The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-22
CAREER OF MY LADY.
LORD BROOKE'S HANDSOME WIFE
KNOWN AS A PLUNGER.
Leader of Very Fast Set and Had a
Narrow Escape from the Divorce
Court Several Years Ago.

Court Several Years Ago.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
LONDON, June 17.-Ascot week did not
close without the gossip mongers having
the best of it. For several days rumors
have been afoat, both in the clubs and
drawing-rooms, to the effect that the ex-
posture of Lady Brooke in connection with
the baccarat scandal was inevitable, and
that legal steps mad already been taken
against the prince and herself. Sir W.
Gordon-Cumming's friends accuse her
openly of having been the cause Of his
ruin.
The fast friends of faster prince, how
ever, emphatically deny that there is any
truth in the matter and say that it is
nothing but the malicious talk of a set Of
Jealous society women. Recently at a social
gathering, where royalty and its satellites
were not present, it was open talk that the
threatening clouds which had been lowering
over his royal highness' head for some time
past had by no means been dispersed.
The relations between the Prince Of
Wales and Lady Brooke have been the
topic of society gossip on several occasions
As yet nobody has openly accused the pair
OF any undue intimacy, yet it has been re-
peatedly limited that If Lord Brooke were
not so easy going he would long ago have
put stop to the repeated interviews
between his wife and the heir apparent.
THE POLICY OF THE PRINCESS.
1t is also a well-known fact that the
Princess of Wales has strongly objected to
having Lady Brooke's society forced upon
her, and the queen simply ignores her. A
few years ago rumor had it that Lady
Brooke had become smitten with the hand
some guardsman, but that Sir Gordon-Cum-
ming, being aware Of the close relations be-
tween his friend the prince and the lady in
question, met her advances coldly.
Lady Brooke has always been known
among her friends and at the court as one
of the most mischievous gossip mongers
She Is considered a woman who will never
rest until she has brought ruin upon any
person she hates. Her past has been such
as to give color to the unfavorable comments
made on her character. All London knows
that her married life is an unhappy one.
Lord Brooke has always been an insigniti-
cant man, who has no other merit except
that of having been college chum Of the
late Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.
Lady Brooke before her marriage was
Miss Maynard. Her father. Col. Maynard,
left an enormous fortune, Of which only the
smaller part went to his widow, who, soon
after his death, became the wife of the Earl
of RosslYn, Lord Brooke is the eldest son
of the Earl of Warwick, of Warwick castle
He is undoubtedly the poorest peer in the
United Kingdom. and consequently when
Lord Brooke's marriage with Miss Maynard
came off 1t was hailed with delight by the
earl and his family.
FOURTEEN CORRESPONDENTS AT ONE TIME.
A few years after their marriage rumors
became af1oat concerning an imminent so
cial scandal in which the names of several
prominent statesmen. officers, etc., were
connected with that OF one of the wealthiest
and most beautiful ladies of the Englis b
aristocracy. 1t did not take long before the
rumors assumed greater consistency, and
it became an open secret that Lady Brookes
reputation was at stake. No less than four
teen correspondents were named, among
them, as usual, the gay prince, the Duke of
Marlborough. and even Lord Randolph
Churchill. The affair was hushed up, and
the only man who saved his reputation in
the matter was Lord Randolph Churchill.
The rest carried the stigma of the affair
until the scandal, like many others, had
died out. 1t seemed then but little short of
a miracle that the pure, sweet, simple girl,
who but few years ago appeared to be the
essence of truth, goodness and purity, should
be brought into court with no less than
fourteen correspondents so shortly after her
marriage.
Another interesting fact is that Lady
Brooke was an intimate friend Of Lady
Colin Campbell. The foul air which in
tests the circle Of her intimate acquaint-
ances. and the unmanliness of her lord and
master, have certainly much to do with the
vagaries and eccsntricities of her present
life. Ever since this beautiful. and in some
ways talented woman, became prominent
in society. she has been the public leader of
a very fast set at London, Ascot, Sandown
and Goodwood.
KNOWN AS THE LADY PLUNGER.
In racing circles she is known as the
''lady plunger," and many "booky" has
gone home with his pockets filed with crisp
banknotes after her ladyship has had bad
day. Some years ago she spent the season
at Monte Carlo, aud there, too, she was said
to have lost a large amount Of her fathers
wealth. The real cause why Lord Brooke
did not push the divorce case above referred
to has never been known, but it was limited
that the old Earl of Warwick objected to
having his untarnished name dragged into
court.
Apart from this, Lord Brooke's next
brother, Capt. Faulke Greviile. was acting
as bear-leader to the Prince of Wales eldest
con, and and it is likely that a good deal Of
influence was brought to bear upon the heir
of Warwick castle from that quarter.
Furthermore Lady Brooke's stepfather, the
Earl of Rosslyn, was captain of the corps of
Gentlemen-at-Ar and he is one of the
most conspicuous figures of London society.
An excellent sportsman and an execrable
poet, he has the highest opinion Of himself.
He is however, not popular, and is often
sneered at. His sister is married to Count
Munster, the German ambassador at Paris.