Bowmont & Cessford / Aitken wedding

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 25 July 2011:

The Marquis of Bowmont and Cessford and the Hon Charlotte Aitken
The marriage took place on Friday, July 22, at the Church of.—Our Lady
of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London, between
Charles, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Jane Dawnay, and
Charlotte, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Beaverbrook. Dom Edward
Corbould officiated, assisted by the Rev Anthony Hogg. The bride was
attended by Isabel Sanderson, Iris Goldsmith, Emilia Methven, Frankie
Goldsmith, Milo Methven and Ben Way. Mr Freddy Galliers-Pratt was best
man.

See the news of the engagement posted at the end of last year, which
includes family relationships etc, which I needed repeat in this post:
http://groups.google.com/group/peerage-news/browse_thread/thread/79bde56f17e6d9d6/fe22edbb4fcbc7a0?lnk=gst&q=bowmont#

I note Lady Jane Dawnay hasn't clung to her ducal style after marriage
to her 2nd husband & cousin. Noted also the Telegraph's spelling of
the title marquess (or is that the family's preferred spelling as
well?)

[ccz...@googlemail.com]

On Jul 25, 9:18 am, Richard R <r_rut...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> From the Telegraph of 25 July 2011:
>
> The Marquis of Bowmont and Cessford and the Hon Charlotte Aitken
> The marriage took place on Friday, July 22, at the Church of.—Our Lady
> of the Assumption and St Gregory, Warwick Street, London, between
> Charles, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Jane Dawnay, and
> Charlotte, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Beaverbrook. Dom Edward
> Corbould officiated, assisted by the Rev Anthony Hogg.  The bride was
> attended by Isabel Sanderson, Iris Goldsmith, Emilia Methven, Frankie
> Goldsmith, Milo Methven and Ben Way. Mr Freddy Galliers-Pratt was best
> man.
>
> See the news of the engagement posted at the end of last year, which

> includes family relationships etc, which I needed repeat in this post:http://groups.google.com/group/peerage-news/browse_thread/thread/79bd...

>
> I note Lady Jane Dawnay hasn't clung to her ducal style after marriage
> to her 2nd husband & cousin. Noted also the Telegraph's spelling of
> the title marquess (or is that the family's preferred spelling as
> well?)

A Scottish preference?

[pyvery]

It is interesting to note that this is the first time that there has been a ducal daughter-in-law since the 1870's when Winston Churchill's aunt was lady Bowmont for about five years.

[Richard R]

"A Scottish preference?"

Quite possibly, harking back to the Auld Alliance and a preference for
all things French. Debrett's spells it with an 'e' in the family's
entry (a proof of which Lord Bowmont's father will have seen, or had
the opportunity to see at any rate).

Debrett's entries for the Scottish dukes of Argyll (Marquess of
Lorne), Atholl (Marquess of Tullibardine) and Montrose (Marquess of
Graham) all use the e spelling.

And the entries for the Scottish marquesses of Huntly, Lothian and
Queensberry all use the e spelling.

There is a Complete Peerage appendix on the spelling of the degree,
which concluded that an e was now preferable (I don't have the volume
to hand; I think part of the reasoning was e was more 'English' (read
British) sounding and the i spelling had been debased as there were so
many French men about who claimed to be marquisses - can't remember
just now the popular perjorative French phrase used to denote this).
But of course it's a matter on which each title holder may decide,
since both spellings are correct.

[JonnyK]

I recall reading somewhere, I think an old edition of Whitaker's
Almanac, that a basic rule to follow is that Scottish creations prior
to the Act of Union (ie. 1707) should be spelt 'marquis', whilst all
others should be spelt 'marquess'.

By this rule, Michael Ancram is the Marquis of Lothian, along with
Huntly for eg. while it's Marquess of Linlithgow, Marquess of Bute
etc. for post-Union creations.

Can anyone back this up, as I no longer have said copy of Whitaker's?

[Michael Rhodes]

The Marquess & Marchioness of Bowmont & Cessford are to be divorced today (Daily Mail 24 May 2013)

[Richard R]

I see also that the article mentions the 58 yr old Duke has throat cancer. A very distressing time for the family:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2157059/Dukes-son-Charlie-ends-marriage-year.html