PEER AND BLACKSMITH’S DAUGHTER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3487, 11 January 1921, Page 52

PEER AND BLACKSMITH’S DAUGHTER.

The Master of Kinloss, son of the Baroness of Kinloss of Stowe House, Buckingham, has made public his engagement to Miss Katherine Beatrice Mackenzie Jackman, the youngest daughter of the village blacksmith at Stowe. The wedding will take place next June. This love match lias aroused great interest in all circles of society, and! its development makes one of the most romantic stories in the history of the peerage. The Master of Kinloss, who is a descendant of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, is 31, and his fiancee is 28. They have known one another since childhood, the bride’s cottage home being about a mile from Stowe House, one of the stateliest of the homes of England’s ancient aristocracy. Mr John Jackman knew the heir to the Barony of Kinloss through the latter’s visit to the smithy, rxe showed a deep interest in the blacksmith’s family, and took one of his sweetheart’s brothers into iiis employ as a chauffeur. Miss Jackman has something more than good looks to recommend her, and her friends state that she is a_ domesticated girl of a very happy disposition. Discussing his engagement with a Daily Mail representative, the Master of Kinloss said: “It is true,” he said, “that I am engaged to marry Miss Jackman. Jn these days of democratic marriages I can see nothing unusual in this, and, to my mind, it is merely the duty of others to wish us future happiness.” In regard to any possible outside criticisms, lie added: “My fiancee is a charming and delightful girl, and I don't care a what anyone says about it.”