SOCIETY DIVORCE CASES.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1920, Page 5

SOCIETY DIVORCE CASES.

SUIT AGAINST A DUKE. London, Oct. 12. Included in the list of divorce suits te he heard next tern Is a petition by thu (Duchess of Marlborough. The Duke is defending the suit. Lady Torrington and Lady George Gholnondeley are also seeking divorces, Tiw Duke of 'Marlborough, who suefended to the title in 1892, is 49 years pt age. In 1995 lie Carried Conauela, • daughter of Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt, th» KTew York millionaire. There are two tarns. The present duke's father, who 111 tfee eighth duke of the line, was dWorctfl ty his first wife, the MarchionKm of Blandford, mother of the present of the title, in 1883. The' Marfhlonets of Blandford is still alive. Viscount Torrington is 34 years of kit He succeeded to the title in 1889 In 1910 he married Eleanor, a daughter •f th» late Edwftr Souray. He servel Si the war, and was taken prisoner in Mfl.

Lo»d George Chojmondeley is the aecIpnd Mn of the Marquess of Oholmondeky. fc tnarriefl Clare Elinbetb. daughter of Mr* ObarlM Bury Taylor, of the pniUi States, in 1911. Hd was a capWb is the Nottingham Koyal gone lArfSSwy during the wax, and he won the Military Oram in 1916.