“THE TWO BENJAMINS.”

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 269, 3 January 1929, Page 1

“THE TWO BENJAMINS.”

DUCHESS OP YORK AND HER BROTHER. The engagement of tit© Hon. David Bowes-Lyon, brother of the Duchess of York, to Miss Spender Clay will add an interesting dcniple to London society. The marriage will take place early next year. Mr Bowes-Lyon is two years younger than the Duchess of York. As children the brother and sister were so inseparable that they were nicknamed “the Two Benjamins.” He is norw aged 26 years. His bride is a pretty brunette of. 22 years, best known as a horsewoman and a fisher. He rmother was an Astor, a daughter of the first Viscount Astor. Her father, Co'onel Spender Clay, is a wealthy Guardsman, who represents the Tonbridge division ,in the House of Commons. Mrs Spender Clay is a close personal friends of the Queen pf Rbumania, who has stayed with the family a/t their seat in Surrey. Mr Bower-Lyon has his sister’s deep blue eyes and pleasant features, but he is long of limb. As a boy he was reputed to have “second sight,” chiefly because he would not believe that his brother, Michael, was dead when he was reported “wounded and missing” words, the school books reminding one that his ‘head was tied up in a cloth.” Two months later he was proved to be right. His brother had been wounded in the head and taken prisoner to Germany, where he remained until the Armistice. He recently married Miss Betty Cator, a close friend and bridesmaid of the Duchess of York.