- • "The Times", June 12, 1918:
Marriage. Lord St. Germans and Lady Blanche Somerset.
Princess Arthur of Connaught and the Marquess and Marchioness of Carisbrooke were among the large company present yesterday at St. Margaret's, Westminster, for the marriage of the Earl of St. Germans and Lady Blanche Somerset. The bridegroom, who is a captain in the Scots Greys, has served abroad since the beginning of the war, and received the Military Cross in 1916; the bride is the elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.
The church was decorated with palms, variegated maple, and white flowers; and troopers of the bridegroom's regiment, drawn up inside the church, formed a guard of honour between the ranks of which the bride and her father passed to the chacel, where the bridegroom and hsi best man, the Earl of Leven and Melville, awaited her.
The wedding dress was of silver tissue over charmeuse, with a train of old Brussels point (given by the bride's mother), lined with silver. The veil, which was lent by the Duchess, was also of fine old lace. No bouquet was carried, nor were any ornaments worn.
In attendance upon the bride were her sister, Lady Diana Somerset, Miss Betty Harford (her cousin), the Hon. Ivy Somerset (cousin of the bride and the birdegroom), Miss Betty Eliot (cousin of the bridegroom), Lady Morvyth Ward, and Lady Avice Sackville, whose frocks were of pale yellow georgette edged with silver. With these were worn small transparent hats of black lace, and bouquets of yellow tiger lilies were carried. The bridegroom's present to the bridesmaids was a red cornelian and jade pendant.
The music during the time the guests were assembling included a Bach prelude and fugue, and the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin; the anthem "Rejoice in the Lord" was sung during the signing of the register.
There was a small reception afterwards (for relatives and intimate friends) at 11, Portman-square, after which Lord and Lady St. Germans left for Walmer Castle, lent by the Earl and Countess Beauchamp for the honeymoon.
The congregation included: ---
The Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess of St. Germans, the Marquess of Worcester, Lady Henry Somerset and Captain Somers Somerset, Lady Edward Somerset, Mrs. Montague Eliot, Mrs. Christian Eliot, Mrs. Edward Eliot, Mrs. Stephen Eaton, Miss Eliot and Miss Anne Eliot, The Duchess of Abercorn and Lady Katharine Hamilton, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Lanesborough and Lady Betty Butler, the Countess of Selkirk, Adele Countess of Essex and Lady Joan Capell, Lady Elcho and Lady Diana Mannersborough, the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Countess of Dartney, Earl and Countess Waldegrave, the Dowager Countess of Clanwilliam and Lady Beatrice Meade, the Countess of Kerry, the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Marquess of Cholmondeley, the Countess of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl Howe, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Viscount and Vicountess Sandhurst, Vicount and Vicountess Halifax, Vicountess Duncannon, Lady Albertha Lopes, Lady Juliet Duff, Lady Edward Cavendish, the Earl and Countess of Ancaster, Countess Torby, Lady Irene Curzon, Lady Ebrington, Lady Clementine Walsh, Lord and Lady Eaglan, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley Somerset, Lat Hope, Lord and Lady St. Levan and the Hon. Marjory St. Aubyn, Lady Mary Cooke, Lieutenant the Hon. Windham and Lady Gweneth Baring, Lord Ribblesdale, Lady Swansea, Lieutenant-Colonel and Lady Mary Trefusis, Colonel and Lady Evelyn Collins, Lady Margaret Boscawen and Lady Petre, Colonel the Hon. George and Lady Mary Crichton, Lady Islington, the Hon. Lady Herbert, Lady Grace Baring, Sir George and Lady Holford, Lady Alwyne Compton, Lady Barrymore, Lady Jane Combe and Miss Jean Combe, Lady Susan Gilmour and Miss Gilmour.
Lady Burton and the Hon. Maud Ballise, Lady May Ponsonby, the Hon. Walter Ponsonby, the Hon. Lady Meux and the Hon. Mary Cadogan, Lady Wolverton and the Hon. George Glyn, Mrs. and Miss Boyd and Lady Mary Stuart-Wortley, Lady (Colin) Keppel and Miss Marle Keppel, Miss Violet and Miss Sonia Keppel, Colonel and Mrs. W.E. Lawrence, Mr. James and Lady Agnes Durham, the Hon. Mrs. Ralph Yorke, Mr. and Mrs. Bevill Fortescue, Mr. and Mrs. John Fortescue, the Hon. Reginald Villiers, Lady Houston-Stewart, Miss de Bunson, the Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd and Miss Chetwynd, Major and the Hon. Cecil Pelham, Lady Cynthia Curzon, Lady Loughborough, the Hon. Mrs. Lowther, Lady Sheffield, Mr. Anthony Lowther the Hon. Mrs. Malcolm, Lady Burrell, the Hon. Mrs. Rochfort Maguire, Colonel the Hon. Cyril Ward, Colonel F.B. Mildmay, M.P., and Mrs. Mildmay, Colonel the Hon. Francis and Mrs. Colborne, Mrs. Somers-Cocks, Mrs. Gerard Leigh, Mrs. Reginald Halsey, Lord Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Higgins, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, Mrs. Sneyd, Mrs. and the Misses Farquharson of Invercauld, Sir Franck Lascelles and the Misses Lascelles, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Neeld, Lady Elmloch and Miss Elmloch, Sir Frank Swettenham, Mr. William Gillett, Commander Henry Cavendish, Count de Solssons, and many others.
Baron de Tuyell, Mr. Christian Eliot, the Hon. Sir Srthur Walsh, Viscount Edman, Major Brinton, and Captain Burton officiated as ushers.
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