IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23857, 11 July 1939, Page 17

IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT

LADY RACHEL HOWARD LONDON, June 15. One of the most important society engagements of the year is announced. A marriage has been arranged between Mr Colin Keppel Davidson, a Clerk of the House of Lords, and Lady Mary Rachel Fitzalan Howard, eldest sister of the Duke of Norfolk, Premier Duke and Earl Marshal of England. Lady Rachel, who is 34, is three years older than her brother, and has been the constant companion of her mother, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, at the family seat, Arundel Castle, and on her visits abroad. Two years ago. however, she stepped into prominence by acting as "standin " for the Queen at the full-dress rehearsal of the Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, the arrangements for which were suoervised by the Duke as Earl Marshal. Mr Davidson is 43. and has been a Clerk of the House of Lords for 15 years. He is a nephew of the Earl of Albermarle. During the Long Recess last year, he acted as Equerry to the Duke of Windsor in France.

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