YOUNG EARL’S ROMANCE

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 14

YOUNG EARL’S ROMANCE

ENGAGED TO POETESS BOYISH ESCAPADE JUOCALLEJT The announcement of the engagement of the Earl of Kinm.mil to Miss Enid Margaret Hamilton-Fellows recalls a fleeting “romance” of last year. Lord Kinnoull only attained Iris majority this spring, and returned to England about six weeks ago from South Africa, where he had been sent by his mother after nows of an intended secret wedding had leaked out. Ho met his fiancee a fortnight after his arrival, and the mutual attraction quickly ripened into affection. Miss Hamilton-Fellows is the only child of Mrs Hamilton-Fellows, of Tangley Park, near Guildford. She writes poetry and is an excellent dancer. It was in May last year that a tall, dark woman, of handso-mo appearance, gave notice to the Marylebone registry office of an .intended marriage between : George Hay, bachelor, insur since agent, 23 years of age, and Esther Dulcie Trewartha, widow, 25, of Baker street. Doubting the man’s age, the regia trar asked for a birth certificate. Late* it was ascertained that Hay is the family name of the Earl of Kinnoull, and when he called at the registry office he was asked to get a copy of his birth certificate from Somerset House. Subsequently the Registrar-General issued an order withholding the certificate should either of the parties make application for it. The whole affair was descrihcd as a “joke” by the Earl’s family, but four days later he left on tho Edinburgh Castle for South Africa.

Mrs Trewartha-Surle, the young widow in the case, was expected to join the ship—sho had expressed her intention of doing so—and in that event Viscountess Dupplin, the Earl’s mother, intended to cancel his passage. Howcve*, Mrt> Ticwartba-frurle did not put in an appearance, and later in the day she left London for the Continent. She stated that she still considered herself engaged to tho Earl, and it was conjectured that sho would pioceed to Madeira and join the Edm burgh Castle when the vessel arrived there. Instead she returned to London, and oa June 9tli sailed from-Southampton for the Gape. She was asked if ehe

was following tiro Earl, and whtt to plied: “No, not exactly, although I should not be surprised if we bumped up against one another. “In that event, developments may or may not follow, but in any case the car! will come of age next year, and will then he entitled to please himself.” The announcement of the earl’s engagement shows that he has done so.