EARL AND ACTRESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22630, 23 July 1935, Page 10

EARL AND ACTRESS

SECRET 'MARRIAGE FATHER’S EXAMPLE FOLLOWED. BRIDE SAT AS EPSTEIN MODEL. The secret romance of an earl and an actress which began less than six months previously was revealed by their wedding in London on June 1. George Amias Fitzwarrene, the 25-year-old eighth Earl Poulett, married at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, Miss Oriel Rose, the tall and beautiful stage and screen star, whose age was given as 28. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes. Only two or three , people knew anything of the romance. To help in preserving the secret, there was no official engagement. “The marriage just happened without any engagement," Lord Poulett stated afterwards. The license was taken ' out only an hour before the ceremony. Twenty-seven years ago the earl’s father wag secretly married, also to an actress. Miss Sylvia Storey, a Gaiety Girl. The Rev. Eric Hamilton performed the marriage last month, and there were present only the bridegroom’s mother, the Countess Poulett, Lady Bridgett Poulett, his sister, Mrs C B. Cochran, Mr Charles Birkin, and Mr Walter Haden, best man. Tall, blonde, and very charming, the new Lady Poulette chatted with an interviewer later. “Of course, I am tremendously happy,” she said; “We are going to Spain for our honeymoon. 1 nope we shall be away a long time. I shall go on with my stage and screen work, and my husband will continue his hobbies, mainly electrical engineering. “I first met George in January at a stage party after the first night of Between Us Two.’ We became friends immediately, and finally decided on marriage, though we agreed that it would be as well to keep the whole matter a dead secret.” , . ~ _ Miss Ross, who was born in the uxfordshire village of Chalgrove, is not only . a successful actress but an artist and musician as well. She sat as Epstein smodel for Rima. The sculptor was much impressed with her finely-shaped head and stately bearing. « Lord Poulett, a leader _of London society, is known for his original modes of dress. His striking black cjoak with crimson lining always distinguishes him as he walks into a West End restaurant. Around his home at Hinton St. George, Somerset, he owns much land, and has interested himself in forestry. It has been said that every time he met someone he particularly liked he planted a tree in their honour. Earl Poulett’s father was killed in action in 1918. In July, 1932, a company was formed to take over his estates, the Hinton St. George Estates Company being registered as an unlimited company having a share capital (private). The nominal capital was £125,000 in £1 shares, and Earl Poulett was the permanent governing director.