Lichfield/Conyngham marriage

[Michael Rhodes]

_.The marriage took place at Chelsea Register Office, in Dec 2009,
between Thomas William Robert Hugh Anson,
6th Earl of Lichfield (born 19 July 1978), only son of the 5th Earl of
Lichfield (the photographer Patrick Lichfield) and the former Lady
Leonora Grosvenor, a daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster. He
succeeded as the 6th Earl of Lichfield upon his father's death on 11
November 2005 & Lady Henrietta Tamara Juliet Conyngham (born 1976),
elder daughter of Henry Vivien Pierpont Conyngham, 8th Marquess
Conyngham and Juliet Ann Kitson.

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[www.maltagenealogy.com]

Pity there are no photo's for the ocassion released to the public !

On Jan 27, 6:03 pm, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[bx...@yahoo.com]

An Earl, grandson of a Duke, marrying the daughter of a Marquess--a
true, old-fashioned aristocratic wedding!

Brooke

On Jan 27, 2:03�am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Michael Rhodes]

I expected a big society "do" like that of his parents nuptials
in 1975 in the presence of HM The Q - - - - but no.

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[Shinjinee]

On Jan 30, 12:08 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> I expected a big society "do" like that of his parents nuptials
> in 1975 in the presence of HM The Q - - - -  

Now, why is that? Did the couple want to avoid publicity
(understandable), or is it because both sets of parents divorced,
presumably after big society "do"s, or because neither of them believe
in a religious ceremony? There might be other reasons, of course.

Have there been any other genuine aristocratic matches celebrated in
the registry office? I mean, the daughter of a peer (or a peeress in
her own right) marrying the son of another peer (or a peer in his own
right). The late Marquess of Bath and his first wife Daphne married
secretly in a registry office circa 1927, but that was because both
sets of parents opposed the match according to her obituary and their
eldest surviving son Lord Bath's online memoirs. This caused problems
for them when they divorced and remarried, IIRC.

Shinjinee

[Michael Rhodes]

Throughout the 20th century until the 1970s - during the "season" the
Times and
Daily Telegraph wedding announcements often began with thw words "The
Queen and Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother attended the marriage on Saturday between...."

This seems to have fizzled out. Some say HMs attendance at society
weddings
was curtailed at the start of the troubles in Ulster. Similarly, the
Queen's weekend visits to
great houses also appears to have ended. She always spent her wedding
anniversary (or the
weekend closest to it) at Luton Hoo (the Wernher pile). This ended
with the demise of Sir
Harold and Lady Zia. Each year she spent the dates of the Goodwood
Races alternating twixt Goodwood
(Duke of Richmond) and Arundel Castle (Duke of Norfolk). This
tradition also ended in the
70s. The Dukes of Richmond and Norfolk jokingly blame each other for
the Queen's absence.

The Earl of Halifax married Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles at a London
Register
Office with the Prince of Wales in attendance as best man. Charles's
only
visit to a register office until his own nuptials at Windsor in 2005.

[www.maltagenealogy.com]

Maybe an announcement will come in the next few months if a birth !!
lets wait and see.. I wanted photos of the wedding but nothing at
all !!

[Michael Rhodes]

On Feb 19, 9:30 pm, "www.maltagenealogy.com" <tancarvil...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maybe an announcement will come in the next few months if a birth !!
> lets wait and see.. I wanted photos of the wedding but nothing at
> all !!

Unlike the nuptials of the deceased Earl and Lady Leonora Grosvenor
in 1975 --- HM The Q and Queen Eliz The Queen Mother in attendance