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Britain's Royal Entertainer
By MILTON BRONNER.
Her 'olose friendchipa – with Prime Ministers and the roys] family itself, make Lady London- darry, wife of England's Air Secretary, one of Britain's most powerful women socially and. politically.
If some few years ago anybody had predleted that Ramany Mac- Donald and the Londonderry family would become intimate friends, that the Marquess of Londonderry, would become one of his stoutent supporters, and that the Mar- chioness would have him at her. famous parties as their favourite guest, English people would have doubted the sanity of the speaker.
Lord and Lady Londonderry,
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For all things seemed against any such conjunéture of affaira. MacDonald was the son of a poor pensant Scots farmer. The Lon donderrys were born to the purple
bocame a peor. At present Secre- donderry's younger daughter, Lady of the truest British and Irish
The gods showered many giftstary of Air, despite his 66 years, Mary, had given herself.
he has qualified as a full-fledged FAMED AS HOSTESS, aristocracy. MacDonald supported of State for Air. The Premier and himself by his pen. The London-his Air Minister became intimate on her. She has good looks, enay pilot. His two daughters followed derrys were afluent in all the friends. An equally close friend-social poise, brains, both speaking guit and last year Lady London bor her best as the famous and world's best goods. "Ramsay Mact ship became established between and writing ability. She might derry also took flying lessons.
was a rampant Socialist. The Lon-
GIRDLES, GIRDLEIERES, donderrys were 110 per cent Tories, Commons as the member for that matter of fact, her interest in
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Lady Londonderry has always been a power socially. To-day sho is one of the most powerful women
in Great Britain. If anybody holds
But London will always remem
powerful Bbcial hostess, The him and the Marchioness. And easily have remained just a crust-
ACTIVE DURING WAR.
framework is gorgeous: the great MacDonald sits in the House of ed Tory noblewoman. But, as a
Apparently there is nothing this winding staircase that leads up to very coal district which le so in people, in the arts, in literature,talented woman cannot do. During the reception rooms; the brilliant: MacDonald attacked conditions in the Seaham coal mining district,timately tied to the Londonderry make any of her parties a gather the war, her activities were mant-lights, the Invish lisplay of cut ing of brains and ability as well fold. Living in the attic, she flowers, the paintings of London. turned over the balance of her dorry ancestors by the classle. where the Londonderrys owned fortunes. great collieries. The Londonderrys
as of social stars.
husband's famous home, London- Hoppner and Lawrence. Then hit back, practically saying Ramsay
VARIED INTERESTS.
derry House in Park Lane, to make WAS talking through his
She and her husband did not.of it a hospital for wounded of MacDonald came to power as Sociallat Premier. To the London- a salon in the ancient term of the have to conquer a great social post-ficers. She herself ran it, ́· derrys this seemed the end of the word, it is she. Her parties, balls tion. They were born to it. A and receptions are the most bril-great-granddaughter of the third world as they know it.
lant, the most generous and the Duchess of Sutherland, sho in the the lato Viscount IN MACDONALD CABINET.
most sought after of any in the so daughter of Then came the famous summer cial season. When she,, with the Chaplin, one of the pillars of the of 1931 when MacDonald's second active support of her talented hus- Tory party and a famous host. Socialist
government resigned. band, throws a great reception on Her husband's family is one which
a National the eve of the meeting of Parlia successive monarchs have delighted peared in a new and unsuspected He at once formed emergency government, composed ment for the honour of meeting the to honour. They were Barone in role that of author. Her book 1789, Viscounts. in 1795, Earls of was "The Magic Inkpot." It was of Tories, Liberals and such So-Primo Minister, the old time so-
based upon old Irish legends and cialists as followed him. Given a cial, glories of England seem fully Londonderry, in 1796.
The present Marqueas, who sue-brought her own children into it. huge mandate by the electorate, revived. She has the ability, the ho remade his cabinet and lo, resources, the house and the plans ceeded to the title in 1916, sat in It was dedicated to "Captain Stow- Lord Londonderry was Secretary to entertain in the grand manner. the House of Commons until heart," which was the same the Loo
After the war, she Interested herself in politics. In the fall cam paign of 1931, Lady Londonderry took the stump to support the government candidate for the M. P. from Newcastle.
In the winter of 1928, she ap
Lady Londonderry herself, woaring the famous Londonderry diamonds, greeting each guest by name and knowing his or her particular in terests. Standing with her hus band, she has thus in times past. held receptions for a long line of famous Prime Ministera-Lloyd George, Bonar Law, Stanley Bald- win and now MacDonald,
Her close friendships with Prime Ministers, with powerful House of Commons men, with all kinds of mon and
women of ability and, perhaps, most of all, with the royal family itself, make her a power for any cause sho espouses.
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