EARL OF STRATHMORE.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18405, 12 August 1931, Page 7

EARL OF STRATHMORE.

GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED. OLD-TIME PAGEANTRY. HEAVY BURDEN OF TAXATION. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 11. The Earl and Countess of Strathmore are celebrating their golden wedding. The celebrations are overshadowed by the tear that the increasing taxation may result In the closing of their ancient seat Giamls Castle. Lord Strathmore says the times are becoming so bad that he may be unable to remain in residence. “Taxation absorbs £BO ot every £lOO I receive," he says. "On top ot that comes the new land tax. I feel afraid that I may have to retire.” Princess Elizabeth rose early to greet her grandparents. There were scenes of old-time pageantry at the castle this evening, when 400 tenants and employees, some of whom have served Lord Strathmore all their lives, attended a ball, many wearing kilts.

The Duke and Duchess of York assisted in Hie arrangements. There will be 2000 guests at a garden party to-morrow, when Sir Harry Lauder will sing.

Claud George Bowes-Lyon, 14 th Earl of Strathmore, Baron Giamls of Scotland (a title which dates from 1445), was born in 1855, and succeeded to Hie title in 1904. He married in 1881 Miss Cecilia CavendishBentinck. The Duke of York married his daughter, Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon, in 1923.