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...peers were created by the King-Emperor, last week, but George V, perhaps with "nothing in particular to do," did bestow the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of The Thistle upon the father of the most popular young woman in England. The young woman is Elizabeth Duchess of York, only daughter-in-law of His Majesty, and mother of the nationally adored "Baby Betty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Royal Bestowal | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...Walter Scott, when he slept there for a night, fancied that ghosts came eerily to mock at him; but Elizabeth Duchess of York has explicitly scoffed at all such "stuff and nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Royal Bestowal | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...usual every Autumn, members of the Bowes-Lyon family were fishing for sporty salmon, last week, in the famed River Spey. Among titled Spey fisher-women the Duchess of York ranks well; but she is admittedly surpassed by Super-Fishermaiden Miss Rachel Spender-Clay, a niece of Viscount & Viscountess Astor. During the week Miss Spender-Clay distinguished herself still further by announcing her engagement to the Duchess' youngest brother, the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon, probably the worst salmon fisherman in his distinguished family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Royal Bestowal | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

Alice Anne Montgomery, Duchess (in her own right) of Buckingham and Chandos, returned from Scotland with her usual autumn armful of water colors, including one of a woman 86 years old which Her Grace calls Grannie in the Moors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 29, 1928 | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

...Carlo Andrea-ride on horseback to their deep pits in the hills, they may reflect that their ancestors have ridden in just such a way, to the same pits, for some 500 years. It was in the 15th century that the head of the Fabbricotti line appeared before the Duchess who ruled over Carrara.' Humbly, he besought permission to quarry marble. The grant she gave is valid today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Fabbricotti Marble | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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