newspapers in the sum
mer of 1902. in which he offered the
title of marquis. and a seat in West.
minister Abbey for the coronation OF
Edward VII. In return for marriage
settlement OF 100000. The union,
however, did not take place prior to
the coronation, from which Miss Twin
ing was conspicuous by her absence.
In Fact the matter could not be ne
sotiated III time. and 1t was only af-
ter the coronation that the aged mar
puis. with his long white side whisk-
ers, OF the Dundreary type. and his
mass of white hair, was introduced to
Miss Twining at the Isthmian Club. In
London. by mutual friend, Colonel
a. j. Gordon Kane. of Brooklyn Miss
Twining is reported to have settled.
not 100000. but $4,000. upon the mar
quis, who did not. however. live very
long to enjoy it. For he died some
eighteen months later. after being pre-
sented with son and heir, a very fine
boy. to whom his Canadian marchioness
her wedding.
Lady Donegal and the marquis were
not however. very united couple.
For she left England with her mother
eight or nine weeks after her we'd
ding, for a prolonged tour in the East.
Lord Donegal remaining behind. on
the ground that his age rendered him
unable to put up with the fatigues
of travel.
Lady Donegal was presented at
court prior to her marriage, by Lord
Stratncona. and he, by reason OF his
friendship for the Twining family, al
so gave her away on the occasion OF
her marriage. He has heen very good
to her since, and it is his support, and
that of Lady Strathcona. which have
enabled her to live down, in n measure
the very pronounced prejudice created
against her marriage with peer. not
only sixty years ner senior. but of so
depioIable reputation as the late
marquis,
Her boy. the present Marquis of
Donegal. is now seven years of age,
and in spite of his being still in pima
fores and knickerbockers, is a British
lord high admiral, This dignity comes
TO him by inheritance. along with the
| Earldom of Belfast. the viscounty of
Chichester, and the Barony OF Fisher
wick, etc. Els naval office is that of
Hereditary Lord High Admiral of Tough
Neagh. which is the largest lake. not
merely of Ireland. but also of the
United Kingdom, covering an area of
1853 square miles. and with a coast
line OF siXty-five miles. The title
dates back to the sixteenth and sew
enteenth centuries, when the lake was