| Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien Smith |
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THE TIMES Wednesday, Jul 15, 1936 |
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MARRIAGES
MR. A.R.A. DORRIEN-SMITH AND MISS LUCAS-TOOTH
The marriage took place yesterday at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, of Mr. Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, eldest son of Major and Mrs. Dorrien-Smith, of Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, and Miss Rosemarie Helen Lucas-Tooth, elder daughter of the late Major Sir Leonard Lucas-Tooth and of Mrs. John Smyth-Osbourne, of Hardres Court, Canterbury.
The Rev. F.C. Timins officiated, assisted by Canon Boscawen and Canon Morris.
The bride, who was given away by her step-father, Major J. Smyth-Osbourne, wore a gown of ivory satin, the front of the square-necked bodice gauged and finished with a spray of orange blossom. The train was cut in one with the skirt and the veil of old Limerick lace, lent by her grandmother, was held in place by a halo headdress of lace and orange-blossom. She carried a bouquet of lapigeria, myrtle, and rosemary. The two little attendants - Celia Primrose Smyth-Osbourne (half-sister of the bride) and Susan Dorrien-Smith (cousin of the bridegroom) - wore full-skirted frocks of ivory net and carried bouquets of Talisman roses. There were eight grown-up bridesmaids - Miss Christine Lucas-Tooth (sister of the bride), Miss Anne and Miss Innis Dorrien-Smith (sisters of the bridegroom), Miss Daphne Jordan, Miss Pamela Longuet-Higgins, Miss Elizabeth Vaughan-Lee, Miss Pamela Pomfret, and Miss Marcia Smyth-Osbourne. They wore dresses of shaded tearose pink and apricot-coloured net with headdresses of leaves shaded to match. They carried bouquets of Talisman roses. Mr. John Quiliter was best man, and N.C.O.s of the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars formed a guard of honour as the bride and bridegroom left the church. Mrs. Smyth-Osbourne afterwards held a reception at 143, Piccadilly, (lent by the bride's grandmother Helen Lady Lucas-Tooth). Among those present at the church were:- Major and Mrs. Dorrien-Smith, Mrs. Smyth-Osbourne, Master E.T. Smyth-Osbourne, Lady Smith-Dorrien, Mr. David Smith-Dorrien, |
Mr. G. Smith-Dorrien, Mr. Peter Smith-Dorrien, Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, Lady Lucas-Tooth, Major E.P. Dorrien-Smith, the Misses Smith-Dorrien, Miss Gwendoline Dorrien-Smith, Miss Charlotte Dorrien-Smith, Brigadier-General Smyth-Osbourne, Mrs. Percy Smyth-Osbourne, Air-Commodore and Mrs. Smyth-Osbourne, Mrs. Keightley. Lord and Lady Basing, the Hon. Mrs. Walter Sclater-Booth, the Hon. Mrs. Peek, the Hon. Mrs. Walkinshaw, the Hon. Mrs. Wilson-Fox, the Hon. Mrs. Marshall, Mr. Francis Dorrien-Smith, the Hon. Mrs. Geoffrey Bowlby, Mrs. Salvin Bowlby, Captain Hugh Bowlby, Canon and Mrs. H.T. Bowlby, Mrs. William Bowlby, Major and Mrs. Richard Bright, Major and Mrs. Kinglake Tower, Mrs. Courage, General and Mrs. Wallace Wright, Mrs. Cedric Terry, Lady Gerard, the Hon. Thomas Trenchard Lady Augusta Inskip Marshal of the RAF Viscount Trenchard and Viscountess Trenchard, the Hon. Hugh Trenchard, Lady Ada Boyd, Lady Laurie, Lady Halsey, Lady Royds, Admiral Sir Roger and Lady Keyes, Lady Rayleigh, Lieutenant-General Sir George and Lady Cory, General and Mrs. Rowan-Robinson, Lady Frederick, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Longuet-Higgins, [and hundreds of others, too numerous to mention.] |