Daughter of Italian Countess weds Pulican ' s son in London . A romance between the daughter of an Italian Countess and the son of a London publican culminated in the wedding at the church of SS Mary and Micheal , Commercial Road , of Miss Sylvia Lewis , only daughter of Countess Val St Laurite and Mr John Lewis , and Mr William Frederick Stiles , only son of Mr and Mrs W F Stiles of the Merry Fiddlers , Becontree Heath , Essex . The couple first met on a channel steamer . Photo shows , the bride and groom after the ceremony . 20 August 1936 .