The Washington herald., 1911-06-08
THE WEDDING OF LORD.

heir Of Lord Mount Edgcumbe, with Lady
Edith Villiers, only daughter OF Lord
Clarendon, which was solen1nized the
other day at ST. Margaret's, Westminster.
The bride wore white satin wedding
robe. with lovely founces of old Brus-
sells lace Glittering upon her swan-like
neck was the splendid diamond pendant
given her by the King and Queen of Eng
land. She also wore the large star sap
phire which was Lady Hopes present.
The bridal retinue was composed of
/ eleven children, who were marshaled on
either side of the aisle. each holding a
standard of white lilies. Directly the
bride had passed they fell into line be-
hind her. Lord Hyde's children came
first, the other girls being Miss Ga
| thorne-Hardy, Miss Fraser, Miss Maui
reen Stewart, Miss Peggy Ward, Lady
Alexandra Agar, Miss Lopes. Miss Glyn,
the Ladies Blanche and Diana Somerset,
and Lady Avice Sackvflle. The subdean
| OF the chapels royal, Canon Edgar
! Sheppard. offiCiated, assisted by Canon
Henson, and Lord Clarendon gave his
daughter away
| TIE Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch es-
corted Lady Herbert Scott, the Duchess
or Beaufort brought her bridesmaid
. daughters. and the Duchess of st. AIbans
came with her daughter Lady Bland
! ford was also with her daughters Lady
Lillian Grenfell and Lady Norah Church
hill, and Lord and Lady I,ansdowne were
together. Others accupying front pews
were the Duke Of Marlborough, the Aus
| Itro-HunSarian Ambassador, the Ameri-
! can Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw
Reid. and Lord Derby with his daugh-
| ter, Lady Victoria. and his sister-in-l law,
Mrs Ferdinand Stanley.
Lord Wolverton encorted his wife and
| their two children, and there were also
| present Lord and Lady Brassey and Miss
| Helen Brassey. Lady Trafalgar in black
and white fOulard. the Marquise d'Haut-
pool. accompanied by Mrs. Hartmann,
| and Evelyn Lady Abingdon, Elizabeth
| Lady Wilton. Lady Charles Beresford,
| Mrs. RochfOrt Mcguire, Lady Dartrey,
Lady Raglan, Miss Ivy Gordon-Lennox,
Lady Castlereagh, Lady HYDE, Lady
Juliet Duff. Lady Beatrice Herbert, and
Lady Beatrice POle-Carew
! Queen Alexandra's gift to Lord VAL
letort and his bride is a handsome two
handled loving cup of Irish silver. in
| scribed. ITO my dear EodsOn and his wife
| on the occasion of their marriage From
| Alexandra
! Princess Victoria's present was a pair Of
sapphire sleeve links, and Lord Mount
| Edgeumbe gave his son the motor car in
which he and his bride started for Give
den. lent by Mr.. Waldorf Astor for the
honeymoon.
| charming incident recently took
place in Hyde Park. wherein King
George. Queen Mary. and little French
maid were the chief actors Her name
is Melanie s. and she is a nurse in an
| English family. One morning recently
she was ont in company with her mis-
tress' daughter for a walk IN the park
| it was said that the King was about TO
ride by. and MeIanie's hearts desire was
TO see the King. Soon the royal party
appeared-King George. Queen Mary. two
OF the royal children, and several OF the
palace suite. They were all riding.
The little French maid. as they went
| by, could not repress a "Vive le roi, Vive
Ia raine!' The King heard it, turned back
to near where Melanie stood, and said in
very good French: Some one here salut-
ed us I'm French. We stopped to thank
| hira."
! Melanie whose face was as red as a
tomato. murmured that it was she, and
some excuse of delight at seeing TIE
King. King George replied that this was
the first time he had been saIutei in
French in this way. The Queen also
spoke TO the girl, who. in reply TO a ques-
/ ton about whether England pleased her.
replied that she would love England II
it were not always raining. which made
| the King laugh.
| An incident, in some respects similar to
the above occurred the other day during
the visit Of the German Empress to the
German hospital at Dalston, in the North
eastern part of London. Just as the
Kaiserin was leaving the side of the lit
| tie white beds a shrilI voice cried out
! Hip, hip. hip. hoo-ray" How nice
of YOU" the Empress said to a small
lpersOn named Luise. from whom the cheer
| had come. Then she whispered to one
| Of her ladies' II must give her a flower
! for that" She picked a blossom from
her bouquet and put it into the out
stretch hand of the child. whose eyes
were sparkling with delight.
Sir Edward Bradford, former commits
sioner of police of London, who died there
suddenly of an apoplectic stroke while
on the street. was in his seventy-sixth
year He had an adventurous career in
India. He served through the Indian
bravery and was present at the final re-
lief OF Lucknow.
| He was with King Edward at Jeypore
when the prince, as he then was, shot his
\ first tiger. Sir Edward lost his left arm
! through an encounter with a tiger in the
jungle. He was chief commissioner of the
metropolitan police from 1880 to 1903, and
| distinguished himself by his great ad-
ministrative ability. Sir Edward was an
| equerry to King Edward from 1903 until
his late maiestys death, when he was
reappointed to the same Office to King
| George.
| The late baronet was immensely popular
with the force He was small man, but
he was man of great courage, and was
| characteristically genial. 1t has been
said that he was short of stature short
OF an arm, and short of speech. He GER
| tainly did not welcome questions which
were out of place or needless, and 1t is
related of him that, asked by an inquisi-
| tive lady how he lost his arm. he replied,
lacoBically, with the mOnosyllable.
| ''Gnawed!'
! He IS succeeded in the baronetcy by his
son, Maj E. R. Bradford. of the Seaforth
J Highlanders FLANEUR.
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