Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-19
AS A PLUNGER.
HOW LADY BROOKE WORKED THB ENGLISH
RACES.
Size also Hit the Bank at Monte Oarlo-Ths
Leader Of a Very Fast Se,-A Narrow Is
cape from the Divorce Court Sew
sral Years Ago.

having the best of il. For several days
rumors have been atlOat, both in the
clubs and drawingS-rOOmS, TO the effect
that the exposure of Lady Brooke IN
connection with the 0accarat scandal
was inevitable, and the legal steps had
already been taken against the Prince
and herself Sir w. GOrdon-CummlnS
friends accuse her openly Of having
been the cause OF his ruin.
The fast friends of a faster Prince
however, emphatically deny that there
is and truth IN the matter, ana say that
il is nothing but the malicious talk OF
SCI of Jealous society women. Recently
at a select soc al gathering where roy
atty and its satellites were not present
it was open talk that the
threatening clouds which had been how
erinp 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 mas
openly accused the pair Of any undue
intimacy. vet il has been repeatedly
limited that if Lord Brooke were not SO
eaSy-going he would long ago have put
a stop 70 the repeated interviews Oe-
tween his wife and the heir apparent
1t is also well-knOwn fact that the
Princess Of Wales has strongly objected
10 having Lady BrO0ke'S society forced
upon her, and that the Queen simply
ignores her. A few years ago rumor
had il that Lady Brooke had become
smltten with the handsome GuardSman,
but that Sir GordOn-Cumming, being
aware OF the close relations between
MS friend, the Prince, and the lady In
question, met her advance cOldly.
Lady Brooke has always been known
among her friends aud at court as one
of the most miSchieyOuS 0SSlp-m0ngerS.
She is considered a woman who VIII
never rest until she has brought ruin
upon any person she hates Her past
has been such as 10 give color to the I'M
favorable comments made on her char
4cter. All London knows that her mar
ried life has been an unhappy one.
Lord Brooke has always been an IN
significant man, who has no other merit
except Of having been a 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 il was hailed with de-
light by the Earl and mis- family
A few years after their marriage ru-
mors became afOat concerning an lmml-
Dent social 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 English aristOcracy. 1t did not
take long tefOrc the rumOrS assumed
greater consistency, and it became an
omen secret that Lady BroOke'S reputa-
MON was al stake. No less than II CO.
RESPONDENTS 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 reputa-
tiop i'm 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
hut little short of miracle that the
pure. sweet, simple girl who but few
wears ago appeared 10 be the essence of
truth, goodness and purity, should be
brought into Court with no less than IA
CORRESPONDENTS so shortly after her mar
riage.
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 hei lord
and master have certainly much TO do
with the vagarieS and eccentricitieS of
her present life. Ever since this beauti-
full. and in some ways talented, woman
became prominent in society she has
been the public leader OF very fast set
AZ London, Ascot, SandOwn and Good
wood.
In racing circles she is known as the
Gladly plunger," and many "booky
has gone home with his pockets filled
with crisp banknOteS after her ladyShip
ha. had a bad day. Some years ago she
spent the season at Monter Carlo, and
there. too, she was said 20 have lost Il
large amount of her fathers wealth.
The real cause why Lord Brooke did
not push the divorce case above referred
10 has never been known, but it was
limited that the old Earl of Warwick OBJ
iected 10 having his untarniShed name
dragged into court.
Apart from this, Lord BrOOke'S next
brother. Captain Fulke Greyille, was
acting rs bear-leader 10 the Prince of
Wales eldest son, and it is likely that
a good deal Of influence was brought TO
hear upon the heir of Warwick Castle
from that quarter. Furthermore, Lady
Brooke's Stepfather, the Earl of Ross
lvn. was Captain of the Corps of Gen
tIemen-at-ArmS 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 NJ Paris.
The Parnell-O'Shea Scandal.
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