MOTHER AMERICAN MARRIAGE

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9362, 3 February 1909, Page 7

MOTHER AMERICAN MARRIAGE

Yet another British nobleman is to wed an American heiress, for, after many is it now officiT ally confessed that the Bari of Granard is engaged to Miss Beatrice Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ogden Mills, of fetaataberg, Butchers County, New York. The Forbeses of Granard have been settled at Oastle Forbes, Longford, -since the seventeenth scentury, 5 century, and ■the holders of ’the" title are peers of tup, lETnited ,Kip£d6m as well as of Ireland^ 5 ' 1 . The Earl of-Granard, who is looked J nson as one of the most promising of the young Liberal peers, is at present - the Minister assisting the Postmaster General, and takes his duties seriously. r ■ "• ' • 1 . .. • > The Earl served all through the Boer war, securing the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the - King's inedal With two. clasps. He is a popular officer, of the Soots his captaincy in ; '1905. ; Later he was appointed Lord - an-Waiting to the King arid Master of the Horse. The earl, who is 34,. ris ?ery popular at Longford, where Of oyriS?* 20,000 "acres. ' 1 Miss Mills is one of twins, and is one of the wealthiest heiresses in America. " Like a good many other American girls, Miss Mills is a believer in an open-air life. At lawn tennis she pan hold her own with most, and" she. is a daring horsewoman. In society she has always been a prominent figure, having been much in demand as a vocalist, £She has an excellent voice, and has had the advantage of tuition from M.r Jean de Reske. Though,. as stated above, the engagement has often been denied, the return of the earl, Mr and Mrs Mills, and Miss Mills to America from England on the same steamer lent colour to the rnmour, and, as the young couple have since been .inseparable, the public refused to credit the disclaimers. There is no doubt that the coming marriage of this accomplished American and the good-looking, soldierly young British peer will be one of the events of the season.