Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-21
rae ARGYLEs.

,S.,nuis of Lorne, on bis recent
!no ~. Ipteb.nond. learning that some OF
tsS e ,siatiyes of bis family resided
~. c;tv. made a visit to and had
~ md affectionate interview with
One of these was a dan0nser OF
sallov-citizen. Robert A. drennan,
= our Oldest merchants, native OF
,Msr;cksburo, = Va. John Glessei,
sss,nsn. settled about LAO IN the
.c scu.n reck of Virginia, on Robinson
: tributary of the Rapids, and
rn.sd largely in the culture OF fobac-
-. tba anne time hc established
a. ~. Dnmfries, fredericksburg and
Z. s:.or where he conducted q large
sut,ia business and accumulated a
sortnne. In 1726 John Glassel sent
Ssasisnd for his younger brother, An
-hom he set up in business In
'ss.s, ssI.s,.,;ershurp. and who married into p
~ monument Virginia family. ms
.:tlsmsn was the grandfather OF our
Ene~ .oitizen, Robert Grennan, and It
-. ~ his descendants the Marquis OF
5 ~ made his recent visit in Virginia.
+ s 3s.r the revolution of Ito broke out.
sseora ~ "a 4 had interrupted the CONNER
3 ~ ,s!at;ons with the mother 0 )untry,
-. GIs.aeI invested all his funds in
i !.ss.co shipped it to Glasgow, and there
srSoJ ~hat Was considered an enOrm-
-. scstune from its sale at three Scotch
xs,i;ncs mar pound. thus becoming the
i.sss+ commoner in Scotland. John
nss.ssl thouoh advanced toward old
! -. rscarded 1t as his duty. as we'll as
IA uride, to make some matrimonial ALI.
~ which would secure him high social
.ositiou. and probably an heir to his
k,ce fortune. With This view he select
a he lovely Helen Buchan, daughter OF
~ Fari of Buchan, an ancient and
somevhat impoverished family. From
m marriage was born Joanna Glassel,
.ho crev no great beauty and most
shs,m,nc and attractive Scotch lassie.
Nov n happened about the beginning of
~ tventies that the splendid estate of
~ Aroyle family had been greatly bur-
1aa,ad and exhausted through the reck-
- extrayaaance of the seventh Duke
a Marquis, who was famous fast man
II London and aspecial friend OF George
", then Prince Regent. The Dukes
bcothsr, Lord Campbell, in default OF
deeoendanss of his own, would succeed
y the titles and estates. But, alas! how
scuId they ever be cleared of the ex-
ksostive burdens placed on them by his
1isipated, extravaeant elder brother?
Only BY marriage to some rich heiress.
q seeking one his attention was drawn
- the beautiful and accomplished
1euehter of the rich old Virginia plant
n and merchant, John Glassel. Joanna
Glaasel thus became the Duchess of Ar
nj, and proved the worthy wife of the
SIpeeseutative of the most illustrious
Ansme ii the history of the Scotch aris-
baacy. and the mother of the present
nlimable and much honored George
DouRlas Glassel Campbell, Duke of Ar
~, universally regarded as the most
olIectual, cultivated and distinguished
nomber of tho House of Lords and Of
~ British Peerage. To the title and
nnme- rescued from obloquy and dis
race by the prudent and exemplary
oonduot and life of the seventh Duke
md TO the estates saved from bankruptcy
nd ruin by the accumulations OF tho
ltrifty Virginia planter and father OF
~ grandmother, the Marquis of Lorne
VII succeed Mt the death Of his father.
HI visit to his cousins in Richmond.
Randnieccs of his grandfather Glassel.
~ q grateful recognition of the obli-
ntions of his family to the soil and In
through which his grandfather
NJ enabled to rescue the family estates
lhom ruin and extinction.