MARY WALMSLEY

Death of Mrs. Charles Walmesley.

Very sincere regret has been experienced by the sad death of Mrs. Charles Walmesley, wife of Major Charles Walmesley, which occurred on September 3rd.  Major Walmesley, formerly the Berks Yeomanry, who has been on active service since the outbreak war, was unfortunately unable to return from France until after the funeral.

The body was conveyed to St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church on Friday evening. The building was draped in black, and the full Catholic ritual was observed- On Saturday a Requiem Mass was celebrated in the presence of a large and sympathetic congregation. The Rev. Father Green officiated, and there were also present the Very Rev. Prior Kelly, O.S.B., of Douai Abbey. Father Green said the whole Catholic community of Newbury and district had sustained a great and sad loss, and this was intensified by the sudden departure from their midst of a lady who was a member of one of the oldest Catholic families of England, and one who possessed a strong faith, as well as a devoted love and affection for her Church.

Father Green having pronounced the Benediction, the body was conveyed to Newbury Cemetery for interment. The mourners were Mrs. Druitt (mother), Mrs. Mayne (aunt), Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey J. Walmesley, of Inglewood House, Kintbury (father-in-law and mother-in-law). Mrs. de la Poer, Lieut.- Colonel Mitford. Among the floral offerings were those from all at Inglewood, Margarite and John, Oswald and Muriel, Lieut.Colonel and Mrs. W. B. J. Mitford, Jim de Wend Fenton and Violet Walmesley, Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Baxendale, indoor staff at Inglewood, Ellen Quin, the children of St. Joseph’s School.

 Reading Mercury - Saturday 14 September 1918

Major C.G. Walmesley

Deep and widespread sympathy has gone out to Major Charles Gerard Walmesley on the sad death at Oak Lodge, Newbury, of his young wife, the day her little son was born.

 Major Walmesley, a gallant officer, who has gained the M.C., belongs to the ancient Catholic family of Westwood, Lancashire, which also owns extensive property in the Newbury district.

 The Walmesleys are one of the comparatively few distinguished families which remained loyal to the “old faith” in the days of the penal laws.  They have given many bishops and priests to their church, and one of them, Theresa Walmesley, was a nun at Cambrai. - “Daily Sketch.”

 Wigan Observer & District Advertiser, 14th September, 1918

TO MARRY MR. CHARLES GERARD WALMESLEY ON 11th:  MISS MARY DRUITT.

From The Sketch, 10th  January, 1912.

WEDDINGS. MR. C. G. WALMESLEY AND MISS MARY DRUITT. 

At The Oratory, Brompton-road, S.W., the marriage was solemnised of Mr. Charles Gerard Walmesley, late 17th Lancers, son of Mr. Humphrey Jeffrey Walmesley and Mrs. Walmesley, Inglewood House, Hungerford, Berks, and Miss Mary Druitt, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Edward Druitt, late R.E., and Mrs. Druitt, 91, Iverna-court, Kensington, W. The Right Rev. John Vaughan, Bishop of Sebastopolis (cousin of the bride), officiated, being assisted by the Very Rev. Canon Fanning and the Rev. John Talbot. 

Given away by her father, the bride wore a dress of ivory chiffon velvet, plain skirt, bodice trimmed with French shadors lace, waistband and bodice trimmings silver and pearl hand embroidery; court train of silver brocade and charmeuse; Brussels lace veil and orange blossom wreath lent by Lady Mary von Hugel. 

Her bridesmaids were Miss Mayne, Miss Bland, Miss M. Radcliffe, Miss Weld Blundell, the Misses Marguerite and Violet Walmesley, Miss Ethel Walmesley, Miss D. Hornyold, and Miss Vaughan. They wore mauve soft satin dresses, the bodices trimmed with tulle, and their purple velvet muffs were the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. Humphrey Gerard Walmesley attended as best man. 

At the reception the guests included Mr. and Mrs. Walmesley, Mary Lady Mombray and Stourton, the Countess Denbigh, the Countess of Gainsborough, Lord and Lady Braye, Baroness von Hugel, the Hon. G. Arundell, the Hon. Teresa Maxwell, Baroness Hildegard von Hugel, Count and Countess de Torre Diaz, Mr. and Mrs. Turville Petre, Mr. and Mrs. Hornyold, Lady à Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lindsay, Col. and Mrs. F. Vaughan, Lady Dalrymple, and Sir F. and Lady Fleming. 

