The Washington herald., 1916-07-11
YOUR WEDDING DAY
The Famous Men and Women Who
Have Shared Il.
July ll-George PIantagenet and Isa-
bella Neville; Sir Francis Hastings
and Lady Flora Muir Campbell.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

and Lady Flora Muir Campbell.
J Much talked about in England some
! four and a half centuries ago was the
| marriage of George Plantagenet and Is
abella Neville. which took place on July
! II. 1853.
| George Plantagenet. the first duke of
| Clarence. was the younger brother of
! Edward ". king of England and from
| all appearances he had about as much
to say concerning the choice of his own
! wife as the humblest squire in his en-
I.ploy. 1t was in the days of the earl of
| Warwick known as the king maker" &"
! and the marriage of Warwick's daughter
| Isabella Neville was simply part of his
domineering schemes Still there is no
reason to believe that the marriage was
/ not happy. Isabellas life was cast in
a period when to be royal must also
! have meant to he miserable, for not only
was her husband murdered in the Tower
! of London eighteen years after her mar
| riaSe, presumably in a butt of MalmsCy
! wine. but her two children also came to
violent ends. Their son. Edward was
executed BY King Henry VII. and Mar
, garet Pole. their daughter. whom Henry
! VIII described as the most sanity
woman in England''-not that Henry VIII
| knew anything about saintliness in
women-also laid her gentle head upon
I the block
lied period Of English history. but his
family. too. were victims of miseries that
sometimes attend royal court life
He was married a hundred and twelve
! years ago to Lady Flora Muir Camp
! bell he himself being the second earl Of
Nora He was governor general and
commander-in-chief in India, receiving
that distinguished appointment nine years
after his marriage. He took his wife to
India with him. and from the accounts
that he left in his diary of their tourney
ines through that country, 1t would seem
/ mat they were most companionable She
was one of the first English women to
visit some Of the secluded zenanas of the
country.
For many years Hastings and his wife
| enjoyed many hOnOrs and much happi-
ness. Hastings himself being a friend and
contldant Of the Prince Of Wales They
mad six children. one of whom was the
! much-talked-about Flora Elizabeth Hast
ings. She was lady of the bedChamber
Of the Duchess of Kent-the mother of
queen Victoria. And through the unfor-
. tunate episode attending her brief So
lourn at court, great unhappiness was
brought to Sir Francis and his wife.
through the most idle sort OF gossip the
funor spread abroad that LADY Flora
I mad contracted secret and not par
/ ilcularly creditable marriage. There was
not the slightest ground for this rumor
and when, after she had been brought
| mo Seneral disgrace in court on account
OF II, 1t was discovered that, as a matter
Of fact the unfortunate girl was suffer
| ing from a serious malady. it was too late
10 make amends. Added to her delicate
neaIth the mental distress caused by this
disgrace proved too much for the inno-
cent girl. and her death and the subse-
0uent discovery of the real state Of af-
Z a E,-=uH uHHvIzN
court and taught those who had gos-
siped so maliciously lesson they were
so in need Of learning
Copyright 1851