MAN ON THEIR SIDE AND A RISQUE BRIDE
George Wyndham and great-greatgreat niece Lady Mary Charteris, 30.
THE Conservative politician, one-time soldier and MP for Dover for 24 years, Wyndham was once rumoured to be Prime Minister Antony Eden’s father because he looked so much like him (and enjoyed a close friendship with his mother, Sybil).
Wyndham’s stirring speech in Parliament in 1892, advocating suffrage, is said to have started the debate, and he became one of its most trusted supporters in the House.
His great-great-great niece, Lady Mary Charteris, 30, is the girl whom wives love to hate.
According to one newspaper report, the blonde model, DJ and musician was pushed into a swimming pool by Kate Moss because she thought she was flirting with Moss’s then husband, Jamie Hince. And Victoria Beckham is said not to be too fond of Mary either (due to the younger woman’s close friendship with David).
The party-loving socialite is married to musician Robbie Furze, and she sings with his band, the Big Pink. She raised aristocratic eyebrows when she wore a very risque see-through Pam Hogg dress on their wedding day in 2012. Brought up at beautiful Jacobean manor house Stanway, in Gloucestershire, Lady Mary’s parents are James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, and his ex-wife, Catherine Guinness. Her bloodline to Wyndham is via his sister, Mary, who was her great-great-grandmother.
Pouty and half-dressed on Instagram, Mary has modelled for Topshop, L’Oreal, Iceberg and others. She is best friends with Poppy Delevingne from school days.