New-York tribune., 1911-11-06
Lord RibblesdaIe to Wed Again.


Lord Ribblesdale. former master Of tho
royal hunt who lost his wife. sister OF
Mrs Asquith, wife of the British Premier,
only a few months ago, is about TO wed
again, his bride being Miss Esmc Ark
wright, daughter of the now widowed Mrs
George william Augustus Fitzgeorge The
latter figured conspicuously in the Amcri-
can press year or so ago. during her pro-
lonsed residence I'm this country, as Lady
Fitzgeorge, under which designation, TO
which she was not entitled, she gave all
sorts of newspaper interviews. wherein she
made known her ideas on American and Eng
lish society and on the British royal fam
ily, TO which she was related, even touch
ing on political questions. She actually
went so far as to announce the festivities
which she intended TO give in New YORK
for her daughters by her second marriage
who had been brought M by her second
husbands relatives, and have been Launched
hy them in English society.
Mrs FitZgeorge is a Barring by birth'
daughter of the late William Barring, NJ 70
Of Norman Court. Hampshire, and great
granddaughter of Sir Francis Barring the
first baronet She Is. therefore, cousin oi
Lord Revelstoke, Lord Cromer Lord Nor'h-
brook Lord Ashburton, of Sir Godfrey baI-
ing and of the Hon. Cecil Barring, VINO Is
now visiting the relatives of his American
wife. who was Miss Maude Lorillard, or
Tuxedo Park, n. y. Mrs. Fitzgeorge's first
husband was Captain Frank w. ArkwrlSht'
of the Coldstream Guards, and his marriage
10 her was sundered by the divorce court
after the birth Of daughter. Esme Ark
wright, who has been brought up by her
father and his kinsfolk.
The ex-Mrs. Arkwright thereupon became
the wife of the late Colonel George William
Augustus FitzgeoTge, the eldest OF tho
three sons OF Prince George of England,
Duke of Cambridge, by the latter's ecclesl-
astical but legally invalid marriage of Jan
nary 8. lS47 in the Church OF st. John, at
Clerkenwen, TO the popular Irish actress.
Miss Farebrother, the name of the royal
bridegroom appearing on the parish regis
ter as George Frederick Cambridge, OF
81 Paul, Deptford' The dukes bride was
known after this marriage. which OF
course was never officially recognized, as
Mrs. Fitzgeorge," and did not share her
husbands residence in Park Lane and
Piccadilly. known as Gloucester House, but
lived in a house of her own near by, where
her CIlllNIeu NtIt DiOh0iN NI' ~N'S'
george never appeared at any Of the din
ners or entertainments that the duke gave
at Gloucester House was never received at
court and remained wholly in the BACK
ground.
OF the three sons Of this union, Colohei
George Fitzgeorge was. as mentioned above
the eldest He was singulary unfortunate
in all that he undertook, irritated MS fatHer
and his royal relatives by his marriage 10
a diyorcee got into one financial scrape
after another, entailing his compulsory re-
tirement from the army. the expenditure OF
no end OF money by his father and not
merely one but several appearances III the
court of bankruptcy. AT the state tuherai
Of the old duke IN Westminster Abbey, al
which King Edward was the chief mourner'
Colonel George Fitzgeorge, although alNe
AT the time, was relegated to the back
ground. and had no place In the procession
I'm which his two younger brothers. Admiral
Sir Adolphus Fitzgeorge and Colonel Slr
Augustus Fitzgeorge. figured, not as the
sons. but as the equerries and prlnclpal
aides-de-camp of their father Moreover
they each Of them received the star ana
kniphthood OF the Victorian Order with
the prefix Of "Sir" to their Christian names,
ON that occasion, in recognition Of their
services to their father as members of his
roval household, whereas their elder broth
or Colonel George Fitzgeorge received no
such token Of the sovereign's favor and
recognition.
Colonel George Fitzgeorgc died about FIVE
vesys ago, I'm Switzerland leaving his wife
and his children very badly off; for even
"a the end Of his days he always seemed to
he ,mbued with the belief that he could
restore his shattered fortunes by embark
ing I'm the most foolish and wildcat enter
rrfsos. It WAS then that Rear Admiral
Sir Adophus and Lady N'zSeorgc under
,ook.tbe charge Of the widowed Mrs. F'itz-
george's two daughters and of her son by
her second marriage, the boy being no"
. ,,nior lieutenant OF the royal navy.
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