, 1874-08-22
4 Ruined DuiEes4 Pinto.

From the he1o York TINES
Brown" Which laselJ appeared in the Corr.
hi0, Magazine, which depicts with forco and
graphic detail an English nobleman aeatod IL tic
hnsafy q ne palace, apparently in tho enjoy.
really heart-brosei, bankrupt. Tho wrtor.l,aj
every qualification for giving this portrait for
tho ruined Duke WAS his own fathor, tho late
Duke Of buckingham. There aoems something
St fatality attending certain titles Mono has
Thrice i has become extinct. III tho reign oi
uenry VIII. Stafford, Duko OF Buckingham. one
Of the most splondid mobiles Of bis time, logl lis
!aoad OIL tho block and his l,onots we're attainteu
v,yed in favor OF Yilicra family, nnll tho holder
fell by the hand Of Felton; Tho nasaHsip, ut Ports
mouth. Tho death Of The last Duke Of this liue
Tho, married the daughter Of The celebrated
Lord Farfax. ia familiar to most all BY being
chronicted In tllo famous luea:-
IN the worst inns worst room, with mat half hung,
Tho walA Of plaster aud the aoor Of dung,
The George and uartcr dangling from The bed
Whore tsNdry. yellow a.royo with dirty rcd,
a,sss xsf II t,shIaa lit :as sa hoM ss ssaags
Not many yea,H after the death Of the last
VlesA the title Of buckingham, Or, to DO moro
exact. Buckinghamshire, Was again saIeotad for
a:pnkedom, az though it bad some Irresistible
fascsnAtsou about it, ard, John Sbniaiela was
through failure 1t Legitimate hairs III 1796.
Tho old tascihation apparently remained, for
in 1884 Nichard GEenville Earl YemnIe. wan
created Marquis ct Buckingham, aud in l822
Greuyilles, or GrecnGelds for tho name laaa beon
yariously spoiled. wore az ancient Buckingham
shire family, seated at Wotton, in TINT county
"A manor wlIch still belongs to; tho duke from
Tue time Of Heary. |. and in tho eighteenth
century gained both honors and fortune by the
marriage Of Mr. Richard Grony,lle witt, tho
heigess Of the Temples, of Stowe. From TINT
period dates tue great political. aud social I'M
portance Of the family and the celebrity Of their
seat, which ere lopg became QUO of tho Sights
Of Eng!aud, and the greatost priyato treasuro
house within its borders. BY Hester Temple,
Richard Gronvilfo had descendants whose names
arc familiar to all sdaoated Anglo-aaxons. Their
eldest aon became es' Earl Temple and xas eminent
Ihoir only daughter was the vito OF Chatham
and mother Of Pitt, and their great-grand-
daughter was Lady Hester Stanhopo. The
SECOND Earl Temple married the daughter and
helresB Of Earl Nugcnt, an Irish Peer, and thus
brought frosh infusion OF fortune to the
family. -.
It was moro than necdcd The fortunes Of an
Aston, IL Vanderbilt, al,d d Stewart combined
profuso hospitality aud prinsefy liheTalty which
the e-Nugont-Q -Qgenvilea loved to dis
peuse, Whon, il 1855. tie head Of tho house
married the only child Of tho last Duke Of Chau-
hinattqn Of houora whlch Ind falon On Il single
Bplentor Of tho heradio shsold. It Drought no
corresponding increase OF wealthy, for the Du4o
Of CAaudos bad died almost ponniless, and, in
decd, from tuo tinla ot: this alliance. Which
soomed 10 magnificent, tile fortunes Of tha
Aoase began to decline. The superb bannueta
Of D1ckingham H0usc-now the War oiScu
iu Pail MILL, but atill distinguinl,able, by tho
dueal arms e,!gravcu upon it--tAo splonaor With
which tho first marquis had maintained tue
vice-regel office in Ireland, aud the regal estab.
lishmel!ta maintained at Stowe GoyBdoll, Wotton,
and Aqlngton, lila various country seats, began
% cat terribly tnto his yaet fortune. Nor wero
HUNDRED years or more tho GrenYilles wore ths
Breatost purchasers Of works OF art Tho hnlls
Aad galleries at Stowe wero crowded with suc!aa
collection Of gold and silver, plato, stutuas
boon collected la a pr,vato alolo, About 1915
the Queen, tion III tho heyday Of her happy
married days was paying visits to the moas
distinguished Of hpr subjects, and. 1t waa
arranged thst she should stay some days Il
he might, IN some way or other. atava of tho
avalanche Which threatened to oYorwhom him.
At gil svonta, be resolYod TO raceye luis soyereign.
aud superb wore tue preparations n1ado : Ihe
Queen aud .conaort oan,p. The. country rang
With tue aplandars Of thar reception. hut there
was another side to tlo picture-that Which Mr..
Grenyilie Murray hss portrayed IA "fonng
nrown," Two years later, tho avalanche eall.
Alial desire to help hia father, had cut onr tho
entail OF l,elyloons, and tho treasures Of stowe
vera doomed to tho hammer. 49,,
IhcHe eyonss arc recalled to us by a generous
clause In recent will. There died latnly u
gentlonaau Of tho ua,,e Of liiRaoll, wlo nsada
large purchases Of pinto at tho Stove palo, ,
by,npatlhxlug, no doubt. with tho prosont or
enillury paer, Mr.. Gr,ssoll haA ordered in hiu
will that this plato sha DO, at ha doath, oifared
tn tho Duke at cost pr'co. His eraco's fortunes
are now onco moro prosperous. His mntorual
rlcle loft him a fortune, which hia ouaregy.
aeuao md huanoss habits hayo eeryod to III. H.
prove. llo IL onco moro In his ancestral tioIls
Of StoWe. and Luz brought many Of ils treasures
to tho accustomed inches, to which Alr,. Grseou
doubtless, hoped tie pAte IN hia posaossiog
would aad its Wy. -. Il