Milestones, Jan. 5, 1953

Born. To John George Chetwynd-Talbot, 38, the 21st Earl of Shrewsbury, and Lady Shrewsbury, 39: their fifth child, first son and thus heir, since the title and estate (a castled 8,000 acres) descend through the male line; in Stafford, England. Weight: 7 Ibs.

Married. John Barrymore Jr., 20, son of the late "Great Profile" and onetime Cinemactress Dolores Costello, now himself a fledgling cinemactor (The Big Night, High Lonesome); and Cara Williams, 25, Hollywood starlet; he for the first time, she for the second; after eloping to Las Vegas, Nev.

Married. Nicholas Monsarrat, 42, British author of the bestselling novel The Cruel Sea;...

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