MRS. GEORGE CORNWALLISWEST LADY, RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AGAIN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 52, 29 August 1913, Page 4

MRS. GEORGE CORNWALLISWEST LADY, RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AGAIN.

[vaoM ova own corrxspondimt.l LONDON, 18th July. Mrs. George Corwallis-West, mother of tho First Lord of the Admiralty, will in future be known under her old name of Lady Randolph Churchill. This is the result of her successful petition for the dissolution of her marriage on the ground of desertion and misconduct by her husband, Mr. George Frederick Mydleton Cornwallis-West. There was no defence. . When the ease was called, Mr. F. E. Smith said: May 1 tell your Lordship the material dates? The marriage was on 28th July, 1900. Respondent left petitioner on 23rd December, 1912. Petition for restitution of-conjugal rights i filed 20th January, 1913; and respond" ent was in contempt for disobedience of the order of the Court on Ist April. The petition for divorce was on Bth May. Mrs. Cornwallis-West then went into the witness box. She said she married Mr. George Cornwallis-West at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, and latterly lived with him at Norfolk-street, Park Lane, j Mr. Everard Kenneth Brown, solid- ' tor, said on 18th March this year he attended with Mr. Edward Drew, private enquiry agent, at the offices of Messrs. Charles Russell and Co., and identified the respondent, who was served with a certified copy of the ! decree for restitution. Mr. F. E. Smith : I think that on 7th April your firm received a letter from the respondent? — Yes. Have you identified it?— Certainly. On 15th May this witness and Mt. Drew (detective) attended Messrs. Russell's office and there saw Louisa Minton, a chambermaid from the Great Western Hotel, Paddington. ! I think that Mr. Drew identified reI spondent by name to Louisa Minton?— We did. At the same time respondent was ,s6rved with a ssaled copy of the'peti-' tion. Mr. Edward Drew, late chief detective inspector of Scotland Yard, gave corroborative evidence. ""■ ~ Mr. Smith : Did you receive instrue tions to keep observation on the respondent?— Yes. And you made certain enquiries at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington, and ascertained that on 28th March a lady and a gentleman, who registered as Captain and Mm. West, arrived there?— Yes. And occupied room 81 until 31st March?— Yes. Did you see Louisa Minton, whft gave you information and description? —I did. Did you show Minton some photographs, among them being ons of the respondent ?— Yes. What did Minton do?— She picked out the respondent. Subsequently Mintori identified re« spondent &c the original of the photograph. Louisa Minton gave evidence of the respondent and a lady (not the petitioner) engaging a double room at the hotel on the occasion mentioned. Mr. Smith; How did you know the name was West?-— I saw it on the luggage and on the letters. The President: There will b» & decree nisi with costs.