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Andrew Arnold Lyon | Born 15 Aug 1937 | Married Hon. Elizabeth Anne Cecil | ||
Susan Griselda Anne Lyon | Born 8 Apr 1940 | Married Lt.-Cmdr. Charles Peregrine Albemarle Bertie | ||
Marilyn Emma Margaret | Born 30 Nov 1947 | Married Trelawny Gayer | ||
Georgina Rose | Born 18 Apr 1951 | Died 26 Apr 1951 |
John Lycett Wills |
b: 29 May 1910 son of Arnold Stancomb Wills and Hilda Caroline Lyon |
Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
b: 3 April 1915 daughter of Sir Sidney Herbert Elphinstone, 16th Baron Elphinstone and Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon |
25 Jul 1936 John Lycett Wills Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
JEAN ELPHINSTONE The Duke and Duchess of York, with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, were present on Saturday at the marriage at St. Margaret's, Westminster, of Mr. John Lycett Wills, The Life Guards, second son of Captain and Mrs. Arnold Wills, of Thornby Hall, Northampton, and the Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone, second daughter of Lord and Lady Elphinstone, of Carberry Tower, Musselburgh. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated, assisted by the Rev. C. H. Ritchie and the Rev. L. N. de Burgh. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white angel-skin woven in a silver leaf design. The bodice had long tight-fitting sleeves and the train was cut in one with the skirt. Her veil of white tulle was held in place by a wreath of tiny arum lilies with orange-blossom, and she wore a pearl necklace. There were three child attendants - the Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (sister of the bride) and Davina and Fergus Bowes-Lyon |
There were three child attendants - the Hon. Margaret Elphinstone (sister of the bride) and Davina and Fergus Bowes-Lyon (cousins of the bride) - and eight grown-up bridesmaids - the Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone (sister of the bride), Lady Jane Fitzroy, Lady Betty Anson, Lady Romayne Cecil, Miss Rona Murray, Miss Sophie Trafford, Miss Joscelyne Verney, and Miss Hersey Coke.
The page wore the Royal Stewart tartan kilt, with a white jacket, and the girls were in white organza, with blue sashes, and white wreaths in their hair.
The older attendants had dresses of white ripple satin, with wreaths of white gardenias in their hair, and they carried bouquets of mixed white flowers.
Viscount Anson was best man, and a guard of honor was formed from the Life Guards. A reception was held at 64, Rutland Gate, and then the bride and bridegroom left to spend the honeymoon motoring in Austria. The bride went away in a dress of blue crêpe under a matching coat of woollen material, with a blue straw hat. Among those present at the church were: |
Andrew Arnold Lyon Wills |
b: 15 Aug 1937 son of John Lycett Wills and Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
Susan Griselda Anne Lyon Wills |
b: 8 Apr 1940 daughter of John Lycett Wills and Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
Marilyn Emma Margaret Wills |
b: 30 Nov 1947 daughter of John Lycett Wills and Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
Georgina Rose Wills |
b: 18 Apr 1951 Died 26 Apr 1951 daughter of John Lycett Wills and Hon. Jean Constance Elphinstone |
John Lycett Wills | Died 1999, Age 89, Berkshire 1999 Sep Bracknell Forest 23a 167 |
Hon. Jean Constance (Elphinstone) Wills | Died 29 Nov 1999, Age 84, 1999 Nov Lambeth F54 116 |