Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 55 | England Circulates Rumor That Wales Will Marry Lady Anne Maud Wellesley

ENGLAND CIRCULATES R RUMOR THAT WALES WILL MARRY LADY ANNE MAUD WELLESLEY LEY S S S S r I t i 1 c I S I k kS V i They made a very handsome couple the thc le lovely velY bru brunette nette descendant of the Iron Duke of Wellington and the tue blonde heir to England's throne as they danced to together gether So rumor has it that Lady Anne Maud Wellesley Welles- Welles Wellesley ley hey and the Prince of Wales will be the next rulers of the British Empire v V. Nation Would Rejoice i if Prince Married Into Famed Line By MILTON BRONNER NEA N EA Service Writer LONDON Dec 29 Last 29 Last spring sprin the tho Marchioness of ot Douro daugh daugh- ter law of at the Duke of Wellington Welling ton gave a coming out ball for he her only daughter Lady Anne Mau Maud The band played tim that old favorite favorite int Aint She Sweet Lady Anne was dancing with a avery very distinguished partner Th The handsome Prince of Wales Vales blond blom heir to England's throne and In th the lovely brunet descendant of ot th the illustrious Iron Duke of made an ideal p pair Everyone wa was watching them When the dane dance ended the prince led his young partner partner part part- ner ncr up t to one of her relatives Hi He hummed a bar of ot the piece to whIch they had just dust danced and then exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- claimed I Aint she COMMENT OVERHEARD His simple tribute wa was heard bj by others It was quietly repeated al all allover over the ballroom Ever since that thai night the rumor has spread anc and spread that England's most persistent persistent persis persis- tent bachelor the tho Prince of Wales had finally succumbed to Cupid and that in lit his bis own good time he would announce Lady Anne as England's future queen In fact gossip says the engagement engage e ment would have been announced long ago o but for a distressing illness Ill Illness ill ill- ness floss that has bas kept Lady Anne out of the social whirl for months Shortly after she was presented at atthe atthe atthe the first court last spring sh she succumbed sue suc to influenza and has had a along along along long and painful Illness from which she Is just beginning to recover If the Prince of Wales Vales should follow the examples of his sister Princess Mary Iary and his brother the Duke Dule of ot York and marry Into a great aristocratic British family his lois future subjects would rejoice They are fed up with foreign princesses S CROW CROWNING ING GLORY And for the house of Wellesley y it would be tho the crowning glory of a family that has had more fame than almost any house lin n England that thatis is not ro royal al The Tim present head bood of the house is Arthur Charles Wellesley Welles- Welles ley who has a breath taking list of titles Ho He Is fifth Duke of Wellington Welling Welling- ton Lon Marquess of at Douro Marquis and Earl of Wellington ton Baron Douro Earl of ot Mornington l in jn the English inglish p peerage Viscount Wellesley Welles- Welles ley ey in the Irish peerage He lie is Condo do Vimeiro Marques da Torres Vedras and Duque da VIctorIa Victoria Vic Vie toria oria In Portugal al Duque de do Ciudad In Spain and Prince of Waterloo in the the Netherlands He Is 79 71 years old Ills His son and heir hell Is Arthur Charles harles Marquess of Douro who was rae a lien tenant in the Grenadier Guards and served In tho the South African war In 1900 He was maried married mar mar- tied ried in March Marcia 1909 to a daughter Df of f the first Lord He thus bus brought immense wealth into the be family The TIle family name of the le is Coats They own tho ho greatest thread business in the thc world which started over a hundred years years' rears ago from humble be beginnings in Paisley Seven of the family have died each leaving fortunes of over oer ten million dollars TWO CHILDREN Tho The Marquess of Douro flouro and his Scotch wife wile have two children Henry born in 1912 and Lady Anne Maud the heroine of the present romance born in 1910 Before coming out last spring Lady Anne led a quiet secluded life at Strathfield Saye the great country estate which was the favorite favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa residence of the Iron Duke after he lie won tho the battle of Waterloo Saye still Is held for forthe I tho the crown and every year rear on Juno IS 18 the Duke of ot Wellington has to deliver at Windsor castle to the king a flag lag It Is said that were this ceremony omitted the crown legally could take possession posses posses- sion Zion of ot the old estate i