Birth30 Mar 1864, Hamilton Place, Middx
Death19 Oct 1935, Bowhill, Selkirk
General2nd s. & 1st surv. MP. 7th duke.
Notes for John Charles & Margaret Alice (Family)
Their marriage transcription:
First name(s) Margaret Alice
Last name Bridgeman
Age 21
Birth year 1872
Marriage year 1893
Parish St Paul, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge
Spouse's first name(s) John Charles Montagu Douglas
Spouse's last name Scott
Spouse's age 28
Spouse's birth year 1865
County Middlesex
Country England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
The actual register entry reveals some magnificence in the signatories;
1. The Celebrant was “Willelm Ebor”, the archbishop of York,
2. The groom was “Dalkeith”, earl of and heir to the dukedoms of Buccleuch and Wueensbury,
3. “Buccleuche” was the duke himself,
4. “George” is unknown,
5. “Margaret Alice Bridgeman” was the bride, daughter of titular viscount Newport,
6. “Aberavon” was the duke of Abercorn, a Hamilton, whose sister had married Buccleuch,
7. “Ida Newport” was the bride’s mother, the daughter of of the earl of Scarborough,
8. “Bradford“ was the earl of Bradford, grandfather of the bride and father of Newport,
9. “Lothian” was the 10th Marquess and a first cousin of the groom, sharing as their grandfather the father of “Buccleuche”.
Nos 2, 3 and 9 are all descendants of William Powys.
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