Afterwards
The wedding of Alexander St. Clare, Duke of Vickery, and the Honorable Georgiana Dalrymple was held on the second Sunday in October. The church was full to bursting; everyone in Eype parish wanted to witness their duke marry their viscount’s daughter.
In the front pew, alongside Lord and Lady Dalrymple, were three guests no one recognized: a smiling old fellow with a broad Cornish accent, and an elderly gentleman and his wife. When someone asked who they were, the duke replied: “They’re family.”
The Duke of Vickery had eight estates and a mansion in London, so the bridal tour took several months, but once it was over the Vickerys chose to make Thornycombe their home. They liked the long shingly beaches and the cliffs and the wide skies and clear light.
The duke’s bill for ca