The honeymoon is to be spent the Continent.

From Globe, 11th January, 1912

MR. C. G. WALMESLEY AND MISS DRUITT. 

 The marriage was solemnised at the Brompton Oratory, London, on Thursday, of Mr. Charles Gerald Walmesley, elder son of Mr. H. J. Walmesley  of 19, Royal-crescent, Bath, Westwood-house, Wigan, Lancashire, and Inglewood-house, Berkshire, and Miss Mary Druitt, only daughter of Lieut.- Colonel Edward Druitt, of 91, Ivernacourt, Kensington, London. 

 The large and beautiful church was lavishly decorated with a profusion of large Maddona lilies, which were arranged with banks of ferns and tall palms at the entrance to the chancel. The service was choral, and the singing very beautiful. The bride's cousin, the Rev. John Vaughan, Bishop of Sebastopolis, conducted the ceremony, and was assisted by the Rev. Canon Fanning, and the Rev. Hebert Vaughan. 

 The bride wore a gown of soft Ivory chiffon velvet, the skirt perfectly plain, and the corsage trimmed with French shadow lace, and bands of silver and pearl hand-wrought embroidery. From both shoulders fell a full court train of rich sliver brocade in an exquisite trellis and rose design, and under a wreath of orange blossom the bride wore a beautiful veil of old Brussels lace, lent by Lady Mary Von Hugel. There were nine bridesmaids, and a little page, who acted as trainbearer. The bridesmaids were Miss Mayne, Miss Mary Radcliffe, Miss Bland, Miss Walmesley, Miss M. Walmesley, and Miss V. Walmesley (the bridegroom's three sisters), Miss A. Vaughan, Miss Weld Blundell and Miss D. Hornyold, all cousins of the bride, and the little page, Master Gabriel Turville Petre, who looked charming in a pale blue cloth suit, with lace collar and cuffs, and turquoise tie-pin, the bridegroom's gift. Dainty dresses of soft mauve satin charmeuse, with draped skirts and bodices trimmed with tulle in self-colour, were worn by the bridesmaids, with large hats in purple velvet trimmed with tulle and bunches of violets. Instead of a bouquet each had a large muff carried out in purple velvet and tulle and decorated with a small bunch of violets, and the bridegroom's souvenir gifts were diamond laurel wreath brooches, with a centre pearl. 

The bridegroom was supported by his brother, Mr. Humphrey Gerard Walmesley, who acted as best man, and among the many bidden to the wedding were the Earl and Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Mary Lady Mowbray and Stourton, Baron and Baroness Von Hugel, Lady Chichele Plowden, Count and Countess de Torre Diaz, Viscountess Encombe, Lucy Lady Arundell of Wardour, Sir Piers and Lady Mostyn, Lord Ralph and Lady Ann Kerr, the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Lord and Lady Braye, the Earl and Countess of Fingall, Sir Joseph and Lady Radcliffe, Sir Timothy and Lady O'Brien, Miss Fitzallan Howard, the Hon. Teresa Maxwell, the  Hon. G. Arundel!, the Hon. Mrs. Strutt, Mr. and Mrs. Tuville Petre, Mr. and Mrs. A. Druitt, Mr. and Mrs. de Trafford, Captain and Mrs. Ibbetson, and Colonel and Mrs. Butler Bowdon. 

At the conclusion of the ceremony the newly-wedded couple passed under a sword archway formed by members of the Berks Yeomanry. The wedding party adjourned to the Hans Crescent Hotel, where, In the beautiful winter gardens, a reception was held by Mrs. Druitt, and later in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. C. Gerald Walmesley left for their honeymoon, which they will spend touring on the Continent. 

The bride went away in a becoming gown of soft mole-coloured satin over dull peacock blue, the kimino bodice being trimmed with oxidised silver embroidery veiled with mole chiffon, and she wore a hat of mole satin lined with blue, and adorned with ostrich feathers.

 Clifton Society 18th January, 1912

Page 2 of Wigan Observer and District Advertiser for 16th January 1912 has a huge list of wedding presents.