SURPRISE WEEDING
COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD
(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, 30th January.
The following announcement was made on. 29th January: "Owing to the prolonged absence in East Africa of the Dowager Countess of Seafield, the marriage arranged between Mr. Derek Studley-Herbert and the Countess of Seafield took place quietly on 24th January at St. James's, Piccadilly. The Venerable the Archdeacon of Hampstead officiated."
Much surprise, naturally, was occasioned when the brief authorised statement appeared in "The Times" yesterday morning. • The marriage is the culmination of what is regarded as one of the most interesting society romances of recent years. In the evening, it was stated, only.a.few guests were present. The witnesses to the marriage were Mr. Frederick B. Childe and Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, for many years one of the most distinguished Egyptologists at the British Museum. The bride and bridegroom will leave shortly for the south of Prance. Other relatives of the bride —Lady Nina Lees-Knowles, the Hon. Caroline Ogilvie-Grant (aunts), and the Hon. Joan Grant (cousin), left for the West Indies and Florida the day before the Countess was married.
Lady Seafield, who is aged 23, is the youngest countess in her own right. Her father, the eleventh Earl of Seafield'and thirtieth Chief of the Clan Grant, who.was born in New Zealand, died of wounds received in action in 1915. The family seat is at Castle Grant, ' Invernesshire. The estate is administered by the trustees of the late Dowager Countess of .Seafield, until the Countrss reaches the age of 35. The present Dowager Countess, mother of the present Countess, was formerly Miss Mary Elizabeth Nina Townend, of Christchurch.
Mr. Studley-Herbert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John TatchellStudley, of Scarborough Court, Dorsetshire. He was, the heir of Captain H. Herbert, whose name and arms he assumed by deed poll on attaining his majority. He is now 22. After thre years'.service lie resigned his commission in the Grenadier Guards, and now holds a position in the city. •
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 57, 8 March 1930, Page 19
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