| Show LOVE LEVELS ALL it places the servant on the plane of the master likewise bridges the chasm between aristocrat anil plebeian titled per aona who have wedded with menials via air henry parkes who at the age of 81 has just married a 23 year old chambermaid of liis household is by no means the first titled englishman to seek a matrimonial alliance in the servants hall As a rule alie bridegrooms bride grooms in such cases have been of less mature age than sir henry who is the most distinguished of all australian statesmen and has repeatedly held the office of prime minister of new south wales among the most notable cases are those of sir david evans who was knighted during his term of office as lord mayor of london and whose wife was a chambermaid at the seven oaks hotel in kent where he was in the habit of staying on his fishing excursions sir henry baw lins the eminent english judge of the supreme court married his housemaid while the second wife of the late lord bramwell had previously filled the office of cook in his establishment the late earl stamford married his general servant a nor are such marriages as these confined to the english aristocracy the dowager duchess of rochefoucauld mother of the head of that illustrious house was a la undress while the dowager countess of waldstein whose son now dead married princess metter aichs daughter pascaline had been a chambermaid in her husbands household count eugene kinsky married his la undress and old count octave kinsky whose deatle at the age of 82 has just taken place disgusted his relatives by wedding a wholly uneducated and exceedingly cee objectionable woman who had filled the position of scullery maid in bis kitchen after marrying him she rendered herself sojA to the people of the district especially the peasantry that on two occasions she was shot at the count himself was placed under legal restraint a couple of years ago by his relatives to prevent him from dissipating his vast estates and ruining his property in order to satisfy the greed of his plebeian born wife yet another nobleman who has married a servant is prince gregory the doumanian Rou manian general senator and statesman there are two instances of women occupying menial positions wedding royalty one being robinn Ro sinn the morganatic wife of the late king victor emmanuel of italy who was a chambermaid at an inn when she attracted his attention the other was that of the consort of peter the great who was elevated to the dignity of empress of russia and from whom is descended the present occupant of the throne still more numerous are the instances of women of rank seeking mates in alie kitchen or stable princess adolph chamay chimay is married to her english butler who rejoiced in the name of jobson before she purchased for him the italian title of count and the duke of cifes fifes sister lady ida hope first eloped with and then married her groom princess elizabeth hohenlohe Hohen lohe married one of her fathers assistant gamekeepers game keepers besides these there are a good many families of rank who are descended from servants sir horace bambola Bam bold the british envoy at the hague and one of the most distinguished diplo matises in the service of queen victoria is descended from a man who worked his way up from the butlers pantry of one of the clubs in london to the post of governor of madras and it was for his services in the latter capacity that he was created a baronet the dignity now borne by sir horace is marquise hervey de one of the leaders of parisian society and an intimate friend of the contesse com tesse de paris who is the daughter of an english groom named ward who commencing as a stable boy ended by becoming the prime minister of the duke of parma prince henry of batten bergs sister in law the now widowed princess alexander of battenberg and countess of hartenau is the issue of a union between the aleff and the cook of old field marshal count martini the entirely princely house of murttis descended from king joachim of naples who began life as a stable boy while the first prince kutusoff the founder of the powerful bussian family of that name achieved his the skill A aich lie displayed aa valet and barber to czar paul the dukes of marlborough arc descended aiom a chambermaid while the first duchess of marlborough Mari borough lived to see a man who had been in her service blossom into a secretary of state and a postmaster general X Y world |
