LORD HAMBLEDEN WEDS ITALIAN
‘ Society Marriage In Rome 1 (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) J (Rec. 8 p.m.) ROME, February 21. 1 Members of the British and Italian aristocracy attended the wedding in i a Rome church today of the wealthy English peer and the daughter of a 1 former Italian Ambassador to Moscow ■ and Berlin. , The bridegroom, Viscount Hamble- . * den, aged 24, who inherited a book ■ | store fortune, met his 24-year-old bride, , Donna Maria Carmela Attolico, in , ► New York while he he was on a round , the world tour. The brief wedding ceremony was ‘ held in the Attolico family parish - , church, which was overflowing with j guests. < The police had to control the sight- j seers milling outside. The wedding presents included a sil- j . ver cigarette box from the Queen j Mother. 1 Princess Margaret sent a good luck cablegram to the couple before leav- j ing for her West Indies tour. Lord j and Lady Hambleden will settle in j , the family mansion near Henley-on-Thames. The bridegroom will continue his work as head of the family business • of W. H. Smith, Britain’s biggest bookstall chain.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27591, 23 February 1955, Page 2
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