Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-23


of Athole. whose Duchess is own sister
to Lady Mordaunt, whom the Prince OF
Wales favored and bought umbrellas
for i'm Paris before he got mixed up
with her relative Lady Brooke. The
second wife of Col. Maynard, Lady
Brooke's mother. was Blanche Adeliza,
second daughter OF Lord Henry titzroy
OF Salcey Lawn, NorthhamptonShire,
grandson of the third Duke Of Grafton,
whose grandfather was the son OF
Charles II. and Barbara VillierS, thanks
! 10 the noble cOmplaiSance OF her nus
band. Roger Palmer, Earl OF Castle
maine, after whom Lord Brooke has
evidently very determinedly not pat
termed himself
And as if this strain of the bad blood
Of the English monarch were not
enough, il was more strongly punctua-
| ted bv the fact that Lady Brooke'S
| grandmother, Lady Henry Fitzroy, was
/ a Beauclerc, and direct blood deScen-
dant Of the Merry Monarch" and Nell
! Gwynn, who started on a career OF vice
| while engaged in the slightly unaristo-
cratic occupation OF selling oranges IN
/ the pits OF a London Theater.
DrvaS these genealogical details may
/ be to some, who are not that way IN
clined, they are of vital Importance In
the science of physiology, as they show
/ beyond peradventure how it results
that the immoral tendency has been
evolved through the conditions OF mere
dity in the person OF Lady Brooke.
The hereditary sins will cling through
Q ] N.ld
houses and spcula s@culOrum in ac-
cordance with natural laws, and when
such intermarri0ges take place they ma
| terialiZe even more acuteiy. Such
matrimonial alliance, for example, as
that of Lady BrO0ke'> only sister,
Blanche Maynard, 10 Lord AIgernon
Charles Gordon LennOX, Colonel of the
Grenadier Guards, cannot by any posi-
bilitv aventuate in aughJ else, say a
century from now, but in the character
istics Of the notorious Stuart family, OF
/ Nell Gwvnn and of Barbara NillierS, ac-
ceutuated by the LennOX stock, beng
evolved. And this last-named family Is
neither better nor worse than the 9th
ers specified, for Lady BroOke'S brother
in-law is the second son OF the sixth
Duke of Richmond, LennOX and Cor
don.
High-soundiug, aristocratic titles
these. nv masters, but where do they
hail from? Go to. They simply repre-
| sent another shameful intrigue OF that
sad dog, Charles ii, for Charles LenneX,
first Duke of Richmond, was that mon
arch'S iuegitimate offspring by Louis
Renee de PenencOvet de Querouaille,
blue blood of high and lofty lineage
whom. after debauching, he, in accord
auce with the ariStocratic code, still
more ''ennobled" by the titles OF Dutch
esS of Portsmouth, Countess OF Fareham
and Baroness Peterfield.
And upon whom that royal charlatan,
Louis NV, the very quintesSence OF
humbug. also conferred the Duchy Of
Aubicnv as recognition of her having
successfully captured for State and
diplomatic purposes the alleged heart OF
cold Rowley," under his (the French
! Kings instructions, when she
came to the Court Of st.
James in the retinue of his own
brothers wife and King Charles own
sister, Henrietta. Duchess OF orleans
who was poisoned by the orders OF her
huSband-some say by herSelf-in con-
sequence of his jealousy of her own
nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, the
natural son of Charles H., whom his
uncle, James II. afterwards had be-
headed.
Is it any wonder, then, with its his
| torical and personal associations, in
which are mixed up the highest names
/ i'm the British peerage, and the relatives
/ of the principal commanding officers in
the British Army, to say nothing OF
/ ROYALTY itself, that the Brooke scandal
| will supercede the baccarat affair IN
| the minds of the people of the British
Isles who cannot much longer, in this
age of intelligence, permit such "Mln-
otaurs" TO curse them OF the type OF
/ either "Jum6O" the Victorian Prince OF
| Wales. or his biackguard great uncle,
The last Prince OF Wales, afterwards
| George ~?
This can be hardly conceivable. Yet
/ the principal correspondent in the Brooke
| divorce suit has simply, since his co@-
/ inc of age, followed in the tracks OF his
/ maternal great uncle.
If George ~. had his favorite actress
SEES, such as Perdita Robinson and Mrs.
/ Crouch. has not Jumbo" gone him one
| better? And when it comes TO women
| of SO. called noble families, Albert Ed
ward can match his great uncle's list,
which includes the Duchess of Devon
shire, the Warehouses Of HEREFORD, the
/ Countess of Jersey, and the like, with
Lady Mordaunt, Lady Brooke and, If
need be, hundred more OF the blueSt-
bloodcd women Of the English ariStoc-
| racy.
The end is not yet as to the pOSsibi-
| ties of the Prince of Wales. His lunacy
/ has not yet pronounced itself with
marked symptoms. Possibly the Prin-
/ cess may stand in his way, and, should
The occasion arise, he may not get rid
/ OF her is his ancestor, Henry VIII, did
his numerous wives. Yet Albert Ed
ward NAV perSecute the Princess Alex
audra. as did his brutal greatuncle,
/ George ", the unfortunate, yet un-
/ faithful Queen Caroline, who, upon the
occasion of his practically having driv-
on her from England on August 9, 1Sl6,
toasted his friend, Lady Jersey, who
/ WAS Still another member of the NiliierS
family, at Carlton House in the follow
ing choice language:
Ito the Princess OF Wales, perditiOn;
and may she never return TO England. -
There is another phase Of the Brooke
scandal, and that is in the treacherouS
wrong done TO one Of the greatest fam