The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

The present year seems likely to be
remembered in Great Britain as the year
Of brilliant marriages. OF special inter
est is the engagement of the Marquis of
Llnlithgow to Miss Doreen Milner. Lord
Linlithgow, who succeeded to the title in
1905, is not yet twenty-four years Of
age. He was educated at Eton. and is
a lieutenant of the Lothian and Border
Horse Yeomanry. and a member of the
LinIithgowshire Territorial Force Asso-
ciation-
Miss Doreen Miner is the youngest
daughter OF Sir Frederick Miner, and
about the same age as her fianCe. She
is a great favortte with her father, act
ing as hostess at his London house, and
it was a happy thought OF the Unionists
of the Bassetlaw division of Noting
hamshire when they made a presenta-
ton to Sir Frederick recently in ac-
acknowledgement of his services to the con-
stituency during twenty-one years con-
nection, that they included in it a
charming portrait of Miss Doreen Milner
in the form of a chalk drawing by Sar-
geant- The gift probably was even more
welcome to Sir Frederick than the hand
some pieces of plate which accompanied
it The wedding is to take place Easter
week. The date at present suggested is
April 10, which, ii will be remembered,
is Primrose Day.
The close of January and the opening
days of this month see three weddings
of great interest Miss Margaret Tre-
fusis was married to Capt Edgar Bras
sey at st. PauI's, Knightsbridge, on
Thursday, January 26 Miss Trefusis
huy rnI1Sin lord
Clinton, and one of her bridesmaids was
the Hon. Fenella Trefusis. or, to give
her her full patronymic the Hon. Fenella
Hepburn-Stuart-For Trefusis- There
are not many families which can boast
such a multiplicate surname. Miss Fe-
nella and her sister Harriet, who was
married last year to Capt Nevin Fame,
of the COldstream Guards, are coheiresses
to the barony, as Lord and Lady Clinton
have no son. Among the other brides
maids, who numbered six in all, were
Lady Amy Gordon-Lennox and Lady
Bridget Coke; also there were two
charming little pages to carry the brides
train. Miss Trefusis' wedding gown was
not only beautiful but novel, being COM
posed Of brocade and cut in the Renais-
sance style.
st. Margaret's, Westminster, was the
of Miss Alexandra Vivian and OF Lady
Violet Manners. On January 81 Miss
Vivian was married there to Lord Wors-
lev. oldest son and heir of the Earl
and Countess of Marlborough Miss Alex
andra Vivian is the youngest Of three
sisters, and is only twenty years Of age.
She was given away by her brother,
Lord Vivian, whose marriage to Mrs.
Adrian Rose took place recently. They
went abroad for their. honeymoon, but
returned in time for the wedding. The
wedding was one Of the prettiest of the
season. The bride was attended by no
fewer than ten bridesmaids and two
pages: among this charming bevy were
he own little nephew and niece, Daphne
Vivian, who is only six years old, and
her brother Anthony, who has attained
the interesting age of four. For youth
full brides little children always make
the prettiest attendants, and, as rule,
they play their parts with great dignity.
Contretemps have been known to arise,
however; on one occasion the little maid,
who had been intrusted with the brides
bouquet during the ceremony, resoluteiy
declined 10 part with such a beautiful
new pIaything, and the bride was con-
strained to walk down the aisle without
it
On February 1 pretty Lady Violet, or,
as she Is better known to her friends,
Lady Lefty" Manners, was married in
the same church to Hugo Charters, the
eldest son Of Lord and Lady Elcho. They
are very youthful pair, for Lady Violet
is only TWENTY-FIVE and Mr.. Charteris
twenfy-stx years Of age Lady Violet
also had a train Of charming brides
maids. among. whom were her own twe