Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-17
mrs. REGINALD BROOKS
Gets PARTIAL DIVORCE
Circuit. Court, of iiAlbemarle County
Grants Decree to One of .'the
Beautiful Langhorne Sisters"
ABANDONMENT is ALLEGED
Action, Taken In December, Given to
Public for First Time-NIrs.
Brooks En- Route to London to Aid
Sister in Nursing Soldiers.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. January
l6.-Mrs. Phyllis Langhorne Brooks.
who sailed this week for London, to
visit her sister. Mrs. william Waldorf
Astor, whom she will assist in nursing
wounded English soldiers. was granted
partial divorce from her husband.
Reginald Brooks. In December. but the
fact only became public to-day.
Late in December depositions were
taken before Garland NJ. McNutt,
local commissioner in chancery. A
decree was entered on December 1S In
the Circuit Court of Albemarle County,
which recited that the parties to the
suit were lawfully married on Novem-
ber IA. 1901, and that Reginald Brooks,
on September is. 1912. wilfully and in
tentionally abandoned and deserted his
wife. and that the descrtion and aban-
donment had continued to the date of
the decree. period OF more than tive.
years.
BARRED OF ALL DOVER
RIGHTS IN PROPERTY
Mrs. Brooks was granted n divorce
mensn ct thoro. and the parties to
the suit were divested and barred of
all dover and curtesy rights in the
property of the other, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired. The de-
cree expressly provides that nothing In
1t shall affect the rights and obliga-
tions of either under an agreement
bearing date Of February 81, 1913, in
regard to an allowance for the support
of Mrs. Brooks and her two children,
Reginald and David l.. Brooks. and
also in regard to the custody, main
tenance and education OF the children
as provided for in that agreement.
The decree places the cause upon the
suspended docket with leave to Mrs.
Brooks to apply for further relief
whenever she Is advised that she is en-
titled to It, but 1t Is not intended that
such relief shall In any way change
or affect the allowance for her support
and that OF her children or the Gus
tody, maintenance and education Of
the children.
Mrs. Brooks is one of the famous
Langhorne beauties. She is n sister
OF Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Of New
York: Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, Of
London, formerly Mrs. Mamie Lang
horne Shaw. and Mrs. Paul Phipps, OF
Vancouver.
SPENDS MUCH OF HER TIME
AT OLD LANGHoRNE HOME
Mrs. Brooks has spent much OF her
time In tho past two years at the old
Langhornc homo, "Mlrador." near
Greenwood, this county, which estate
she purchased several years ago from
her father, Colonel Chiswell y. Lang
horne. Like her sisters, she is an en-
thusiastic horsewoman. and owns
string OF hunters. a member OF the
Albemarle County Hunt. she frequently
follows the hounds. She is rarely
absent from any of tho race meets or
horse shows given under the auspices
OF the Albemarle Hunt. and frequently
donates silver cups for special events
on tho programs. She Is often seen
on tho streets OF Charlottesville in
company with her eldest son, Reginald.
motoring down from her home In tho
Blue Ridge Mountains, a distance OF
eight miles. Last summer Mrs. Brooks
paid a brief visit to her sister In Lon