The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-27
DY La MAnauIsE DE FoNrEyoY.

A English marriage OF American
N interest. is that OF Miss Elma
a Gordon Cumming, daughter o.:
Sir William Gordon-Cumming.
ana OF his wife. Florence. daughter o.
me late Commodore Garner. OF the New
York Yacht Club. TO Maurice Anthony
gibbs. son OF the late Henry Gibbs. ana.
through him. grandson OF the arst Lord
AldenAam. Young Maurice Gibbs pos
sesses Very considerable fortune. IS
twenty-hve years of age. and has in
her!ted the good looks OF his family.
while his hancee, Miss ElHa Gordon
cumming now nineteen years of age.
oeaTs remarkable resemblance TO aer
mother. at the time when she gave
ner hand In marriage 10 Sir William
GORDON, Cumming: union which ex.
cited the utmost resentment on the
the Atlantic.
For sir William had al the time been
forced 10 resign his commission In the
army as l!eutenant-colonel OF the
membership OF all his LONDON clubs.
owing TO his being defeated in the
suit Tor slander which he had been
s sfrs LED 10 w bring against Mr.. and
for having accused him OF cheating al
a game OF baccarat played under
their roof. and at which King Edward
i,hsn Prihce OF Wales) was present
was the last occasion on which King
toward appeared in the witness box
ana submitted 20 DISCRIMINATION by
counsel The judicial decision of the
case left the army authorities and the
c!uos no alternative, but TO &C, as they
did towards Sir William. But 1t is
only fair TO add that there has always
oeen certain amount of doubt as to
MS CUNT. and as 10 whether he was
NOT really the victim OF some feminine
vengeance
er,, is a popular member OF the Metro
poHtan Club at Washington, is CON
nected with the Bureau OF American
REPUBLICS. and is married to dnught-
er or Charles Eames, formerly United
states minister at Venezuela. The
Cummingses are very ancient Scotch
FAMILY. and owe the additional name
OF Gordon to the fact that the second
naronet inherited. through the female
Inc the estates Of the last Sir William
Gordon. of Gordonstoun. who was the
premier oaronet Of the baronets of No
va scotia: Sir William has two country
In County Elg!n. and the other Altyre,
Forces, his estates embracing about
$1,000 acres Miss Constance Gordon
Cumming, the traveller. and the inven-
ter OF a system for enabling the blind
In China to read, is his cousin
me Globses are English merchant
princes: of that class, indeed. from
been SO largely recruited. The house
or Anthony Gibbs G. Co., in Lon
don has been In existence since the
american War Of Independence. and
particularly Interested in South Amer
lean trade. especially in the trade with
Chilli. Indeed, the fortunes of the
house of Gibbs are to g. great extent
identified with those Of the Gillian
republic. The head of the house. kpd
OF the firm. is the second Lord Alden
ham. who at the time Of the war be-
tween Russia and Japan, resigned his
seat s member of Parliament for the
city OF London, owing to the fact that
the British government, by way of in
directly helping It's Oriental ally. pur-
chased two fine Gillian men Of war,
swell the size of the Muscovite navy.
This purchase was made by the Eng
lish government through Anthony
Gibbs d Company.
Now there Is an unwritten law in
England to the effect that people in
terested in government contacts can
not sit in the House of Commons. 1t
Is rule more honored In its breach
than Its observance In recent years
Alban Gibbs. however, as Lord Alden
ham was then, and his brother Weary
felt that with the altogether unblem-
Of which is the synonym for every
thing that is high principled in trade,
not only at home but also through
out South and Central America they
could. not allow any question to be
raised raise as este to their views in the matter.
member for the city of London, a
Ntgnity which entitled him on the
opening day of Parliament to 81
among the Cabinet ministers, on the
Treasury Bench of the House of Com
mons, rendered 1t incumbent upon him
slightest degree affect the honor and