The Washington times., 1924-06-03
JEAN ELTOT'S GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
BIRTHDAY OF
KING GEORGE
HONORED
Dinner at British En-
bassy Marks Notable
Anniversary 5

DelIa f1OWSrQ are CStSOEdCAuS
the Kings birthday with a dinner
tonight at the embassy at which a
company of distinguished guests,
thirty-six in number, will be as
aeInb1ed. -" -
In accordance with a custom long
observed by British ENJOYS in Wash
ington, the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hughes will be the guests of
honor at this annual anniversary
dinner, which has an unusual in
terest this year because 1t is the
first formal function given at the
embassy since the arrival of the
new ambassador, and because it
marks Lady Isabelia's debut as a
diplomatic chatelaine In Washing.
ton. =.
Sir Harry Gloster Armstrong,
British consul general in New York,
and Lady Armstrong have come On
20 attend the dinner and are guests
at the embassy.
The Ambassador and Lady Isabella
are giving another dinner on June
:. their guests being asked to meet
Chief Justice Taft; and on June IL
they propose to leave Washington
for Observation-Disclosures, whore tho
British embassy viii have its sum.
mer home. Sir Esme will probably
be in Washington off and on as The
exigencies Of diplomatic business de-
mand, but Lady Isabella will spend
the summer on the North Shore and
her younger sons will join her there
when they come out from England
after their schools close.
Since her arrival in Washington
q fortnight or so ago, Lady Isabella
Howard has been busying herself
with getting her household in order
something of a task eince she
brought with her almost an entire
staff Of Italian servants who had
been at the British embassy in Mad
rid, where the ambassador served
before coming to Washington, and
who speak no English.
The wife Of the present British
ambassador is one Of the most dis
tinguished women who has yet pre-.
sided over the historic embassy IN
Connecticut avenue. The daughter
of the late Prince Sigismond
Nicholas Guistaniani, who was
British Earl OF Newburgh and Wis.
count Kinaird, of Scotland, in ad.
dition to holding the Italian title
Of Duke Of Mondragone and Um.
brian Marchese, Bandini, she was
brought up In Rome in the strict
seclusion considered proper for
italian girls of high degree. But
since her marriage to Sir ESme
Howard, she has lived the nomadic
life of her husbands profession, and
there are few capitals in Europe
or in British possessions in which
she is not at home.
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Esme and Lady Isabella Howard
were in Washington in 1906-08. the
former as counselor of the embassy
under the late James Bryce; and
their third son Of a distinctly COS:
mopolitan family, was born here.
This lad is Hubert John Edward
Dominic Howard. . The two Oldest
sons. Esme Joseph Sigismond and
Francis Philip, one a student at
Oxford, and the other at Cambridge,
were born in the old Palazzo Ban:
0ini in tho Corso, where Lady lsa-
bella's brother, Prince Carlo Gulsi'
miami Bandini, now Earl Of New
burgh, now reings in place Of his
father. Edward Bernard Carlo, the
fourth boy, is native of Budapest,
and Henry Anthony Camille, the
youngest Of this interesting group,
and just turned thirteen, was born
in the quaint little capital city Of
Berne, Switzerland.
Sir Esrf1e was for many years and
In fact during the entire period of
the world war the British minister
to Stockholm, and 1t was his ex-
cellent work there that led to his
promotion to the embassy in Spain,
where he was serving when he was
called back in the highest role to
his former mission in Washington.
Lady Isabella was on terms of close
friendship with Queen Victoria and
her sojourn in Madrid was among
her pleasantest and most interest.
Ing experiences.
Lady Isabella Howard is the
happy possessor of five sisters,
many of whom were her frequent
guests when her home was in the
various capitals of Europe. The
youngest sister, who Is unmarried,
Princess Mari Cecilia Pia, has spent
much time with the family of the
ambassador, and is devoted to the
boys. She was the guest Of her
sister in Madrid last winter and It
may be that she will be persuaded
to visit Washington next season,
The German Ambassador and
Nine. Wiedfeldt have returned
from ten-day trip in the Middle
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