Evening star., 1923-11-11
Salmond-Desborough Wedding to
Unite Noted British Families

the oldest daughter Of Lord Desbor-
ough, lord-in-waiting to the king, and
of Lady Desborough. who is one of
the ladies of Queen Mary. Lord and
Lady Desborough lost their two eld-
est sons. Julian and Gerald Grenfell.
during the great war. They were
we'll known and very popular in this
country. There is only one son re-
naming, the Hon. Ivo Grenfell, who
served through the last two years of
the war in France, but who, more
fortunate than they. escaped unhurt
The future Lady Salmond will be very
rich, both through her father and
mother. For. whereas Lord Desbor-
ough Is q member and partner in the
old-time London banking firm Of
Pascoe. Grenfell & Sons. her mother
Is one Of the heiresses of her enor-
mously rich maternal uncle, the sew
enth and last Earl of Cowper, and
came to her from him was his prin-
cipal country seat, Panshanger, one
Of the most beautiful places in Hert-
fordshire.
Lord Desborough. both by his pres
ent title and formerly as Willie Gren-
glishmen in America and occupies a
wel1-nigh unique place in the world
of athletics. At Harrow he played in
the cricket eleven, and as Balliol
man at Oxford he rowed twice in the
university crew against Cambridge.
namely, in 1877 and 1878. On the
former occasion he won the three
mile foot race against Cambridge.
only few hours previous to the boat
race. In later years he stroked an
eight across the channel. from Dover
to Calais, and at another time sculled
himself across. alone, in a light rae
ing skiff. He has swum Niagara, not
nnce, but twice, the second time to
convince an incredulouS stranger of
his first success. He has been presi-
of the Coaching Club. also OF the ia
nous old Marylebone Cricket Club
and of the Amateur Fencing Associa-
ton and Epee Club, while, at the an
nual military tournament he. on three
successive occasions, carried off the
that he has remarkable Alpine rec
ord, that he has done plenty Of big
game shooting in the Rockies, in In
dia and in British East Africa He
president of International Olympic
Games, of which he is the most en-
thusiasttc promoter.
Lord Desborough stands close upon
feet in his stockings and has lit
orally no end of feats Of one kind or
another to his credit In several En-
glish small wars in India and in
South Africa and in the Sudan, as
we'll as In the wars Of some other ma
tions, his longing for adventure
tempted him into the fray in the ca
.pacity Of newspaper war corre-
spondent and in the second Suakin
campaign. some forty years ago. when
he was a special correspondent for
the London Daily Telegraph, he
strolled one fine night too far from
camp. was surprised by a large force
of dervishes and, after having emp
tied his revolver. escaped certain
death by his amazing fieetness Of foot,
outrunning the dervishes and reach
ing the British camp just in the nick
Of time, nothing being left of the
soles of the tennis shoes which he
had been wearing. Now. In his six
exceptional physical vigor and in per-
feet condition, born leader of men
and of every kind of popular move
ment and organization, notably the
Pilgrims Society of the United States,
and owns Taplow Court, one Of the
most picturesque and beautiful places
on the Thames. which is popularly
of the number of occasions on which
he has lent It to young married cou-
pies for the first two or three weeks
following their wedding.