CHILDLESS MARRIAGE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 11

CHILDLESS MARRIAGE

LEADS TO PETITION' IN DIVORCE LORD CHEYLESMORE’S LIFE IN CANADA London, November 30. Lady Cheylesmore, formerly Miss Nora Parker, an Australian, is petitioning for divorce from her husband, whom she married in 1914, when she was a chorus girl almost fresh from Tasmania, The purpose of the present action is to establish domicile of the parties, as the husband has filed a petition for divorce in Canada, while the wife has filed her petition in London, declaring her husband’s domicile to be British.

After the war Lord Cheylesmore purchased a ranch in Alberta, saying it was a man's country, and that he would not return empty to London club life tor a King’s ransom. Counsel, however, stated that Lady Cheylesmore always understood that their life in Canada would be temporary.

The couple for a time lived in a ten by twelve foot shack, with no covering on the bedroom floors, no washstand, and no water laid on. The relations of husband and wife were strained, because the latter was childless. At her husband’s request she underwent treatment by various doctors, but was unable to bear him a child. Sir Edward Marshall-Hall, on behalf of the wife, sharply cross-examined Lord Cheylesmore for the purpose of showing that he was trying to get rid of her because she was childless, and his mother objected to the marriage. The case was adjourned.