New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-08
MISS SHERMAN ENGAGED
Will Be Welded to Lord Camoys,
Her Parents Announce.
H. roierranh 70 The tribune.

Newport. Aug Mr. and Mrs. william
Watts Sherman to-day officially announced
the engagement OF their daughter MISS
Mildred Sherman. 70 Ralph Francis Julian
=tonor Lord Camoys. Of England. The an
nouncement did not come as great sur
prise 10 the social circle here. as II was
reported from abroad a short time ago
that the couple were hetrothed- There
was. however. no official confirmation or
announcement on the subject until to-day
when Mrs. Sherman sent personal notes
n a number Of her friends and also gave
out the announcement. Lord Camoys and
Miss sherman met ar the time Of the wed
ding Of Lord Deces and Miss Gould.
Miss sherman Is in her twenty-third year
She comes from one OF Rhode Island s old
est families and IS a granddaughter Of the
late Mrs. John Carter Brown With her
sister Mrs. Lawrence L. Gillespie, Miss
sherman for long time was a favorite
with the younger set here. she IS de-
votae Of nearly all outdoor sports. When
the engagement became officially known
to-day she was showered with congratula-
tons from every quarter.
The date Of the wedding has not oeeh
set but this will probably be fixed when
Lord Camoys visits America, which VIII
he before the end Of the summer, according
10 present expectations here.
RaIph Francis Julian Stonor, fifth Baron
Camoys, is the head Of the stonor family
and rents his ancestral home, Stonor Park
on the Thames. TO Lord Coventry's son.
Henry. who married Mrs Richard Nc
Creery Of New York Stonor Park be-
longed 10 the family as far back as the
DAVIS OF Edward the Coufessor, giving them
ownership OF this beautiful Oxtordshire
home for nearly one thousand years. one
If the Stonors was Lord Chief Justice I'M
der King Edward l. The Stonors came into
nossession Of the Camoy5 estates about two
hundred years ago through the marriage
NJ Thomas St0nor to Mary Biddulph, the
heiress Of the Camoys property. ana Oh us
honors, then in allegiance.
Richard II created the Camoys peerage
I'm favor Of sir Thomas Camoys, who COM
manded the left wing Of the English army
al Agincourt. With the death Of his grand
son without issue. the peerage fell into
allowance for more than four hundred
wears. until revived by Queen Victoria in
favor of Thomas Stonor, as the great
grandson OF Mary Biddulph
The present lords grandmother was the
Youngest daughter Of Sir Robert Peel and
one OF the earliest ladies-inwaitng ana
favorite attendants u Queen Alexandra
Her son. the Hon. Harry Stonor, uncle OF
the present peer. is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
10 Queen Alexandra. His sister, julia. who
married the Marquis dHautpoul, has been
from childhood the closest friend or the
three sisters Of King George.
Lord Camoys IS twenty-seven years OLD
lie was educated al Balliol College. OXFORD.
Besides Stonor Park. he has town house
IN Albemarle street. He owns about thirty
eight hundred acres. Three years ago he
was engaged 10 Sehorita de Quadra. of
Madrid. daughter Of an old Spanish family.
but the engagement was broken owing TO
the objections Of his mother. He was an
usher al the wedding of Lord Decies and
Miss Vivien Could last winter and re-
NAMED in this country till April. II was
runored then that he would marry an
American woman and take up a business
career here. Later his engagement 10 MISS
sherman was reported. but subsequently
denied