St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-19
CLAIMS THE BRITIsH GROWN.

The sleepy old town of Danbury away
down i'm the Nutmeg state is getting a good
shaking up by the discovery that the real heir
apparent TO the British crown is resident
of that place. The newly-diScovered heiI
10 royalty is known among his neighbors as
CHARLES STUART TOBIAS WALPORT, and
his occupation at present is decorative AZ
fist. And yet this plain man with a plain
name may be able TO give the royal NICTO-
RIA and her descendants some uneaSiness.
As the story goes, when JAMES III. oi
Scotland fled from the battle of Sauchiebrum
in Ass, he was not murdered according "a
the common historical account. but escaped
10 place Of safety. where he was found by
a lady of high degree Ia whom lac was sub
sequently welded and by whom he had a
numerous family OF children. and with true
Scottish grit the offspring of that
family have kept themselves alive
from that day To this, the
present Mr.. WALPoRT of DanDury being
the oldest male issue of the line now alive.
4 reporter of the New York World was
sent 10 DanbuTy 10 interview the claimant
10 England's crown. bat, not finding the heir
at home. gathered from his wife the facts
upon which the family claim is based Mrs
WALPoRT is described rs being extremely
bright, and is NJ present engaged in writing
a historical work upon Scotland. and is ia
communication now with distinguished
Scotch nobleman, vino is said To take a deep
interest in this matter. According To Ms
WALPoRr's statements, her husband was
born at Kent Ga village about twenty-five
miles distant from Danburyl i'm the year
1894. lie is the son of a WALPoRT who
married the eldest child of CHARLES
STUART. who was the son of STEPHEN and
ELIZABETH STUART. which couple lived
happily together in the latter part of the
last century at the town of Kent. Conn, rs
The records of that village will show. The
elder Waldorf, after marrying into the
STUART family. spent most OF his time
with his wife's relations. and was made the
custodian of the important traditions and a
Few of the documents of the house Of
STUART. According to this WALPoET.
the tale of the flight and escape of old
JAMES III. was rs familiar topic of con-
versation in the Kent household rs the time
of day, and it was also known 10 the elder
WALPoRT that during the Revolutionary
war an emisSary of GEORGE III. in the per
son of Lord HOWE called upon the grand
father of his wife and promised In the name
of the English sovereign that if he, STUART.
would assist in ''subjugating the diSOrderly
and rebellious colonies his THAT is, the
STUARr'S) blood should have due recogni-
ton in England. In connection with this
incident Mrs. WALPoRr points 10 the fact
that SABiN's History of the Loyalists of the
Revolution mentions an interview which
took place between Lord HOWE and that
particular STUART. although IL does not
state what the Interview was about. Mrs.
WALPORr does not deny that back OF
STEPHEN STUART there is a slight break in
the genealogical train. which fact she ac-
counts for I'm the most startling way.
Ii appears that about twenty-five years
ago the descendants of the STUART family
began the task of proving their royal lineage.
and that this fact becoming known TO Eng
land an agent of the English government was
commissioned to steal and destroy the SrU-
ART records that existed in the town hall
at Kent. There were obvious reasons why
Queen VICTORIA should have taken this
somewhat reprehensible course when II Is
recOllected las Mrs. WALPoRT recollectsl
that at the death of Queen ANNE of Eng
land, IL the descent of this branch from
King JAMES III. of Scotland could have
been proved. parliament would have been