The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-20
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best man 10 his cousin, the Duke %
Marlborough. on tho occasion OF the
lattcr's wedding to Miss Consuelo Van
derbilt. In New York. Although Ivor
Guest is the eldest son and heir OF the
aged Lord Wimbourne. yet he hinxsclf
was raised to the peeragc two years
ago. with the object of strengthening
the government forces in tho House OF
Lords, and selected as his title that OF
Lord Ashby st. Legcr. tho name of n
parish in Northamptonshire. on the
borders of Warwick. near Rugby.
It was at Ashby Manor House. now
one OF his country seats. that Catesby,
Guy Fawkcs and their fellow conspira
tors hatched the gunpowder plot.
Two OF lord Ashby st. Lcgcr's
brothers are married to American wo-
men: ono OF them, Captain tho Hon
Frederick Guest, now lord OF the
treasury. and one OF the government
whips In tho House OF Commons. hay
Ing as wife the daughter of Henry
Phipps. of Pittsburgh and New York:
while the Hon. Bionel Guest Is welded
to flora. daughter of tho late John
BiSclow. OF New York who was the
representative OF the United States
government in Franco half n century
ago. Sttll another American sistcr-in-
law OF Lord and Lady Ashby St I.eger
is Mrs. Robert Cirosvcnor, who was
Miss Florence Padclford. daughter of
Edward PadcIford, OF Washington and
Baltimore. and who is married to Lady
Ashby st. Lcgcr's brother the Hon.
Robert Grosvenor, eldest son and heir
of Lord t,bury
Lord Wimbourne has been an invalid
for some time past, and Lady VIM
bourne too. Is not strong. So they
have virtually given up their London
home, Wimbourne House, in Arlingt ton
street. to their eldest son for use as q
species of social headquarters OF the
administration. III fact. Lady .Ashby
st Legcr has taken Lady Wimbourne's
place as one Of the principal hostesses
of the Lioeral party. Wimbournc
House belonged in turn to the lato
Duke of Beaufort. and after him to
tho late Duke of Hamilton, who sold
1t to Lord Wimbournc. Situated in
Arlington Street, which many consider
TO remain to-day, az it was in the days
OF Horace Walpole, in the eighteenth
century. the centre of the universe, it
has not only private garden OF. its
own. but likewise runs through to
Green Park, on which its windows
open and few who have even seen 1t
can forget the long gallery. lined from
end to end with superb pictures and
statuary. the great gold Louis XVI
ballroom and the beautiful white
marble conservatory, where great foun-
tains play all night when Lord and
Lady Ashby st. Lcger arc entertaining
In their Inequalities. Lord and Lady
Ashby st. Lcger have virtually I'M
limited means at their command For
Lord Wimbournc IS colosSally rich, and
is the owner of the great Dowlais
Iron Works in Glamorganshirc. which
were founded by his great-grand-
father, John Guest, in 174T
tl,t
10y ST. Leger, IN conjunction with his
parents, has purchased the mansion In
Arlington street Immediately aGjo'n-
ing Wimbourne House, which Is. there
fore. to be still further enlarged
Whereas Lord Ashby st. Leger is
now, like his cousin and close friend
Winston Churchill. not only a pro-
nounced Liberal. but even a member
OF the Asuuith administration. his
strong Tory and one of the pillars
of the Carlton Club. III fact. Lord
Wimbourno received his pecrage in
1889 on tho nomination OF Conserva-
tive premier. Lady Nimbournc how
ever. who has decided views OIL the
subject OF free trade, induced her hus-
band some years ago to withdraw from
the Unionist party, to resign from the
Carlton Club and TO join tho Liberals.
Lady Wimbourne, who in her young
or days was always considered to be
the best looking OF the sisters of the
late Duke of Marlborough and Lord
Randolph Churchill, as she is the most
gifted, was for many years recognized
as the feminine leader of the Low
Church party in Great Britain: that
party to which everything savoring OF
rltualism and of Roman Catholicism.
is anathema. BY reason OF her enthu-
siasm OH the subject OF religious mat
tiers. She used popularity to be known
as tho Deborah of Dorset, her princi-
pal country seat being at Canford
Manor, in that country
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