Emma McQuiston the daughter of a Nigerian oil tycoon, Ladi
Jadesimi will soon become Britain’s first
ever black marchioness (the wife of a marquis ranking above a countess)
when she eventually gets married to the Marquess’s heir, Ceawlin Thynne,
British businessman and the second child of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of
Bath in June.
The the 26-year-old British-Nigerian claims that she is
subject to racism and snobbishness among the aristocracy in Longleat (the
current seat of the Marquesses of Bath).
She said:
“There has been some snobbishness, particularly among the much
older generation.
There’s class and then there’s the racial thing. It’s a jungle
and I’m going through it and discovering things as I grow up. I’m not
super-easily offended but it’s a problem when someone’s making you feel
different or separate because of your race, or forming an opinion about you
before they know you.”
Emma has known her
future husband since she was four, when she was a bridesmaid at a wedding
involving both families.
Emma's mother, Suzanna said:
I always felt there might be this slightly snobbish thing
about anyone that’s black, but it seems everybody has taken Emma into their
hearts and they love her. She’s just such a decent girl.
On her wedding day, Miss McQuiston will be walked down the
aisle by her father, who lives in Lagos with his wife, and who has four other
children, all of whom are older than her. All are accompanying him on the trip.
Miss McQuiston will meet three of her half siblings for the first time.
Ladi Jadesimi is a Nigerian, an Oxford University Graduate in
Jurisprudence. A Founding Partner in Arthur Andersen Nigeria and a major
Investor in Niger Delta Oil Company, operating marginal field concessions from
CHEVRON.
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