The engagement between Chester Parkinson and Liliana Selwyn was announced one week ago at her birthday party, and her family has announced that it was officialized Sunday morning.

Miss Selwyn is, most notably, the bastard daughter of Trystan Selwyn, and (although acknowledged by her father) was expected to have little success securing such an objectively advantageous match. Mr. Parkinson, the second son to the Parkinson family, was not expected to marry anything other than a natural-born daughter from a good family, and thus the match comes as a surprise to those well-acquainted with him.

The terms of the marriage are uncertain, what is certain is that that the match is likely to put his brother, Mr. Maximilian Parkinson, is a precarious position, as he remains yet unmarried despite rumors of an attachment.