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Lady Mary Walker nee Crichton-Stuart | Diamond Tiara | Noble Jewelry | Heirloom Jewels History |Daughter of the Marquess of ButeLADY MARY CRICHTON-STUART, elder daughter of the Marquess of Bute, married.Lady Mary Crichton-Stuart, the beautiful elder daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness Bute, was married at Brompton Oratory to-day her twenty-seventh birthday>>. The bridegroom was Mr. Edward Alan Walker, of the Diplomatic Service, the elder son of the late Mr. Arthur Walker and Mrs. Arthur Walker, of Cambridge. Lady Mary, who is keen on all forms of outdoor life, is excellent horsewoman. She was one of the most popular and notable debutantes of and like the bridegroom she has travelled extensively. THE WEDDING PRESENTS The bridal couple have received some wonderful wedding presents. Lady Mary has received a great deal of jewellery. From her bridegroom she has received two rings, an aquamarine and diamond ring, and a solitaire ruby ring, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Bute have given her an aquamarine and rose diamond necklace, a bracelet and earrings - seen in the picture below, probably matching the tiara kokoshnik of aquamarines. The bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Walker, has given Lady Mary a canteen of silver. His bride has given him a set of diamond and sapphire links.
while her uncle, Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, has given the bride a diamond brooch. Lady Mary had received many presentations, the employees of the Cumbrae and South Hall estates have sent her a silver cream jug and a vinaigrette. A silver teapot and stand came from the tenants or the Cumbrac and Boute Hall estates: silver pepper pots and mustard pots from the employees and pensioners on the Dumfries House estate, Ayrshire; a silver salver from the staff at 2S, Mansfield-street, the home of the Dowager Marchioness of Bute; a silver tea caddy from the indoor staffs at Cardiff Castle, Mount Stuart (isle of Bute), Dumfries House (Ayrshire), Old Place of Moehrum (Wigtownshire), 88. Queen Anne's Gate, and 5. Charlottesquare, Edinburgh; and gilt dessert service from Mountjoy, Ltd.
Lady Mary, who was given away by her father (see above in the picture) chose a silver and white colour scheme for her wedding gown and the bridesmaids' frocks. Her own gown was of white crepe interwoven with silver, with wide bell-shaped sleeves and a sixteen foot train of the same material, which fell from the shoulders. Her beautiful veil of old Brussels lace was worn with a double wreath of orange blossoms-see in the picture over the veil. This veil is said to have been a gift of Queen Adelaide to an ancestress of the bride's mother. The four bridesmaids wore frocks of silver tissue and white organdie. Instead of wreaths they wore silver edged tulle veils, which were held in place by white feather caps. Both Lady Mary and her bridesmaids carried bouquets of green orchids. They made a striking picture in long dresses with pointed trains of gleaming silver tissue, the skirts having deep pleated hip-frills and the plain bodices frills of white silk chiffon similarly pleated. These formed side-way capes over the shoulders, caught at the left side with large oval brooches in Spanish paste, the gifts of the bridegroom. Novel head-dresses of white feather pads in transparent net had long silver veils edged with silver and standing stiffly out like brims over the eye. Each carried a bouquet of green orchids. Father Bernard Rawlinson; O . S . B., officiated, assisted by the Right Rev. Sir David Hunter-Blair, titular Abbot of Dunfermline, but there was not a full nuptial Mass, and the ceremony took but seven minutes. White brocade covered the kneeling stools at which the bride and bridegroom stood, and chairs were placed for the four bridesmaids at the top of the long aisle. Four tall pillars made of closely massed white flowers stood between huge bouquets of white orchids and lilies, which formed the lavish decorations. Mr Walker, who is the elder son of the late Mr Arthur Walker and of Mrs Walker of Cambridge, was accompanied by his brother, Mr Arthur Walker, as his best man. Lady Bute, who wore a brown and beige striped silk dress with a brown straw hat and who was accompanied by her daughter, Lady Jean Bertie, in blue, afterwards held the reception at 39 Belgrave Square, one of the three family mansions in London. Here the many wedding presents were displayed. Later in the afternoon the bride and bridegroom left for a motoring honeymoon tour. They will eventually go to Spain, visiting Lord Bute's lovely home at San Roauo.
Among those at the wedding were: Lady Jean Bertie with her two baby sons, Andrew and Peregrine Bertie; the Earl and Countess of Dumfries, the Earl of Granard, the Hon. Mrs Ramsay, Lord Colin Crichton-Stuart; Lord Robert, Lord David, Lord Patrick, and Lord Rhidiun Crichton-Stuart, Lady Bellingham; Mrs Walker (mother of the bridegroom) and Miss Walker; The Duchess of Grafton, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duchess of Norfolk; Lady Rachel, Lady Katharine and Lady Winefride Howard; the Earl of Listowel, the Earl and Countess of Glasgow, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, the Marchioness of Tweedale, Lady Helena Hay, Countess Ahlfeldt-Laurvig, Lady Betty Trafford, Sir Paul Latham, Lady Patricia Sloone, the Dowager Lady Glentanar, Lady Anne Rhys, Countess of Gainsborough, Major Colin and Lady Margaret Macrae, Miss Macrae, Sir Stephen Bull, Mr and Lady Margaret Drummond-Hay, Sir John and Lady Barran, Lady Simon, Viscountess Pollington, Lady Agnes Eyston, Lady Askwith, Lady Marjorio Merriman,The Hon. Lady Carnegie, Lady Scone, Adele Countess Cadogan, Lady Cadogan, Clare Lady Manton, Lady Duckworth-King, Lady Mary Savile, Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan of Dorwent, Lady Hadfield, Viscount and Viscountess Tiverton, Commander Howe, Hon. Mrs Malcolm Bowes-Lyon, the Countess of Kothcs and so on.
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