MISS AGNETA RAMSAY'S MARRIAGE.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 68, 11 October 1888, Page 2

MISS AGNETA RAMSAY'S MARRIAGE.

..' The/c^srcli of ; St. .Margaret, Westminister,' is becoming' iio'cceasingly pdptilat f o> marriages; for 1 j :wnisi< ite cdnformatibn tv'ell fits it ■;* and -in its register books are to be found the names of Gladstone, NorthcOte, and others diatinguished in Parliamentary annals. In no cnurch could the niar.riage..pf :tibe r^ev.^-Dr^ JJutier^ the Master of Tfin^ty Cdllege^Qambridge, ancl Miss, Agrieta Eamsay, daughter of Sir Jaih'es' Kalnsay," Barfe, have been .more fitly soleinnised than in St. Margaret's, of which the rector was !his whilom colleague at Harrow. The marriage was fixed for two o'clock on Thursday, August 9th, but long before thatliQur. tfeej ; - company .began toiarrive^ there being many o^T Harrovian \ and a strong contingent of Cambridge friends, notwithstanding that at this time of the year they are scattered'fap and wide. The doors of the church \yere ; not open till long af terj'the first guests arrived, but thetbifidegrobni put in h\s. appearance before one o'clock, On the super altar were two vases of Madonna lUies. an f d other white flowers^ and within tne altar rails two Immense palms, at the bask of which were arranged guelder roses,, lilies, and other choice' wHite flowers. ( The bride, who was given away by heir father, wore k magnificent dress of crettto satihj the front of the petticoat being covered with a very old lace apron said to haveibelonged to Wolsey, the side panels being] embroidered with pearls, and Bodice to match,' while round the bottom of the dress, intermingled' with ruchings of lace, were real orange blossoms. She wore a long tulle veil fastened with diamonds and sprays of orange flowers. She carried a magnificent bouquet, -and looked very .handsome as tier .procession of eight bridesmaids swept up the aisle, between the bride and her maids being "Mr Nigel 2tf. Ramsay in Highland costume, who, however, did not carry the long train. The bridesmaids —the Misses Ramsay (five), Butler, Mary Scott Kerr, and Stewart, three of whom were children-— were gowned in cream China silk, trimmed with coffee lace and insertion, tied at r tbe back with Qambrulge blue watered silk sashesj pinked out all, round, made specially for 'the occasion, with broadbrimmed Leghorn nats, turned up at the back with the same Cambridge blue ribbon mixed with white clusters of pink roses and oak leaves, Their bouquets, composed of roses, mignonette, ma.idenha,ir.fe,pns, and oak leaves, were works of art, no less than of nature, from the manner in which they were deitly arranged. Mr Vaughan Hawkins was the^best man, arid was in attendance on the Master of Trinity, when he received his bride at, the chancel »tQp,,^he hymn "0 God} qw help iri ages past " was sung. The marriaee waS solemnised by the Dean of Llandaff,, ,the bridegroom's predecessor, at Harrow,, assisted by the Rev. A. S. Aglen, of Alyth, N.8., and the Rev. . J. Applaton.' The first of the marriage psalms was cjhaJted j anol both,, bride : and brjdgcoom reanonded in an audible voice to the questions in the bflice. The service closed. with the hymn, " How weloome was^he call." ■..>■*•■.- The- wedding was of singled sim- . plicity arid dignity, and nearly every one present" was deeply .interested in the 'career of distihgiushed bride 'and bridegroom. The bride and 1 bridegroom left later for Switzerland,, her going-a way dress being of grey -and pink cashmfsre, with- hat to matcli.. The bri&egroom gave to each of the bri^maidg hauasamely bound vol'-' Ui»es of Wordsworth's and Tennyson's poems, , .