PEERESS TO REMARRY
Countess of Jersey's Diyorce Recalled LONDON, Aug. 3. Tke engagement is announced in tke Daily Telegrapk of Patricia, Countess of Jersey, and Mr Eobert Filmer Wilson, a London stockbroker. The Countess of Jersey, before ker marriage to tke Earl in 1932, was Miss Patricia Kennetk Richards,- of Syduey and Cootamundra, New tSoutk Wales. Her divorce suit on January 11 in London caused a stir. Tke Countess was granted a decree on tke ground of misconduct by ker kusband. Ske told tke Court tkat during 1935, when ske had been seriously ill, tke Earl kad taken a flat in London, leaving her to live alone in tke country. He subsequently told ker, ske said, that he had no affeetion left ".for ker. First previous intimation of tke rift kad been tke advertisement inserted by ker kusband in tke London press tkat ke woul.d not bo responsible for her debts. Tke decree was made absolnte on July 19, and tke Earl married Miss Virginia Ckerrill, tke actress, on July 30. Now tkat tke Earl kas reinarried, kis ex-wife, if ske intends to retain tke title, will prefix to it ker Ckristiah* name and become "Patricia, Countess of Jersey." Ske may please kerself wketker, upon ker own remarriage, ske becomes ' ' Mrs E. F. Wilson ' ' or remains "Patricia, Countess of Jersey."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 179, 16 August 1937, Page 4
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