Aristocrat Gallery

Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey

Sir Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey GCVO (1885-1947) and his bride, Lady Victoria Manners, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, returning from their honeymoon to their stately home, Beaudesert Hall on the eastern edge of Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. At the Guildhall they were welcomed with a speech from the Mayor of Lichfield, and the Mayoress presented the Marchioness with a bouquet. In this photograph gamekeepers and gardeners are seen drawing the couple's carriage through the grounds, while others push from behind

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Wedding of the Duke of Westminster & Loelia Ponsonby

Page from The Tatler reporting on the society wedding of Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Loelia Ponsonby (his third wife) at Prince's Row registry office on 20 February 1930. Pictures show the Duke and his new bride leaving from Westminster Pier on a speedboat. From there they boarded the Duke's converted torpedoe destroyer, the Cutty Sark which waited at Deptford to convey them on their yachting honeymoon. The fur coat worn by Loelia was one of the Duke's many wedding presents to her. The couple, who never had children, divorced in 1947 after years of separation.
1930

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Loelia Ponsonby and the Duke of Westminster

Hugh ('Bendor') Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, with Loelia Ponsonby who he would marry at Princes Row Register Office in London, 20th February 1930. Photograph shows a luncheon party at Bourdon House, Berkeley Square a week prior to this. The engaged couple are in the centre. On the extreme left is Mrs Arthur James, next to her the Hon. Mrs Freeman-Thomas and on the other side Lady Ursula Filmer-Sankey and Lady Serena James. Others in the picture are Sir A. Rawlinson, Captain Clewes and Major Basil Kerr. The Duke was married four times - Loelia was his third wife.
1930

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans