The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-10
who Was Edwards Pierrcpont's Dead Cor
respondentf

Prom me Springfield Republican,
Pope did not publish his elegy till 1717,
when ne was In the heat Of passion for Lady
Mary Montugu. IL WIS to the spirit OF the Lady
Mary that Edwards Pierrepont addressed hts
nsciinn win net family. She was nv birth
III, rreront, being the daughter OF Evelyn
perepont, grandson OF the old Earl OF Kings
ton. who, IN the civil war, according To MRS
Hutchinson, being man OF vast estate, and no
less cOvetuusncss, divided his sons between
both parties. and concealed himself" Lady
NJ iry's father and brother were both dukes OF
Kingston, and II was her nephew TINT MARI ed
Mrs. Hersey, the inf imous Duchess OF Kingston.
who figured IN England. Prussia aud Russia, a
hundred wears ago. The American Pierreponts
wish to c'aim descent IRON this family OF Eng
lish nobility, which. In the days OF the Stuarts
was very powerful one, and u was in order To
learn what Lady Mary MoDtagu knew about tbis
that our Minister 10 England wrote his ques-
tons He can now trace hts ancestry in Eng
land at his leisure. The American Pierponts
are descended from John Pierpont Of Rux
bury. am ong whose descendants was Sarah PIER
pont of Hartford, who was contemporary Of
Lacy Mary lierrepout, and became the wife Of
Jonathan Edwards. Quite likely Edwards
her grandson. Tired by one OF Lady Marys
tests. he will not mud himself OF her family.
She wrote to her daughter, Lady Butte, In 17H3,
there Is anything In blood, YOU may reason:
ably expect your children should he endowed
with all uncommon share OF good sense. Mr..
Wurtleys family and mime have both produced
some of the greatest men that have been born
In England-I mean Admiral Sanwioh aud my
grandfather (Wtlliam Pierrepont VINO was DIS
Lady Mary Montagu said that, when she was
hfteen, she loDsed To go into q convent, only
she would be the lady abbess OF It, Pope does
not represent her as living the life OF nun, nor
did she: but he had been Desperately IN love
with her, after her marriage, and she refused
him, wbereupon he became her bitter enemy
aud reyler. Fie ding. the novelist, was her
second cousin. When she was thirty three she
wrote to her sister that Sir Robert Walpole - Is
at this very minute cooking up DILL to nave not
taken out Of tue commandments, and elapped
into the creed the ensuing session of Pariia-
ment." Budd DoddiDston, sne adds. Every
grayey objected that the obsunacy Of human
nature was such he feared when they had posi-
tive Commands to do so. perhaps people would
not commit adultery ana tear false witness
with the readiness aud cheerfulness they do at
present" She was born IN 1t&O, few years
aft r Pope. Like him. sne invested money In
the South Sea bubble. and PROBABLY gained
more than she lost thereby Though the daugn-
ter 81 "A Duke, she was poor when first married
to Edward utley Monttgu. whom In her let
tiers she always calls "Mr. Noitey;' and she
WAS wiling To dabbIe IN speculations TO Increase
her income. Ia this respect sue would have
been quite at ONE IN Washington society; out
j fear she would have made II uncomforta at e
for Mrs. Bekn y, had she lyed under The Grant
adm iDistrAt IN, whicn IN some respects 81 uIucn
resembles those Of Sunderland anu " alpole.