Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-02-10
MARRIED TO DEC|ES
WHEN GOULD BECOMES ohIoe
OF THE MipDIE.AoEo
ENGLISH BARON.
SEASONS BIG SOCIAL EVENT
Ceremony 10 Witnessed BY Many
Prominent People Of America and
Great Britain and Affair 10 Marked
BY Lavish Expenditure.

society at 1 o'clock yesterday, when
Miss Vivien Gould, aged eighteen
years, the second daughter of Mr.. ana
Mrs. George j. Gould, was united IN
marriage to Lord Decies, middle
aged English baron. The wedding
was the social event Of the season.
No expense had been spared IN max
INK the arrangements. and 1t was the
most lavish affair Of this kind that
New York society has ever Witnessed
with the exception perhaps Of the we'd
ding of Miss Marjorie Gould, tho
brides elder sister, which took place
ten months ago.
Preceding the ceremony. Miss Gould
gave q luncheon to her maid OF honor,
Miss Edith Gould, and her six brides
maids, Miss Annie D. Graham,
daughter of Mrs. Hubert Vos. Miss
Hope Hamilton, cousin Of the bride;
Miss Louise Cromwell. Of Washington;
Miss Hannah Randolph. Of Philadel.
phia: Miss Allison Pierce, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Pierce. and Miss
Emeline Holmes.
Montrose's Son 10 Best Man.
Lord Alistair Graham, son OF the
duke of Montrose and cousin to Lord
Decies, acted as best man; and serv-
ing as ushers were Earl Percy, Lord
Camoya, Robin Gray, Phoenix 1ngra-
ham. Moncure Robinson. Robert H.
Russell, Anthony ]. Drexel. Jr., and
Francis W. Crowninshield.
A magnificent reception was held ut
the Gould mansion on Fifth avenue
after the church service, to which all
the guests were invited. The great
house had been decorated from top to
bottom at an enormous expenditure.
The bride and bridegroom will 60 to
California on the honeymoon trip. and
then start for London. where Baron
Decies has taken q house for the Sea-
son. AS the groom is a peer OF Great
Britain, his young American bride Will
have a part in the coronation cere-
monies next summer.
Story Of Their courtshlp.
The marriage OF this young Amer.
can heiress to foreign nobleman, old
enough to be her father, is the cul-
mination of a romance which began
in 1909, when Baron Decies visited
this country with several other Eng
lish army of1cers to participate in the
Madison Square Garden horse show.
He paid a great deal of attention to
the charming little American. and lin
gered in the United States several
months after the show had closed.
Last November he revisited this coun.
try to take part in the horse show.
and renewed his acquaintance with
the Gould family. His marked atten.
tions to the youthful Vi-ien caused
a great deal of gossip In social circles.
and led to the rumors of an existing
engagement As Miss Vivien had not
vet made her debut nothing further
was said OF the matter. although the
baron, instead OF returning to England
after the close Of the show, went to
visit the Goulds at Lakewood, N. J.
A premature announcement Of the en-
gagement was made in a London 20
ciety paper on December IA.
John Graham Hope Horsby Beres'
ford, Baron Decies, to give him his
full name and title. n very much Of .
man both in stature and character. He
is over six feet tall and does not look
his forty-four years. 1t was only
short time ago that he succeeded to
the title through the death Of his broth.
er. The baron Is distinguished SOL
der, being lieutenant-colonel Of the
Seventh hussars. and won his D. 8. 0.
distinguished Service Order) in the
campaign against the Mad Mullah In
Somaliland. He has been aid-de-
camp to the late Lord Connemora,
when the latter was governor OF Ma
dras, and to the Duke Of Connaught-
His peerage was created at the begin
ming of the nineteenth century In "a
vor of the youngest brother Of the late
marquis of Waterford who was the
protestant archbishop Of Tuam.