The Portland daily press., 1889-03-20
HER MAJESTY'S Representative.
Sir Julian Pauncefote the Successor
OF Lord sackviIIe.
An English Journalist and Diplomat
Who Long Ago Won Distinction
And Of Whose Future Success His
countrymen are Confident.

NEW YORK, March l9--Mr. Edmund Yates
cables the New York Tribune of today long
article upon Sir Julian Pauncefote. who will
sail for this country in April, to become the
representative of Her Britannia Majesty and
the successor of the famous Sackyille. In
the course of the article Mr.. Yates says:
There were Pauncefotes in the West of
England when the ''Domesday Book" was
written. One Sir Grimbald Pauncefote was
knighted by Sir Edward Bohun at the taking
OF Gloucester Castle, during the Wars of
the Barons. and obtained from him the lion
cells which have constituted the armorial
bearings of the family ever since. Sir Grim
bald married an heiress in the church of
Much Cowarne, in Herefordshre. There is
still to be seen an effigy of the Pauncefote
who sailed with Prince Edward to Tunis in
l17O, and was taken prisoner by the Saracens
and whose wife is supposed to have obtained
his release by sending her right hand as a
ransom to the In6dels. This Incident gave
rise to the legend of the ''couped" hand,
which is still implicitly believed at Much
Cowarne.
The Pauncefotes possessed their character
istic motto, "Pensez Forte" six centuries at
least before Julian Pauncefote was born at
Munich, just sixty-one years ago. An edu-
cation at Paris and Geneva gave him prac-
siSoh hhoWlCu6O Va lOlCisu lduRudStS, anu u
lucky accident led him to exchange a militia
ry cadetship in Madras for forensic studies
IN the Inner Temple. Sir William Moles-
worth first introduced him to the Colonial
ONCE and diplomacy. He practiced dill
vent to Hong Kong to become the Attorney
General and draft code of civil procedure.
The yeal 1872 brought him the Chief Justice
ship OF the Leeward Islands and knighthood
Alter successfully opening the Federal Su-
nramR CQnrt nuftipU q uvb itdia al ad
ministration in working order and giving the
Leeward Islands civil code, Sir Julian re-
turned to England to succeed Lord Knuts-
ford as the legal assistant to the Under See
retary of State at the Colonial office
The Chief Justiceship of Ceylon could not
tempt him. to return to the tropics. Two
years later Lord Derby offered him the new
ly created legal Assistant Under r-Secretary-
field gave him the ribbons of the Bath and
the Colonial Order. Lord Granville selected
him to succeed Lord TenterdeH as the Per-
manent Under-Secretary of State for foreign
affairs. His good work on the Suez Canal
International Commission made him a G. G..
Nj. g. During six years Sir Julian has
watched over our relations with the great
powers, and has gained reputation for en-
ergy, clear-headedness, calmness and tact
which I fairly astonished those who put their
faith in the absolute necessity Of long train
ing in the routine of the Foreign Office. The
position of British Minister to the United
States is one of peculiar difficulty, but the
past achievements of Sir Julian Pauncefote,
his special aptitude for dealing satisfactorily
with burning questions, inspire cheering
confidence that he will soon be as much
liked in Connecticut avenue as in Cromwell
place.
There are few London drawing-rooms
where youthful members of the Corps Di-
plomatique are more thoroughly at home
than in Cromwell Place. The kindly hospi-
tality of Lady Pauncefote and her popular
daughter is always keenly appreciated, espe-
clally by new arrivals. Sir Julian Paunce
fote is always on the best of terms with the
foreign secretaries and attaches. There was
time when he could hold his own with the
foil against all comers, and in Washington he
may possibly lind time to return to his favor
I've exercise. The temporary closing of the
little house in Cromwell Place must necessa-
rlly cause widespread regret. Budding d-
plomats will sorely miss the friendly discus
sion OF political problems and early impress
slons Of England in the cosy dining room,
adorned with fine Japanese dronzes, and the
pleasant afternoon teas which Lady Paunce-
tote gives in her picturesque drawing room,
where an iDlaid screen from Shanghai is
draped with japanese embroidery,
where purple and gold vases
Canton cabinets, where the Marquis Casa
LaigleSa and Rustem Pacha smile perpetu-
ally on large photograph of the Princess of
wales In her doctors cap and gown, with
tne autograph, Alexanura, MUS. Doc.,
1885" Society in general and diplomatists
In particular will deplore the loss of all this.
The absence of Sir Julian and Lady Paunce-
fort must create void not easily filled up;
but while looking forward to theis speedy
return, laden with fresh laurels, we shall be
consoled by the intelligence that his bonho
ME. firmness and profound knowledge of
men and things are rapidly paving the way
to renewal of that entente cordiale which
in the best interest Of civilization should as
suredly exist between the two great English
speaking nations of the world.