A coming-out ball given by Sir Dennis and the Hon. Lady Stucley at Hartland Abbey on Saturday night for their youngest daughter, Miss Sarah Stucley, was attended by 300 guest who included Prince Michael of Kent.

Prince Michael was the guest of Lady Margaret Van Cutsem at Castle Hill, near Barnstaple, at the weekend. It was exactly 100 years ago that a coming-out ball was held at the Abbey. This was when Sir George and Lady Elizabeth Stucley entertained there for their daughter Georgiana.
On Saturday the Abbey was floodlit for the first time and presented a romantic picture in its deep wooded valley. Tommy Kinsman's band played in the ballroom and the cloisters below were decorated to resemble an Eastern night club. Over 40 guests were entertained to dinner at the Abbey prior to the ball.