THE 83-year-old Earl of Wemyss marries for the second time today at
Aberlady Parish Church.
However, he shrugged off comments about the age gap between himself
and his 50-something bride, art historian and property manager of
Edinburgh's Georgian House, Shelagh Kennedy.
''There is a precedent,'' he said yesterday. ''My great grandfather
was married for the second time at the age of 82 to a Miss Grace
Blackburn, a much younger lady. They were extremely happy together and
he lived to be 96.''
By his first marriage, Lord Wemyss has a son, Lord Neidpath, who lives
at Stanway, the family's Gloucestershire home. Lord Wemyss' daughter,
Lady Elizabeth Benson, lives at Peebles.
The management of the Wemyss and March Estates has nowadays been
largely handed over to Lord Neidpath and Matthew Benson, Lord Wemyss'
grandson.
The first Lady Wemyss died in 1988. Since February, Lord Wemyss has
been supervising the repointing and masonry at Neidpath Castle, a
thirteenth century fortified tower overlooking the River Tweed.
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