![]() All the sources (including Mary Soames) say that she had four children, Madleine, Felix, Mariott and Mark, but there is no mention of Beatrix!! There is a further difficulty. If Mary was a cousin of the bride, what was the family connection? The Whyte family are difficult to track down because they seemed to flit between Scotland and the USA, but it is clear that Maude Whyte was originally Lady Maude Josepha Ogilvy, born 1859 to the 5 th Earl of Airlie and his wife the Hon. Mary, of course, became Mary Soames, the mother of Sir Nicholas Soames, former Conservative Shadow Defence Secretary, and friend of Prince Charles. So why was Clementine Churchill there? Mary Churchill, her youngest daughter was the bridesmaid, and since she was only five years old, Mum had to go along as well. Braund, presented Miss Whyte, on behalf of the villagers, with a silver sugar basin. On Wednesday, the day prior to the wedding, the villagers were entertained to an open-air tea by Lady Whyte, followed by a social evening. Lady Maud Whyte has been residing in the district, formerly in Bideford, and since for many years in a cottage at Bucks Mills, overlooking the Bay – altogether for about twenty years and more. Davis left by car for Exmoor for their honeymoon, the bride travelling in a navy-blue costume, with hat to match. The organist was Miss Dark, who accompanied the hymn, “Love Divine, all loves excelling,” and gave as voluntaries, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March and the Bridal March of Lohengrin. The only bridesmaid was Miss Mary Churchill, cousin of the bride, who was attired in yellow georgette, and carried a bouquet. The bride, who was dressed in beige marocain, with a navy-blue hat, carried a bouquet of mauve stocks, was given away by her mother, who wore a grey dress, trimmed with black lace. Gilbert Austin Davis, of 6, The University, Glasgow. The picturesque little hamlet of Bucks Mills was gay with flags and bunting on Thursday, of the occasion of the marriage at Bucks Mills Parish Church of Miss Beatrice Ida Whyte, eldest daughter of Lady Maud Whyte, of London and Bucks Mills. The edition of 2 nd August, 1928, included the following: The answer came from the pages of the North Devon Journal, even though it followed the long-established tradition of the Press and spelled a lot of the names wrongly. In which case, with all respect to Bucks Mills, which is a lovely hamlet but not exactly the centre of the known universe, why was she there? Who were the couple – Gilbert Davies and Beatrix Whyte? The mind boggled. ![]() Was it really the wife of Winston Churchill, the future Prime Minister and war leader? Yes it was – we found her signature elsewhere, and it was the same. Churchill.” Parish Register for Bucks Mills Usually, we haven’t paid much attention to the witnesses, but we paid attention to this one! It read “Clementine S. It was the signature of a witness to a wedding in Bucks Mills in 1928. A fortnight ago, something sprang off one of the pages. ![]() Usually it is a fairly monotonous job, but it is useful because now people can search for their families easily without the trouble of going all the way through the books. What makes this happy event interesting are the guests as two of our volunteers, David and Val explain…įor the past few years we have been working on the parish registers of North Devon transcribing the entries onto a computer. This includes photos, which are not obviously retro and portraits of famous young women doing nothing but posing.On this day in 1928 a marriage was celebrated in the small church of St. Please add the info in the comments.ĥ: All reposts less than six months old and all reposts less than a year old from Top 100 will be removed.ħ: We reserve the right to remove any post that doesn't showcase historical coolness. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP.Ĥ: All posts highlighting, in the title, that someone has recently passed away or titles trying to evoke sympathy upvotes will be deleted. Offensive comments include anything about pimping, about people's moms and scoring women. If you've found a photo, video, or photo essay of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.ġ: Photos and videos must be over 25 years old.Ģ: Please put the year or decade in title, otherwise your post will be removed.ģ: Spam, racist, homophobic, sexist and offensive comments, as well as brigading, consistent reposting and shitposting, will result in a lifetime ban. A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers.
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