The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-09-15
THE IRISH STANDARD !: sATU RDAY, SEPTEMBER IS

unknown till 1875, when Mr.. j.. P.l
Leonard. during q walk through the
Cemetery. Montmartre, observed the
name, Pamela, lady Edward Fitzger-
ald,'' on 9 marble grave stone. which
seemed to have been broken BY the
bursting of she'll during the siege OF
1870 He Immediately repaired to the
Office Of the supsrint endent Of the ceme-
terry for yerifoation Of the interment
by an entry in the register Of burlaIs.
But no mention Of the name OF Lady
Edward Fitzgerald was found in the
book, Remembering that Pamela had
married again late in life, Mr.. Leonard
had search made for the name Pitcairn
and sure enough it was found among the
bnrials Of the yeax 1881. AS only ten
years. use of the grave had been paid
for, it was about 10 be- cleared, and the
remains. according to the regulations of
the cemetery, thrown into The ''fosse
commune''--a ditch or grave used for
the purpose--but happily Mr.. Leonard
interposed, and, publishing an appeal III
the Freeman's Journal, he got sufficient
funds-the Duke of Leinster subscribing
GlO--to save the remains Of Pamela from
this dissertation, and to have them re-
moved to Thames Ditton, where her
children are buried and her grandchild-
rem and great grandchildren reside.
When the grave at Montmartre was
opened, in presence Of Mr.. Leonard,
viseount O'Neill de Tyrone, and Count
O'Connell, two gold rings were found
with the remains, and were handed over
TO the family. The only piece Of cloth
got with the bones was portion of a soap
ular.
In August, 1890, Mr.. Leonard accom-
panied the remains to Thames Ditton,
and on the 21st OF chat month thsy were
lad to rest in o. grave in Che little church
yard which ha1 already received the re-
mains OF her two daughters, Lady Camp
bell and Mrs. Lucy Lyon, and also the
remains of her s;ster-ir law, Lady Sopl ia
Fitzgerald. There were present at the
interznent (besides Mr.. Leonard,, her
grandson, Sir Edward Campbell, Bart;
her grand daughter, Lady Selby Smyth;
the latter's husband, General Sir Selby
Smyth, Bart; and several great grand
daughters. Thames Ditton is a little
rural village which stands On the river
| Thames about fifteen miles above Lon
don, amid most delightful sylvan scsn
cry. The Sn1yths and Campbells are
big country families who have lived there
for centuries. The celebrated Boyle
Farm nov devoted to market gardening
to supply LONDON dinner tables--was
occupied for years by Lord Henry Fitz-
gerald, the beloved brother CT lord Ed
ward-who oame into possession Of the
place through his marriage with Char
lotte, Baroness De Res MISS Boyle. TO
whom the property belonged. Lord
Henry Fitzgerald died Of Thames Dit
ton, but I cannot say whether he was
inferred in the ohurcbyard there. His
son Lord De Ros---tl1e most magnificent
masher Of his day--made Boyle Fsrm
famous for the aristooratic assem- blages
he gathered togethec in it's gardens
The grave OF Pamela and the one be-
side it, in which her children md grand
children are buried, look very pretty
amid their surrounding OF rose trees ant
clusters OF ivy. The first grave
Pamelas--is marked by a large concrete
stone into which are set the marble slabs
brought by Mr. Leonard from the
original grave III Paris. and another
! marble slab setting &orth 5le facts Of the
removal OF the remains. One Of the
slabs brought from Paris is 81 cross i'll
the centre of a circle, and the other is i'll
scribed-
PAMELA,
LADY EDWARD
FITZGERALD,
Par Soir ami
lie Plus Devoue.
T, T..