The Marchioness of Graham, who before her marriage in 1906 was Lady Mary Douglas-hamilton, was the only child of the twelfth Duke of Hamilton, who died in 1895. From him she inherited the huge fortune of 35,000 a year, in addition to which she has a personal fortune of about 450,000 and also an annuity of 7,000. She was only twenty-two years of age when she inherited her father's wealth. Both the marchioness and her husband can boast of the proudest and most ancient lineage, and had the former been a boy she would have held ten British and two Scottish titles. The Isle of

Arran forms part of the marchioness's estates, and there, in Brodick Castle, where, by the way, she once entertained King Edward and Queen Alexandra, she resides for the greater part of the year. For, in spite of her wealth, she prefers the simple life to the pleasures of society. She is a true lover of the country and country customs. She rides an Iceland pony, uses a shawl country fashion as a habit, can shoot a stag with the best, and is numbered among the select company of women masters of foxhounds. She is the proud mother of two bonnie children.

Marchioness of Graham Lafayttle