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Wedding of Margaret Champernowne, 1908

Margaret Champernowne (1850-1932), the daughter of Henry Champernowne (1815-1851) of Dartington, married the Rev. John Henry Copleston (1842-1918) on Wednesday 22 April 1908 at St Mary's, Dartington. The marriage ceremony was conducted by her brother, Rev. W. Champernowne, and others. On Friday 24 April, 1908, the Western Times gave a detailed account of the wedding (page 9). It allows us to identify the two bridesmaids in the photograph: Miss Champernowne, niece of the bride, and Miss Copleston, daughter of the groom. They wore 'cream crinoline hats [which] were trimmed with shaded yellow roses and brown tulle. They carried bouquets of cream roses'. This was the second marriage of the Rev. Copleston, who had previously married Edith Emma Toogood in Yorkshire in 1864. She died in East Devon in 1905. DRA 0079 D 033