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| Accession number | 912L : 2090/31 |
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125 MR . R. W. HOBSON AND MIss J. G. DUDGEON The marriage took place yesterday at St. Michael's , Chester Square , of Mr. Richard Walton Hobson , 12th Royal Lancers , elder son of Lieutenant - Colonel G. W. Hobson and Mrs. Hobson , of Cornhill , Pattishall , Towcester , and Miss Joan Greville Dudgeon , daughter of the late Mr. H. W. Dudgeon and Mrs. Dudgeon , of 49 , Grosvenor Street . The Rev. D. B. Kittermaster officiated . The bride , who was given away by her brother , Mr. P. W. A. Dudgeon , wore a gown of ice - blue chiffon velvet with a veil , tinted to match , bordered with family Brussels lace . She carried a bouquet of palest pink mixed flowers and wore an aquamarine necklace , the gift of her mother . William Richard and Andrew John Dudgeon ( twin nephews of the bride ) were the trainbearers , and they wore kilts of the Douglas tartan with white silk shirts and lace jabots and ruffles . She was also attended by one little girl - Margaret Clifton - Brown - and by six grown - up brides maids - Miss Mary Lampson , Miss Patricia Schreiber , Miss Hermione Hobson ( sister of the bridegroom ) , Miss Diana Watson , Miss Betty Fletcher , and Miss Ann Wilson . The little girl wore a frock of ice - blue chiffon velvet with a headwreath of mixed blue flowers , and the older maids wore dresses in shades of delphinium - blue georgette with gathered bodices and full , flowing sleeves . They had wreaths of natural blue mixed flowers in their hair , and wore diamond arrows , the gifts of the bridegroom . Mr. John Hobson was best man to his brother . A guard of honour was formed by N.C.O.s of the 12th Royal Lancers as the bride and bridegroom left the church . Mrs. Dudgeon afterwards held a reception at 3. Cadogan Gate , and then the bride and bridegroom left to spend their honeymoon in Scotland . The bride travelled in a fawn marocain dress with a pale pink fine straw hat and a fox fur , the gift of the bridegroom's mother . Among those present at the church were : Lieutenant - Colonel and Mrs. G. W. Hobson , Mrs. Dudgeon , Miss Lilian Hole , Miss Elsie Hole , Mrs. Peter Dudgeon , Miss Muir , Mr. Geoffrey Hobson , Miss May Pardoe , Lady Flower , Mrs. Hugh Flower , Mr. and Mrs. John Flower , the Hon . Mrs. Eastwood , the Hon . Mrs. Guy Wilson , Mrs. Robert Hoare , Mrs. Ernest Tanner , Mr. and Mrs. P. Boyd , Mrs. A. P. Friend , Sir Timothy O'Brien , the Hon . John Hamilton - Russell , the Hon . Mrs. Ernest Guinness , Brigadier - General and Mrs. R. T. H. Law , Brigadier - General C. M. Carpenter , the Hon . Lady Manningham - Buller , Colonel and Mrs. L. J. Comyn , Lady Grant of Mony musk . Lady Green - Price , Lady Castellani , Lady ( Miles ) Lampson , Major and Mrs. Arnott . Major and Mrs. Ebbels , Major and Mrs. D. Williams , Miss Ursula Lubbock , Mrs. Harry Arkwright , Mrs. Spong . Captain and Mrs. W. A. J. Lockhart , Lady ( George ) Jessel , Miss Vanda Swetenham , Captain and Mrs. Ian Tubbs , Mrs. K. Fletcher , Sir Thomas Meyrick , Mrs. Norman Dewey , Lady ( Frank ) Watson , Captain and Mrs. B. N. Strang , Captain Nigel Blockley , Captain Fulford , Mr. Peter Flower , Sir Lionel and Lady Darell , Captain D. Alheusen , Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith , Mrs. B. Sainsbury , Mrs. Helmut Schroder . Major and Mrs. Huggins . Captain and Mrs. W. R. N. Hinde , Maior and Mrs. Chirnside , Mr. A. Warre , Mr. A. Horsbrugh - Porter , Mrs. , George Gordon - Lennox , Mrs. Romilly , Major and Mrs. R. S. Moore , Mrs. Browne - Clayton , Captain and Mrs. J. A. Midwood , Mrs. G. J. Kidston , Mrs. P. G. Mason , Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson - Clark , Mr. and Mrs. Bibby , Miss Elizabeth Carew , Mrs. Herbert Pickard , Mrs. Peter Manser , Mrs. Douglas Parker , Mrs. R. Brackenbury , Mrs. Peter Wiggin , Mrs. Charles Ryder , Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Peterson , Mrs. Malcolm Little , Mrs. R. K. Price , Miss Patience Little . Mrs. E. G. Tatham , Mrs. Rodney Moore , Mr. Richard Graves , Mrs. B. Layman , Mrs. N. H. Soames , Mrs. Hayley , Mrs. Cokayne - Frith , Mrs. E. G. Moon , Major and Mrs. Clifton - Browne . Mrs. Baggallay , Mrs. Ronald Senior , Dr. B. Relton . Miss A. Lefroy , Mrs. C. Campbell , Captain and Mrs. G. C. Firbank , Mrs. G. F. Walpole , Mrs. Hugh Watson , Mrs. A. V. Pope , Mrs. Richard Agnew , Mrs. E. D. Miller , Mrs. Harold Charrington , Mrs. Ralph Upton , Mrs. G. Gosling , Mrs. R. L. McCreery , Mrs. Walter McCreery , Mrs. Hugh Russell . Maior and Mrs. Leonard Amery , Mrs. C. Hawley . Mrs. Evelyn Fanshawe , Mrs. Frank Arkwright . Mr. Thomas Sowerby . Mr. Simon Sowerby , - Mrs. Gordon Leaf , Mrs. Arnold Watson , Mrs. H. C. Bulkeley , Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Palmer , Captain G. F. Earle . Mrs. David Metcalfe , Mrs. David Mitchell , Dr. and Mrs. Rotherham , Mr. and Mrs. Pendarves Lory . Mrs. P. W. Stout , Captain Christie Crawford . Mrs. Gore Graham , Mr. Frank de Rougemont , and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Palmer . R.L - M²C ( XI LANCER ) W.G.C ( MIGHTY LIKE ) M.E.B.S ( SUNFILM ) R. W. H ( COSTBALL ) 126 C.R.S ( SUMNY GIRL ) WINDMILL 1937 . HILL REGIMENTAL RACE J.A.W ( INTERVENER ) M.E.B.S ( SUNFILM . ) 127 |
