Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-28
BRIDE DESCENDANT
Of LINE Of KINGS
Genealogists Trace Princess
Mary's Lineage to Time
Of Alfred
LONG BEFORE CONQUEST

I Family trees have Oeen a fascinating
study for gcnealogists and historians
since long before the art Of printing
was known. Musty records have kept
intact lneages extending beyond Nor
man conquest of England and It Is a
matter of interest alike to antiquarian
and the everyday person that the royal
bride of today can trace her descent
direct and collateral back TO the good
King Alfred. surnamcd the Great.
Down through successive kinsships
runs the strain 10 Harold. chilled the
! last of the Saxon..' killed at Has
tings by William of Normandy. himself
distant relative Of Edward the Com
fessor.
The latter was a son of old Ethelred.
! by his French wife. an dwas recalled
| from France by popular acclaim. His
name Is cherished a.. the builder of the
| famous Westminster Abbey, where his
remote descendant, the Princess Mary,
was wed today.
The Brides Royal Descent
From william, who become sovereign
after Hastings, the descent Of Mary
is traced by the genealogist through
the conqueror's son. Henry I. whose
daughter, Matilda. wife of the Count
Of Anjou, was the mother Of Henry IT !:
thence through the lattcr's son, King
John. who gave England lis Magma
Chnrta on tho demand Of his barors at
Runnymede following came his son,
Henry III. then the three Edwards.
John of Gaunt, time -honored Lam
caster third son Of Edward III was
the father of Henry ". who was sue
ceeded by his son, Henry V, whose VIC
tory over the French at Agincourt is one
Of the brightest pages in EngIand's mill
tary glory. His son. Henry VI. was
followed by Edward " and Richard
III. the last of the Plantagcnrts, but
Henry VII. who succeeded the third
Richard. was tho son of Edmund Tudor
and Margaret Beaufort. the latter n
direct descendant of John of Gaunt.
The line was continued through Henry
WIS daughter, Margaret Tudor. who
married James " Of Scotland. Their
son was James ' Of Scotland. who be-
came the father of Mary Queen Of Scots.
Her son. James VI Of Scotland. became
James ] of England
a granddaughter Of James 7 was the
mother OF George I, first of the Hanover
line. lie was succeeded by his son,
George II. who was followed by bis
grandson, George H.
Next in line of Princess Mary's nm
ccstry was tho Duke Of Kent, younger
son Of George III. whose daughter.
Queen Victoria. was succeeded by her
son. Edward VII. the latter the father
Of George V. the rcigning sovereign.
whose daughter today became the bride
Of Niscount Lnscclles.
L4asrelles a Wealthy Commoner
Lord IaScelles is commonnr. his
title Of Niscount being "bv courtesy ."
lie IS the son Of the Earl of Hardwood
His family is one Of great woa.th. tho
foundation Of which was laid in tho
islands Of Jamaica and Barbados. The
West Indian property was hcQucathod TO
the first Lord llarewood by his father
and his uncle. who had boon driven o,l,
of England to the West Indies on the
Restoration Of 1860. owing t" tho part
they had played In supporting tho
regime Of Oliver Cromwell. One Of
them. Henry. married the greatest
hciress of the Island Of Barbados.
In the summer Of 1920 the annual
dinner Of the West indies Comm!,ter
was attended by the Prince OF Wales,
at the instance Of his friend and crony.
Lord I,asccIles. and II served 10 recall
the fact a hundred years previously the
then Prince Of Wales afterwards George
IVY and his brother, tho sailor Duke Of
Clarence afterwards William w were
guests of tn" committee At the dinner.
Bridegroom's Ancient Lineage
The family Of Lsscellps is one Of the
oldest IN Yorkshire. whore il held
prominent rank and enjoyed great pres.
tige ever since the reign of King Ed
ward 7. seven centuries ago. The earl.
dom. however. is of relatively modern
origin, having been created little
more than hundred years ago in
favor Of Edward I.asCeIlcs. who was
the intimate friend Of Maria Thcrcsa's :
con. Emperor Joseph II.
= Hardwood iIou>" Is on" Of tho grand.
cst country seats in Great Britain. II
was built IN the reign Of George TII
from designs by Adams and Carr. ON III"
site of an ancient manor house known
as GawthVrp", and is famous for its
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