Ladies Who Renounce Titles.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 3, 20 January 1909, Page 54

Ladies Who Renounce Titles.

The announcement that Lady Yarmouth has decided to renounce her title, and he known in future as Mrs. Copley Thaw, says a writer in “M.A.P.,” calls to mind the reluctance of ladies to abandon high-sounding appellations gained through marriage. There are exceptions, however. Airs. Copley ’Thaw’s countrywoman, Airs. George Cornwallis West, made something of a sensation when, on her second marriage, she abandoned the name of Eady Randolph Churchill, apd Jemima Eady Darnley elected to he known as Airs. Arthur Leveson when she married again. Peeresses sometimes give up their titles for lesser ones, as did Lady De Lisle and Dudley when she married Sir George Stirling. The widows of baronets, too, often abandon their titles quite cheerfully, examples being Mrs. Algernon Ilan-bury-Tracy, once Lady CarmichaelAust rut her, and Mrs. Mackenzie, of Farr, formerly Lady Stapleton. Oh the other hand, the widows of knights sometimes retain their titles, and the widow of the famous explorer remained Lady Stanley after she became the wife of Mr. Chillis.