Wedding Of Interest

Southland Times, Issue 25306, 8 June 1935, Page 17

Wedding Of Interest

LADY GWENDOLINE JELLICOE. Members of the Royal family who attended the marriage of Major Edward Latham, Royal Horse Artillery, and Lady Gwendoline Lucy Jellicoe, were Prince Alice, Countess of Athlone, Major-General the Earl of Athlone, Princess Helene Victoria, and Princess Marie Louise (says the London correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, writing on May 4.) The ceremony, in beautiful floral setting, took place on April 29 at All Souls’ Church, Langham Place, The vestibule of the church was

decorated with tall tapering pillars of British Legion crimson poppies ana white iris, and the chancel with goldenyellow iris and white narcissi, arranged from tall standards and drooping over in slender cascade sprays. The church was quite filled, numerous well-known people being in the congregation. The officiating clergy were the Bishop of Sheffield, the Rev. W. F. Haire, Fr Basil Jellicoe, the Rev. Arthur Buxton, and the Rev. Oswald Brenton. Scarlet cassocked , choristers, with white neck frills and surplices, met the bridal party and led the procession, singing the hymn, “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven.” Lord Jellicoe was with his daughter, who wore a dress of gleaming gold tissue. The neck of the bodice was ornamented with crystal and pearl embroidery, the. long, fitting sleeves were finished with bracelets of orange blossom, and a cluster of this blossom was tucked into the waistband. The long train was ornamented down one side with pearl and crystal embroidery in a floral design. A coronet of orange blossom and gold leaves secured her gold-tulle veil, .which was trimmed with miniature empire wreaths of this blossom, and she carried, a spray bouquet of golden yellow orchids Two minute pages, lan Henderson and David Gooch, were in the 1795 uniform of the Royal Horse Artillery. Behind them walked two little girls, Elizabeth Scott-Moncrieff‘ and Veronica Noyes: then two bigger girls, Rosemary Vesey Holt and Yvette Baillieu. whose pretty dresses were of golden-yellow . net sashed with gold tissue. . The highwaisted bodices were trimmed with frills and the long skirts were of deep frills. They wore also chanlets of gold leaves. Lady Prudence Jellicoe, sister of the bride, was the only grown-up bridesmaid. With a graceful frock of fine gold lace, she wore a wreath of eolden flowers. The bodice was finished with a rounded neck-line and a deep berthe effect, and the . skirt was caueht into a cascade of frills at the back. All the maids carried bouquets of crimson damask roses. Major Harry Latham, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. and Viscount Brocas was one of the efficient ushers. Members of the Ventnor Company of Girl Guides formed a guard of honour. Music was a feature of the service, and at its conclusion, after Stainer’s Sevenfold Amen, the National Anthem was sung. While the register was being signed the anthem, “O’ for the Wings of a Dove!” was beautifully sung bv a boy from the London School Choir. The Bishop of Sheffield, in bis address, referred to the importance of a happy marriage in its relation to the country’s welfare, and quoted the remark made by the King: “The greatness and power of our country depends on the sacredness of the English home." The bride had taken a keen interest in the non-spectacular work of the Lone Section of the Guide Movement and was well fitted to become the wife of a soldier—the life of a soldier was one of sacrifice.

After the ceremony, the guests, numbering 1600, adjourned to 7 Cadogan Square, where Countess Jellicoe, becomingly dressed in a rich indigo shade of blue with hat to match, held a reception. The honeymoon is being spent on the Continent.

Princess Beatrice sent a pink quartz bell push, Princess Alice Countess of Athlone and the Earl of Athlone a pair of large white china bird ornaments. Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise a bridge table. Earl Jellicoe has given his daughter a motor car, and Countess Jellicoe a diamond brooch. The bride’s sisters combined in giving her a silver fox fur. Major Hon. J. and Lady Violet Astor, dessert service; Lord and Lady Dawson of Penn, jade carved figures; Captain Henry and Lady May Abel Smith, crystal tree ornament; Sir Lionel and Lady Halsey, glass vase; Sir Louis and Lady Greig, Laliouse glass ash trays; Sir Philip and Lady Cunliffe-Lister, antique box; Sir James and Miss Parr, glass vase.