3-071-003 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marriage of Lord Brooke and Miss Maynard at Westminster Abbey, 1881. 'On Saturday afternoon, by special license, Lord Brooke, M.P., eldest son of the Earl of Warwick, was married to Miss Frances Evelyn Maynard, eldest daughter of the Countess of Rosslyn and the late Colonel the Hon. Charles H. Maynard, and granddaughter of Henry, third and last Viscount Maynard. The wedding took place at Westminster Abbey, in the presence of several members of the Royal family and a very numerous congregation...Leaning on the arm of the Earl of Rosslyn, her stepfather, and followed by bridesmaids, the bride passed along the nave to the choir. The bridesmaids were Miss Blanche Maynard, the bride's sister; Lady Eva Greville, sister of the bridegroom; the Ladies Millicent, Sybil, and Angela St. Clair Erskine, stepsisters of the bride; Countess Feodore Gleichen, Lady Florence Bridgeman, Miss Wombwell, Miss Mills, Miss Violet Lindsay, and Miss Ethel Milner. As the bridal procession passed along the nave and choir, Dr. Bridge played the march and chorus, "Twine ye the Garlands" ("Ruins of Athens"), by Beethoven...The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. Albans solemnised the marriage'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.