LADY WEDS CHAUFFEUR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2389, 2 January 1909, Page 7

LADY WEDS CHAUFFEUR.

,rrmESS’S RUNAWAY MATCH IN # EIIU LONDON. ' \

vt o little sensation Ihasheen caused • -ocini circles .in _Yorkshire. by the that a young lady -well known in society, and reputed to be P&ltby.) bas made a runaway match "th the chauffeur in the employ of ruucl 0 - Tlie ' P arties whose adven- » ro is being so widely discussed were ,fL Marion Vint, the only daughter W. W. Vint, J.P., of Broomi ?•(] Keighley, and (Mr. Bernard G. SratirSik' the chauffeur employed • by V Julies Henry Haggas, of Tho ifoTinr Oakworth, and Scarborough. H aggas is Miss Vint’s uncle. Tbo sum to which Miss Vint, now « frs Wilkins is ‘entitled to, under fir mother’s will is stated to amount '['between £50,000 and £IOO,OOO. fiho is universally liked, rides and srives5 r ives well, and is 21 years of age. vr 0 t long ago she met with a slight Occident owhile 0 while driving, being thrown /rom a vehicle. Mr. Vint is a vicechairman of the Keighley Chamber of fommerce, and is a member of the firm of William Haggas and Co.,' worsted manufacturers, of Oakworth Mills, Keighley.' ‘ /p] 10 bridegroom, -Bernard Gaskill Wilkins, is 32 years of age, of gentlemanly appearance, and pleasant manners, and said to t como of a good family- When Mr. Hiaggas visited Broomhill the chauffeur was treated more as a friend of the family than as . servant-. , 4. short while ago Mr. Wilkins aslc.gj* f or a .fortnight’s holiday, which was granted to him .and he went to London, A few days since Miss Vint also left her home; and after this nothing was heard of either until they despatched a telegram to the .lady’s father announcing their marriage, ■which had taken place earlier in the day at the parish church of St. George, Bloomsbury, by _ licence. Mr. Wilkins had been staying m a Bloomsbury hotel. It is understood that/he is independent of his profession of wotSiflrivin:g," • which he adopted as somewhat of a hobby Inquiries made by a London “Daily News” representative show that on a Thursday morning Mr. Wilkins revived a communication at his hotel before lunch, and left the place for some time returning with a lady in a taxi-cab. He then settled his hotel hill and left. It would' appear that he went to St. George’s Church with bis prospective bride, and -was married at two o’clock in the afternoon, the ceremony being performed by the curate. ~'