Sir Ernest Edward de Winton Wills |
The Times |
Wednesday January 27, 1926 |
MARRIAGESMr. E. E. de W. Wills and Miss S. M. OgdenThe marriage took place yesterday, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, of Mr. Edward Ernest de Winton Wills, Scots Guards, son of Sir Ernest and Lady Wills, of Littlecote, Wilts, and Miss Sylvia Margaret Ogden, daughter of the late Mr. W. B. Ogden and of Mrs. Gordon Moore, of 90 Knightsbridge. Bishop Hamilton officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. W. G. Ogden, wore a gown of ivory georgette, embroidered with pearls. Her train, which was of ivory chiffon velvet lined with pink peau de soie, was carried by Master John Kyffin and Master Bryce Alexander, who wore tunic suits of white chiffon velvet. Behind the pages was Miss Peggy Gordon-Moore, in a medieval gold dress with a cap to match. There were also four grownup bridesmaids - Miss Betty Selby-Lowndes, Miss Pamela Gladstone, Miss Rosemary Cohen, and Miss Betty Wedekind. They wore dresses of gold lace over gold tissue, with hanging sleeves edged with rosebuds, and draped headdresses of pink chiffon, and carried bouquets of pink roses. The best man was Mr. F. S. Usher, and a reception was afterwards held at 34 Belgrave -square (lent by Viscount Gort). Among those present were: Sir Ernest and Lady Wills (parents of the bridegroom), Captain and Mrs. Douglas Wills, Colonel and Mrs. Norman Haag, Captain and Mrs. Arnold Wills, Mrs. Ogden (grandmother of the bride), Mrs. and Miss Hudson, Mrs. and Miss Burrows, Mrs. Wills, Mr. Roy Wills, Mr. and Mrs. Seton de Winton, Dr. Gordon Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Fairhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogden, the Marchioness of Ailesbury with Lady Ursula and Lady Rosemary Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Frederick Hamilton, Viscount Lererhulme, Lady Kesteven, the Hon. Mrs. Trollope, the Hon. Mrs. Stanhope Tollemache, the Hon. Mrs. Arnold Henderson, Lady Newes, |
Brigadier-General Sir William and Lady Alexander, Lady Boynton and Miss Boynton, Sir Thomas and Lady Lathem, Lady Dance Lady (George) Alexander, Major-General and Mrs. Calley, Mrs. Hamilton Baynes, Captain and Mrs. Booth-Jones, Mrs. Douglas Hamilton, Mrs. Ian Bullough, Major Darby Griffiths, Mrs. Simon Brand and Miss Mala Brand, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Llewellyn, Mrs. and Miss Woolland, Miss Olga Nethersole, Major and Mrs. Rankin, Mrs. Beaton, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Frank Sopper, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nond, Mrs. and Miss Cartland, Mrs. George Gay, Mrs. Sandys, Dr. Marion Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. Wedekind, Major Graham Rees-Mogg, Captain Cyril Herbert Smith, Mrs. Gordon Robinson, Mrs. Temple Richards, Mrs. Elliot Pyle, Mrs. Carrington Wild, Mrs. Lawrence Hignett, Major Davidson-Houston, Major and Mrs. K. J. Campbell, Captain and Mrs. Walter, Captain and Mrs. Eric Charrington, Mrs. Lloyd Baxendale, Mrs. and the Misses Cripps, Captain Pelham Cochrane, the Rev. H. S. Sard, Mrs. Edward le Bas, Miss Muriel Barnby, Mrs. W. B. Gladstone, Mrs. Maynard Horne, Mr. and Mrs. Usher, Mrs. Vachell. The bride and bridegroom left later for a honeymoon in Egypt, Mrs. Wills wearing a dress of bois de rose crepe de Chine, with a Kolinsky fur coat. |