Wedding: Mr. William Annesley Eden to Mabel Pinsent: MANY weddings this week have been celebrated with extreme simplicity on account of the illness of relations. In the case of Mr. Eden and Miss Pinsent, however, although the number of invited guests was much curtailed owing to the serious illness of the Rev. R. R. Rackham, the ceremonial at Bintree Church on the 23rd was not deprived of pretty decorations or a choral service.
The Rev. J. L. Bennett, curate of Bintree, assisted by the Rev. J. N. Spurgeon, rector of Troyford, tied the bridal knot. The Bintree choir rendered the beautiful music introduced into the ceremony with great taste and discretion. Miss Mabel L. H. Pinsent is the daughter of the late Sir Robert Pinsent, D.C.L.., Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. The bridegroom, Mr. William Annesley Eden, of Foulsham, is the son of the Hon. Robert H. Shaw Eden, of Hillhampton House, Stourport.
The bride was given away by the Rev. Canon Norgate, acting on behalf of her mother, Lady Pinsent. Her dress, which was most becoming, was of ivory white satin with beautiful lace fichu, and Court train. She wore a tulle veil fastened with orange blossoms. Her shower bouquet and pearl bracelet were both gifts from the bridegroom. The two little pages who attended her were Masters Guy Pinsent (her brother) and Rob Hamond, the son of Charles Hamond, Esq., of Troyford Hall. They looked very sweet in white serge suits with pale blue silk sailor collars, and wore silver whistles the bridegroom’s present to them.
The one little bridesmaid was Miss Beatrice Pinsent, the small sister of the bride, who was prettily frocked in white serge, with a pale blue sash, to match the costume of the pages. She wore a big white felt hat, trimmed with blue and white, and carried a huge basket of beautiful pink and white flowers. The handsome double-heart brooch, of gold and pearls, that the little maiden wore, was the bridegroom’s gift. Mr. Baron Brooke acted as best man.
The small wedding party adjourned after the ceremony to the rectory, where the relatives and intimate friends of the contracting parties were hospitably entertained by Mrs. Rackham, the bride’s charming grandmother. By the 4.20 train Mr. and Mrs. Eden left Bintree for London, where the honeymoon is to be spent. The travelling costume worn by the bride was of olive-green habit cloth, braided, and trimmed with dark fur; with hat en suite.
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GRO0091 Hennock: Beatrice Mary Homfray Pinsent: 1883 – 1965
GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922
GRO0380 Hennock: Guy Homfray Pinsent: 1889 – 1972
GRO0605 Hennock: Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent: 1873 – 1951
GRO0747 Hennock: Robert John Pinsent: 1834 – 1893