London , Anglo American wedding . American Naval Commander weds cotton heiress . The wedding of Lieut Commander Toson D Summers , Medical Corps , United States Navy , son of Thomas B Summers of Huntington , West Virginia , to Miss Cynthia Peacock , daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Peacock , of Burleagh , Derby took place at St Pauls Church , Knightsbridge , London . Captain Arthur L Bristol , the United States Naval Attache in London was best man , and for ushers the United States naval officers who are Rhodes scholars at Oxford University attended . The bride 's father is a partner in the cotton firm of Walter Evans and Co Ltd . The bride and groom leaving the church through the guard of honour of American naval officers . 16 February 1932