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...Marquess of Hartington, 26, eldest son & heir of the tenth Duke of Devonshire, owner of a 20,000-acre estate, husband (for four months) of ex-Ambassador Joseph Kennedy's daughter, Kathleen. He was killed in France a month...
Killed in Action. William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, 27, Protestant husband of ex-Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy's daughter Kathleen (married last May in a Chelsea registry office, without Catholic consent), Captain in the Coldstream Guards, heir to the Duchy of Devonshire; in France. The Marchioness has been in the U.S. since August when her oldest brother, Joseph Jr., was killed in action...
...Under Marquess of Queensberry rules (national and international usage), the Germans had the right to shoot prisoners in the act of escaping or of resisting recapture. Under the same rules, the prisoners had the right to try an escape, with the expectation of nothing worse than close confinement if they failed and gave up when challenged. Under the Geneva Convention of 1929, the Germans were obligated to notify the British immediately and fully of any escapes or deaths among the prisoners. This obligation had not been honored. Britons wondered whether the secrecy hid other, more flagrant misdeeds...
Last week, the debate concluded, the Marquess of Hartington repaired to the Chelsea Registry Office, accompanied by his best man, the Duke of Rutland. Both wore Guards' uniforms and snug Sam Brownes. Fifteen minutes later Kathleen Kennedy arrived in delphinium pink suede crepe, a short mink jacket and a little hat of pink & blue ostrich feathers. Lieut. Joseph Kennedy Jr., U.S.N.R., came to give his sister away...
Married. Kathleen Kennedy, 24, daughter of former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy; and William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, 26, in London...