The Cecil Whig., 1880-09-11
WHOLE No. I $40

where there was no queen. lhc celebfat-
ed Miss Ambrose, who occupied the
throne of Beauty at the court of Lord
| Chesterfield in the middle of the cigh-
teenth century, was surpassed i'll grace,
beauty, and dignity by the peerless Amer
ican who ruled the heart and court of the
nineteenth century. \ gentleman who
was present on the occasion gives the
following entertaining description of the
Lord Lieutenant and Lady Wellesley at
a public ball held at the Rotunda-one Of
the purest specimens of architecture in
Dublin. The affair came off on May L,
1926. At ten o'clock the Niceroy entered
the magnificent saloon with his beautiful
marchioness leaning Oh his arm. They
were received with acclamations, and all
eyes were fixed upon the viceroyal pair
as with slow and stately steps they ad-
vanced up the saloon, followed by bril-
liant suite. They were noble looking
couple; for although the Lord-Lieuten-
ant was small i'll stature, his bearing was
princely and dignified. He still preserv-
ed much of the remarkable beauty which
had distinguished him in his youth. \
throne, surmounted by magnificent
canopy of scarlet and gold, was erected
at the extreme end of the reception-room;
here they seated themselves, while their
suite formed hollow square around it,
, to exclude the crowd of spectators from
too near approach. The Marquis Of
| Wellesley wore on this occasion rich
uniform profusely decorated with orders.
The marchioness was dressed simply in
white, but looked every inch queen.
She was dignified, but at the same time
easy in her manners. Her figure was eX-
| quisitely proportioned, her arms and
shoulders were beautifully moulded; her
| features were classical, her profile deli
cate and distinguished, her complexion
fair and lovely beyond description, her
| cheeks softly chiselled, and her nose, that
difficult feature, was straight and Grecian
| in form. Certainly no other court in
Europe could have produced woman Of
greater elegance OF more accomplished
manners than the American queen of the
| Irish court.
While the NIarchioness of Wellesley
was presiding over Dublin Castle, the at
tention of the whole American people
was turned toward her grandfather as the
last survivor of the signcrs of the Decla-
ration of Independence, who, like the
nf Ia ihy-1c in
as they decrease in number On the morn
ing of the Fourth of July, 1926, only
three remained of the original fifty-six-
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and
Charles Carroll. At the very time when
ten millions of freemcn were celebrating
the jubilee of their country's independ-
ence, and pronouncing with revercntal
Epsthe names of these three, John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson died, leaving
Charles Carroll the only survivor. Upon
the next anniversary of the Fourth Of
July a banquet was given at Charlestown
South Carolina, at which Bishop Eng
land proposed as n toast, g Charles Car
roll of Carrollton-in the land from
which his grandfather fled in terror, his
granddaughter now reigns a queen
In 1928, owing to Il disagreement with
his brother, who was then Prime Minis
ter of England, upon the subject of Cath
olic Emancipation, the Marquis of Wei
lesley resigned the government of Ire
land. After the accession of William the
Fourth the marquis was appointed Con-
troler of the Royal Household, and the
marchioness was made the First Lady-in-
Waiting at Windsor Castle. The king
admired her excessively, because of her
freedom from all court gallantry. The
Marquis of Wellesley died September 2G,
1912, at the age Of cighty-two. The
marchioness survived her husband more
than ten years, and died on the 18th OF
December, 1858. Her last years were
spent at the royal palace of Hampton
Court, where she was presented with q
residence by Queen Victoria. as mark
of appreciation for the eminent services
rendered to Great Britain by the Marquis
of Wellesley.
On the gath of April, 1928, Louisa Ca
ton Uady Hervey) was married to Fran
els Godolphin D. Arcy Osburne, the eldest
son of the Duke of Leeds. The origin
of the ducal house of Osborne is repletc
with romance and interest. III the early
part of the sixteenth century Il wealthy
woollen manufacturer lived upon London
Bridge, which was at that time quite
respectable locality forprivate residences.
His name was Hewitt. One day while
the nurse was standing at an upper win
dow which overlooked the Thames. hold
ing the daughter and only child of Hewitt
it suddenly sprang from her arms into the
rushing river below, and would have been
drowned had not an apprentice of the
merchants, named Edward Osborne,
leaped into the stream and brought the
child safely to shore. This incident hap
pened i'll 1885, and sixteen years after
date the young lady thus rescued was
married to the man who had saved her
life. Many noble suitors had sought her
hand, but her father had promised it to
young Osborne, and he was determined
that he alone should we'd his daughter.
Edward Osborne succeeded to the busi-
ness of his father-i in-law, and became one
of the wealthiest merchants of his time.
In 1889 he was elected Lord Mayor Of
London, and nine years later received the
honor of knighthood from the hands of
Queen Elizabeth. The son of tie roman
tic marriage was the grandfather of Sir
Thomas Osborne. who was elevated to
the peerage in 1913 as Niscount Latimcr.
In the following year he was created Earl
of DENLY. For his services to the Prince
of Orange he was in 1859, made Marquis
of Carmarthen, and in 1854 was created
Duke of Leeds.
The title of the eldest son of the Duke
of Leeds is Marquis of Carmarthen. and
Louisa Cation became Marchoness of Car
marthen by her marriage. She was at
that time thirty-seven years old, but in
the prime of her beauty. Her husband
was only thirty, and was considered one
of the handsemest men in England. On
the 10th of July, 1888, he succeeded his
father in family honors and estates, and
became the seventh Duke of Leeds. The