Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-04
A Famous English Family.

A Famous English Family.
From the Toronto MAIL
The Duke of Buccleuch, whose
death has just been announced bv the
cable, was one of the four or five great
mobiles in the world, and merits, both
on account of his personal and the his
torio interest attached to his name,
something more than passing notice,
His Grace, fifth Duke, was born in
1906, and succeeded his father in 1919.
He married at the age. Of %, Lady
Charlotte Thyme, daughter of the
Marquis of Bath, and leaves q numer-
GUS issue.
Although on this side of the water we
heard but little of the deceased noble
man, he was in truth a power in the
state. Having lost his parents early he
was brought up by his accomplished
uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Mon
tague, who combined in q rare degree
high birth and high breeding with
moral and intellectual qualities of the
most superior order. His estate, which
had been terribly embarrassed. was.
during his minority, cleared by the ad-
mirable management of Lord Mon.
taRue, and he succeeded'at 81 to mag
nifcent heritage which to-day cannot
return revenue of less than a
clea million and q half of dollars.
An extraordinary accumulation of
honors and wealth has poured in upon
this family. The second Earl of Buc-
cleuch, dying in 1851, left two daueh-
tiers. The eldest died young. The
second, inheriting the earldom, which
passed in the female line, became
Countess Of Buccleuch in her own RIGHT.
A few years later Charles H., casting
about to provide well for his pet son by
his favorite, Lucy Walters, fixed upon
the young Countess, the best match of
her day. They we're married in 1868,
and were created Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch, he being already Duke of
Monmouth. Monmouth's disastrous
rebellion and execution, under peculiarly
distressing circumstances, on Tower
Hill, are matters of history. For a few
years after Monmouth's execution his
widow and children lived in strict &C.
clusion, but his grandson contrived.
princi pally through the influence of
John, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich
JEANNE Deans friend in "The Heart of
Midlothian obtain restoration of
the inferior English honors which had
become forfeited, and by which the
duke enjoyed a seat in the House of
Lords. The Dukedom of Monmouth.
however, has not been restored, and the
Duke of Bucclech sat in the house as
Earl of Doncaster. The second duke
married in 1870 daughter of the Duke
OF Queensberry, and ninety years later
this marriage brought that title to the
late Duke, with Drumlanrig Castle and
q great estate. This happened by the
fourth Duke of Queensberry- noto-
rious old reprobate, Familiarity known
as "Oid o. dying in 1910
childless. Lord Dalkeit6, son of the
second Duke of Buccleuch. and the
eldest daughter and coheiress (she had
no brother) of the famous Duke of Ar
gyll above alluded to, and she also
brought immense wealth into the fam
lily. The third Duke married the
daughter, and eventually the heiress,
of the Duke of Montague. BY this mar
rage the Beaulieu Abbey, in the New
Forest; Ditton Park, near Windsor. IA
nous for it's oaks, and Boughton, in
Northamptonshire, huge chateau in
the French style, with thirty miles of
turf avenues radiating from the man
sion, came into possession of the Buc-
cleuchs, together with an immense deal
Of plate and precious paraphernalia.
for the Duke of Montague was son-in
law of the great Marlborough, who
died sonless, and his daughter inherit
ed much of her grasping grandparents
boards.
The Duke of Buccleuch owned the
greater part of three Scotch counties,
and it is said that no proprietor knew
his territory better personally. His
properties were admirably managed.
Beth he and the Duchess worked hard
to do their duty in their state of life
their household was at once regarded
as at once the greatest, the most hos
pitable and the best managed in En-
gland. Tho humble as we'll as the HIGH
were we'll cared for. The Duke held
Office under Sir Robert Peels govern
ment, at that ministers request, but in
accepting it reluctantly stated that he
telt that the proper management of
his vast estates was more than suffi-
Gent occupation. His son, the Earl of
'Dalkeith,> who now succeeds to his
fathers great responsibility, is an ami
able man, of quiet habits and indo-
lent disposition: He is married to a
very charming and beautiful woman.
daughter of the Duke of Abercorn,