PEER PROPOSES BY POST.

Shannon News, 17 July 1925, Page 4

PEER PROPOSES BY POST.

Jk STAGE ROMANCE. Lord Lyveden, the 67 year-old-actor-peer, was married at Camberwell: District Registry Office to the music hall artist, Miss Lynda Martell, who ir« private life is Mrs. Ada Springate. Mr. Percy Hutchison, the actormanager, and Mr. Frank Lacy, the actor, signed the register, and the other witnesses of the ceremony were Master Rupert Springate, the schoolboy son of the bride, and Mrs. Billes, a friend.

Telling of her meeting with Lord Lyveden, the bride said she first saw her husband at a New Year's parts at a hotel in Capetown. He was travelling with Mr. Percy Hutchison's company in "Brewster's Millions," and "The Luck of the Navy," while Lady Lyveden was appearing at the. Empire Music Hall.

"Nothing happened at the party to make me feel that our marriage was even remotely possible," said Lady Lyveden, "and soon, after Lord Lyveden went to Canada, and I returned to England. Then, ten, months later, I received a proposal of marriage by post. I accepted, and we were engaged for nearly six months without seeing one another. I did not see him again until three weeks ago, when he returned from Canada. "We shall spend the honeymoon at Cheltenham, where I have to go to fulfil an engagement." Since 1882, when he joined the theatrical profession, Lord Lyveden i has acted in many parts of the world , under the name of Percy Vernon. Lady Lyveden has played principal, boy in many pantomime productions.