The 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, the first cousin and Best Man of the Duke of Edinburgh, announced his engagement to the divorced Romaine Dahlgren Pierce at Claridges Hotel in London on this day in 1949, 75 years ago.
The 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, son of Prince George of Battenberg, the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda de Torby, announced his engagement to Romaine Dahlgren Pierce at Claridges Hotel in London.
The marquess, salesman cousin of King George VI., recently visited the US on a business trip for a British radiator firm. The wedding will take place in Washington probably in November. The future marchioness. 26 years old, dark . haired, and good-looking, is the divorced wife of Pierce Simpson, an executive of the Marshall Field department store in Chicago She was born in Biltmore, North Carolina.
She is a’ student of music, and is fond of outdoor sports. She has been in London since the beginning of the month. on her first visit to England Mrs. Simpson’s ancestors on both sides went from England to the Virginia colonies and New England in the seventeenth century. and figured prominently in colonial and, later, in State affairs. it was stated in London.
The couple got married in Washington DC in February 1950, and got divorced in 1954 in Mexico. The Marquess was next married to Janet Bryce in 1960, and had two children, including the current 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, before his death in 1970.
