The Washington herald., 1912-12-30

foremost among the bouooh soSiee'
weddings in the past decade was that
OF Miss Cornwallis-West with the Prince
of Pless. Miss Cornwallis-West. known
TO her friends as Daisy, was the seven
teen-year-old daughter Of lovely
mother, and her engagement to the tai
and handsome young prince. rich beyond
the dreams OF avarice, made a sensation
The nuptials were celebrated at st. Mar
garet's, Westminster. the stately old
church next to Westminster Abbey,
where nearly all members OF Parliament
and many other notabilities have their
marriages soIemnized. When Mrs. Corn
wallis-West went to the. church to make
the arrangements she looked so young
and charming that 1t was not for some
time that the officials found out that
she was the brides mother. They had
been under the impression that Mrs.
CornwallIs-West was the bride-elect
The sister of Princess Pless, Miss
Shelia CORVALLIS West. also made bril-
liant alliance in marrying the Duke oil
Westminster several years later. but as
this wedding took place very soon AFTER
the death of Queen Victoria, 1t was os-
tensibly a quiet one, although great
crowd lined the approach to the church.
Some nineteen years ago the levec cor
with the first of the land on the &C.
casiUn OF the marriage Of the present
King George The little blue card OF
admIttance had in the center stamped
gold crown and it bore the inscrip-
tIon:
Marriage of HR Royal HishDess. the Duke Of York,
with Her Serene Highnoss. the Princes
Nictnia Mary Of Teck.
St James Palace. Ievee Corridor.
THURSDAY. 9Th July. 1895.
CARRISGTON.
Lord Chamberlain.
No portraits ever do justice TO the
Queen. with her lovely colOring and gol-
den hair. and she never looked better
than on her wedding morn in the low
cut white satin gown. with the veil
thrown back from her face In royal
fashion. and the brilliant July sunshine
lighting up the historic ensemble.
Two Of the most popular society we'd
dings of recent times were both cele-
brated at St Peters, Eaton Square.
which, together with St. Paul's, Knight
bridge; St. Georges, Hanover Square,
and St Margarets, Westminster, prac-
ticalIy usurps all the great ceremonies,
except picturesque military functions
solmenlzed at the Guards Chapel, Well
ingtOn Barracks.
II was at st. Peters that Lady Helen
Gordon LennoX. youngest daughter Of
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, mar
ried Earl Percy last year, a double ducal
alliance which brought an enormous
crowd to the vicinity of tho church. and
there was perhaps an even larger
throng when. last Easter. the Marquis
Of Stafford. son OF one of the most beau
tiful and clever women Of the day, the
Duchess of Sutherland. married the
belle of the season and train-bearer
at the coronation OF Queen Mary, Lady
Eileen Butler daughter of the Earl and
Countess Of Lanesborough. The Duchess
of Westminster lent GrOsvcnOr House
for the reception, and though the dis
tance from there to the church was
about a quarter Of an hours walk. the
waiting crowd lined the entire route.
Very notable was the wedding of the
Marquis OF Graham. son and heir Of
the Duke of Montrosc with Lady Mary
Hamilton. only child Of the Duke OF
Hamilton. The Duke died when Lady
Mary was a child and left to her every
thing that he PoasIbly could, hem she
was great heiress, and when her choice
fell on a neighbor. so 10 speak. one hail
ing like herself, from the West OF Scot
land the engagement was greatly ap-
proved. The late Duchess Of DevOnshirc
known as the Double Duchess lent
DcvOnshire House for her Eranddaugh-
tors reception. and King Edward attend
ed the wedding. a roar o. cheering an
nouncing his arrival at the Vestry door.
while an equally loud shout went up
from the waiting crowd as the bride
drove up to the front entrance.